The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-05
7UIBETIN REVOLT.
The Last Of Chlna's Tributary states in Re
,,,t. .,afrst the Central Governments

Tho Last of Chiua's Tributary States in Re-
beIIlon Against the Central Government.
SHANGHAI, CHINA, Sept. 2s.-The
last Of chlna's outlying tributaries. and
the one she has most iealously guarded,
is about 20 follow in the wake OF For
mosa. Korea, Tongking. AMMAN. littorai
Manchurla, and tho Western Tartar
States that formerly paid fealty 10 Pekin.
Tibet is ia full revolt against the once
great Eastern Emperor. the Dalai Lama
has declared a holy War against the Chi
nese, and given the signal to his Wild
mountain hOrdes Of priests and monks 70
lay aside their praying wheels and beads
and 10 out 10 oNterninate the sons OK
Han with the gun and sword. some
months ago / referred 20 the circum-
stances which eliminated in the recalling
OF the present Chinese AmOau. Wwe
Huan, from Lh0ssa, aud the nasty dis
Patch, Of his successor. Manchu, named
Wen Hal. from Kweichow without Civ
ing him time 10 journey 20 Pekin Tor the
customary audience, piior TO taking up
his important and delicate post. This
was early Ia July, and be was ordered
TO proceed to Ihassa by the most rapid
and direct route, IN order TO allay the
dangerous friction that had grown up
between the Lhassa disnltlries and tho
representative OF the Son Of Heaven IN
thai mysterious clt!'
During the last few days Information
las reached ne from reliable quarters
= this o.iect-that from mere squaoola
between the Chinese and the IhiUetan
border tribes. the trouble has grown
into = wholesale rising OF the mountalh-
cess against Chinese suz.rllnty. Lhas-
e. IS bent upon freeing Itself from Chi
neso influence. as Seoul was two years.
ago. The Lama. second IN authority
10 the Dalai Lama, 10 90 inc hcAu %
the armed Buddhist priesthood ana As
every man in 1hibct is soldier hl.ei
q fashion. they viii undoubtedly MAKE
80 very warm for our Chinese if-ena'.
China, De- 10 remembered, has a iorinluA-
be rebellion 20 cope with 90 hausu. Also
now a Idle one I'M Chilli. To-day was
informed by inc same trustworthy SOURCE
that the Ambau has hurried ly left Lhas-
So. without waiting ior thc arrival az his
successor, from whom there is word. VIA
Iac4eu.l. where me telegraph is arst
available. that ho is finding great diill-
Guilty in his journey In9-lward. owinS
TO the bad state OK tnc roads bandits
etc.. an Of which ~ 10 indicate that the
exalted traveller ls particularly DESTROYS
o. postpol.ug bis arrival ia ~ uns1n-
Portable and iulractgDlo country.
Things have lI0WA so serious that the
pckla Government Aas sent reinforce
mllts OF 3o.g braves, under Monsol
aui 1lnnchu general with two guns,
% over.wo Tho Ih.lct4ns, but / o. no.
anticipate, from what my informant says,
that this force VIII o. OF tne slightest
avail against the Wl.l lAioeiaua, who
hove lately learned. as on. of the lessons
OF the Jalar-Chlla war; that tho Prov
ass Of the Middle Kingdom ln the field
against Zoe who Will lsht al al IS
practically nil The Chinese traders and
others are flying ircm Ih.uet into China,
an their women aud children having
been sent away three month ago. Things
thus look exceedingly unpleasant Tor the
CL.nese il the w5 sleri9ls plateau VGell
tucy have, by cunning and bOmlast. man-
arc4 TO Keep zap great prestige l9r so
long o5 90 tcrforize The ignorant Thi-
h9ans ty the same impctent bory that
has Kept Cugiau4's 'On'y eererN' ana
some ether eull0.e gentry nearer home
in q mortal funk Ter tlo l-st Grey years.
The situation in Tilhlt lrd the Ceral-
opmo-t of events in that little known
region ars very likely to De followed
hy eraver results than % more fight Doe
tween Llaeel and pekn. for both the
I,u--ians aud the Iri. -l are at THE moe
mont afferiroir Watching each other
from opposite Sides nj. the plateau. each
waiting tc get an opportunity lor moving
toward obtaining ID lrm f0otAol in
country that Us believed to tcem with
wealth comrar.l t0 which kiu~ Solo
mon mines were Ha Imlrn5 lO Cnu.cl rlIo.