Dr, "and Mrs. Bare with their children are among the few missionaries who have actually lived and travelled ju Lhasa-controlled country. Tu 1939 they were forced along with other missionaries to evacuate Tsa~ kalo on the left bank of the Mekong. The others returned to Batang. while Dr. Bare with his wife and family made -a journey into Tibet, They found the Lhasa ofcials kindly disposed but the lamas were most unfriendly, They are planning to return to the United States on furlough.
The Johnsons, an American family of four, have their residence inside the north gate. At this centre there is @ fairly large medical work with two Chinese doctors in charge and a number of trained nurses Mme David Noel, famous French traveller, fas her residence adjoining the Convent outside the south gate. Yongden Lama is with her and gether they do considerable transla~ tion work. Miss Sydney, who has Just left. the frontier for India, was helping Mime Noel in translating her yooks into English, Both ladies have Spent much of their time in India and both seem to be well versed in the mysteries of Lamaism.
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