Now the positions in Potala and Drashe Lhumbo are vacant leaving Lamaland the field open to the Young Party. Of late years the gudra have more and more exercised control of both temporal and spiritual matters in the Forbidden Land. To a certain extent they are in sympathy with the Young Party and its ambition to bring the land up to date, While the gudra remain in power the Young Party will be more or less under control, experience and influence still being in their hands, while the wealth of the country is still controlled by the lamas, Remova the gudra and the Young Party will remove the lama, introducing during the period of transition a time of lawlessness and chaos, be exploited, and exploitation on a large scale has already begun.
"There are agents and export houses who are giving high grade employment to many of these women in the preparation of lace, embroidery and glove knitting, - where the average wage for eight and ten hours of work is five cents, When men and women prefer to work for such low wages rather than to remain idle, it speaks well for them.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.