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THE DALAI LAMA 381
Tibet in the Kansu Province of China, either in the
vicinity of Sining or of Kanchow ; but in the spring of 1908
he began making towards Peking. In March he was at
Tai-yuan-fu, where he put up in a specially made encamp-
ment outside the town ; then he marched to Wu-tai-shan,
a holy place in North Shansi, the huge following which
accompanied him preying upon the country like a swarm
of locusts, and tending to create a general feeling of dis-
satisfaction.
From Wu-tai-shan he sent a messenger and a letter to
our Minister at Peking. The letter was merely compli-
mentary, and was similar to what the Dalai Lama had
addressed to the other foreign representatives in Peking.
The messenger said the intention of the Dalai Lama was
to return to Tibet in response to the repeated petitions of
the Lama Church. Sir John Jordan told his visitor that he
could not say how His Majesty's Government would view
his intended return to Lhasa. During his absence relations
between India and Tibet had improved, and the rupture
of friendly relations in 1904 had been the outcome of
misunderstanding, which had arisen under the Dalai
Lama's administration. The messenger explained that
this had been due to the fact that the Dalai Lama's
subordinates had persistently kept him in the dark as
to the true circumstances in State affairs ; but the
Dalai Lama now knew the facts, and was sincerely
6 desirous, on his return, to maintain friendship with the
Government of India, whose frontiers were those of
Tibet.
Mr. R. F. Johnston, of the Colonial Service, District
Officer at Wei-hai-wei, and the author of the most remark-
able of recent books of travel, From Peking to Manda-
lay," paid the Dalai Lama a private visit in July, and
reported that he was treated in a dignified and friendly
manner. The Dalai Lama told him that he wished his
relations with the British to be friendly, and that he
looked forward to meeting British officials from India
when he returned to Tibet." Mr. Johnston said he
appeared to treat his Chinese guard with contempt, and
that there was bad feeling between the Chinese and
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