The burial rites are mere moot shine to the happy, satisfying of clamorous gang of hungry lamas. Tai is taking one hundred thousand rupees with him, but what are these among so many? He is also taking hundreds of yak loads of handsome presents, but what are these com-ared to the Panchen's unknown wealth? The main question however is: Who is going to boss the show' The lama or the layman; the Chinese or the Tibetan; Lhasa or Kanze?
in the meantime there appears to be no hurry as to the final outcome. Everybody is being fed and considerable quantities of wine and tobacco are being consumed; and on the surface everything looks like, a quiet and peaceful pond; and if the precious body of the Panchen remains long enough at Kanze the problem may automatically bring about its own solution, But it will leave a dark and nasty sear on the high! Asiatic plateau, and moreover a desperate armed gang of disatisfed and troublesome men has to be disarmed, and if possible restored to a peaceful frame of mind. While the Panchen was alive everything was la-so' that yea-yea! but his death has upset the peaceful applecart and the ples were made of gold, unfortunately Insufficient to meet the demands of all who desired to hold the Panchen in holy remembrance. And the end Is not yet.
Tai Wan Chang is here as the repté- sentatives of the Central Govern. ment, he is also here at the urgent Fequest of Lozang Chosjur and a number of Khambawa. Lozang, for many years, has been the number! one secretary of the Panchen, and is now more or less a very powerful gute among the numerous intricate wheels. Ts Tai unconsciously at the mercy of a number of scheming self-seeking men whose only ambition to further their own ends?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.