down on their maps, and with the friendly attitude of the Lhasa appointed officials, they saw themselves preaching the "good news" all over the Forbidden Land. Apparently ten of the sixteen are now in Batang and in a somewhat difficult situation. Dr. and Mrs.
Bare had so far not left Tsakalo.
Pere Nussbaum of the Missions Etrangers has now the privilege and the honour of being the only foreign missionary in the Forbidden Land. There are missionaries resident in Amdo, Jarong and Kham, nominally Tibetan country; and there are missionaries all round the Roof of the World, but Pere Nuss~ baum of the French mission is actually the only foreigner and teacher of another religion within the Land of the Lamas. That Lamaism tolerates his presence is no sign whatever that the country is slowly opening up to the influence of Christianity. Pere Nuss~ baum would be force ably or politely invited to leave Lamaland by the Lhasa Government if it could be done without any loss of face or prestige.
His position within Tibet is somewhat anomalous from any standpoint. Trade agents and government officials come and go, but Nussbaum's position is now something. like Tennyson's little brook. Under what passport is this lonely pere now secking protection; or is he simply trusting God and keeping his powder dry? He is a German in a French mission, with a Chinese passport, and resident within the Frobidden Land. Has the Lhasa Government, as well as permitting him domicile, offered him protection? If an injustice is done to this pere where is his court of appeal? Will Lhasa judge his ease any local uprising? It may be that the Jamas are simply waiting til this poor, lonely pere dies and then call the deal closed. may be, however, that the arrangement is with the mission and not with the local priest and in that case the Missions Etrangers is a permanency in what is known as the Great Closed Land. And if so can the Lhasa government grant to the French what it withholds from other nationals? No doubt the Jama authorities have discussed the question from all points, and time will only reveal what they still have up their sleeve.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.