SECRET CITY FILM

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1924, Page 4

SECRET CITY FILM

LONDON, dan. !. 1 !i■ * lii-d l.iia-nia pidiiw- cvi.'r tale ill Tibet will lie si,: v Da !!. M McGovern in hi- lactnre at ih • New Ovferd Tbevtre :• ■■ !■■. ,;• !1, i n Uo the go md city of Linen. tin- Gwd capital of the country. The caiie r.i was ] culed t t’e natives as a price:;: for 1.1 ie Dalai I.nma. the ruh-r . f :v I I)r 'illinv-rn. To ;ei i> <■ I he a. h disguised himself as a resGv ■ and changed pi ai as with hi- iiasi. News, of his ai-rival in I ■: b-a 1 . cd out. and the je oplo, iiu-i: od by-their faua l ie.d monk■■. as- in 1 ■! ■ ! tit:’ -ole it: hiding phase, ’■.•'siting ; ‘!>--nth l-i 1 !'.e kI. rainier!” and sinned the hiiildl’'::'. Dr Med'oveni. < jp>hit-ring «ut‘ ••a!V“t piece was in the ere. - ,:!, "on •! the molt, .‘honied death for 'oiiwC. and stoned liis own windows. Tiie monks who rule TibH live m stone castles overlooking ihe villages, and inflict drastic punishment on oifemlers. says Dr McG-wera. A woman once received 2". 1 homes lor selliug goods in the mark'd ph>ec g minify to orders. A Tibetan woman mav have as manas five husbands. onvm s indoors have not changed for Ada veuw. w.-i!h' men possess hut on • garment I rum boyhood, hits being added as tee occasion demands. Tea is the great drink of ih l ' fouiitry, one man drinking up h> •'’■■"' per day. Sheep lor i< used in-ivnd of milk and salt or rt.da instead '•( sugar. To smoke a pipe is l id am. As an indication flint Tibet i ; trviug to assimilate Western civil! '.tun;. Dr McGovern lolls how on- e at an 'Tirial march past- in front of the !>n!ni | Lanin the liras* band of the now army struck u]) "Coinin' fli.-o' ih - l’ye.

The Dalai Lama is conversant with English affairs through the resume:--sent him b.v hi- agent- in India. He is described as being very auti-Hol-.io-vist in his views.