Dalai went ahead and apparently reached certain point, which was reached sometime during 1938. " Something new was being attempted in the Land of the Lamas: a new Dalai was being established but with a decided departure from precedent.
It is difficult to discover what will be the final outcome of the present impasse. The Chinese Government at Chungking has sent two high officials, one Chinese, the other Tibetan, to represent it at the selecting of the new Dalai Lama. But the Lhasa Government seems in no mood to reciprocate this friendly gesture. Their ambition is, henceforth, to select their own Dalai without any outside interference or complication. It has however, come to the ears of the Lhasa Government, that any selection or appointment of any new Dalai may not be recognized or considered valid by the Central Government. In that case the new Dalai would become non persona grata with the Chinese Republic, China is too big and too powerful and too enduring entirely to be disregarded in the selection of the new Dalai. For some years the Young Nationalist Party has been working hard to get hold of the reins of government but so far has not been very successful. The lama and all that he represents stands in their way. The Young Party is not anti-Jama or anti-religious; it is almost entirely anti-outside interference; it stands decidedly for autonomy. The lama, provided he is left alone within his own powerful lamasery, is not very particular what form of government obtains in Lamaland. Drebung, like Sera and Galdan, are empires in themselves govern the soul and attempt to determine its eternal welfare. The lama may be Chinese, Russian, Indian or Burmese, the control is not government but Lamaism.
There are two things the Lhasa Government can do: first, accept the presence of the two Chinese appointed officials and proceed with the selection ceremony, or, second, Jet Tuden Jamtso have the honour of being the last Dalai Lama, number thirteen, and let his incarnation, like Noah's dove, hop, skip and jump on the face of the waters till it find some resting place. The lamas, however, will force an issue, and demand a Dalai Lama, even in the face of fierce opposition from the Young Party.
The Panchan and his party at the present me are out of the running so have very. little to say as to what should be don There is some rumour that the Panchan's incarnation has been found in Outer Mongolia, id that the Russians are refusing to release him. The problems facing Lamaland just now demand considerable foresight and what done now will no doubt determine the future of the Land of the Lamas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.