Tachienlu, June 20.
Last Tuesday a bag of bones ar-Fived "in Tachientu, All kinds arrange, interesting" Snd_ mysterious things arrive in this border town, but last 'Tuesday's bag caused quite a sensation. "The bag of bones was presented to Gen, Li. the Hunanese commander on the frontier, and demand was made for $30,000, "The bay was said to contain human' bones and was brought down from Kanze, Wwelve days northwest of Tachientu, and at present held by the Com: munists under Hsu, 'The frst point to be solved was—whose bones were in the bag? Were they human or were they" animal? 'And as $80,000 were involved the issue was' somewhat Important. The man Han who brought the bones to Tachienlu "maintained they were human and it he could substantiate this with all the necessary evidence, apparently he had aright to the reward of $90,000, The authorities were doubtful and strongly of the opinion that the bones were animal there was no Arthur Keith on th horizon. to determine the difference In" structure, if any, between animal and @ human bone, the question still hangs fire. consideration and were not so cruel as was their wont. Kindness on the Dart of a Red simply means allowing you to drink some of your own butter-tea. Han could give no satis~ factory explanation as to how he passed so quietly and peacefully. through the Red lines, Again, how Mr. Han discover there was a reward of $90,000 for the Nona dead oF alive? How did he come by this Information seeing there Is no communication between the opposing armies? A curtain is drawn across the answer to these several questions. How, when, and where did the Nona Lama die?' Mr, Han reported that the lima died in prison in Kanze, or became very sick in prison and died In the Kanze Lamasery. Later his bones were burned and what remained of them were brought to Tachienlu. This is the simple story as narrated by Mr. Han, which, was seriously questioned by everybody in Tachientu. If Mr. Han can prove his point' and show that the bones once belonged to the black lama, apparently he has every right to the Feward of $30,000, but If he can't he Will have to give some very satis factory reason as to his presence in Tachienlu and his passage through
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