The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-30
T|BETANs WILL
STOP BR|GANDAGE
Exact Nature of Colonel Young
husbands Achievement at
Lhassa.
BRITISH SUBJECTS ROBBED.
New Treaty Will Protect English
From the Raids of the BOr-
der Criminals-Flight
of Dalai Lama.

London. Oct 2e-Unswerving and peril
nacious vigor have at last overcome the
Tfbetan mon possumus." The exact con-
ditions Of the treaty signed at Lhassa
Will not be made known for some little
time. But the more important provisions
can be guessed without much difficulty by
the light of preceding incidents. 1t is on
record that the Tibetan Peace Commits
Goners mainly raised objection, when the
negotiations were slowly going on, to the
heavy amount of the war indemnity and
the promise by the Lhassa Government TO
look to British India for guidance In for
efgn politics There was little opposition
to the resettlement of commercial relations
between the contiguous peoples on more
workable conditions than those which have
subsisted in the past; with the exception of
the more fanatical monks, the Tibetans
nave always displayed disposition to
make profit bv trading with such an ex-
ceilent market as that lying beyond their
mountains. They are essentially a COM
mercial nation. and situated as their dis
NAL country Is. between China and India,
they would long ago have carried on busi-
ness with both had the ruling classes
sanctioned that external traffic. But their
interests INTEREST," lay. or were supposed to le,, in
alone, to the virtual exclusion of Indian
exports, especially tea. Dorjieff, the Rus
sian intriguer. hardened that anti-English
dominant position at Lhassa, and ii was
mainly through his evil influence that the
Daisi Lama persistently postponed the
treaty Of commerce. 1t seems safe, there
fore, to anticipate as one Of the products
OF the success accomplished by troops in
an adventure of great risk and even great
QtmCnftv- ha fyrfrt
WIN be no more hindrance to trade with
Darjeering than with Szechuan or any
other external market.
- The Lhassa Government will also have
20 piedge itself to put stop to brigandage
on the frontier by more efficiently policing
that portion q Tibet. In. the. pastBritish
never felt secure either In their lives or
their possessions. They were always IL
s.o snie to the savage raids of Tibetan BAN
oits, and although little was heard in Eng
land about these local troubles, Lord Cur
1on soon showed that he was not less
mindful Of the requirements of the Pax
than on the northwestern. As satisfaction
Tor these persistent outrages could never
Pc obtained from Lhassa. Colonel Young
husbands mandate included. among its
major demands. the more effectual sup
preston of Tibetan ratding on British ter
ritory and we may depend upon It that
snfee than has ever yet existed. II is
true. no doubt, that the authority Of
Ihaega sits more loosely on the border
a which sa nsyrsh ss the e srea sas
lainaseries. But the monks are a sort
Or militia, being, as rule. good fighting
men and ,.i trained to arms, and It should
huge establishments In which they con-
Gregate full responsibility for the mainte-
nnance OF order along the frontier. When
can be no graver blunder than the accept |
ance OF nimsy excuses for not doing that |
which should be done. The only effective |
more and more pressure until the alleged |
impoDibilfty is accomplished.
For the time being the difficulty created |
mounted by regarding it as equivalent to |
eodicatfon. Here, however, a curious di- |
lemma presents itself The fugitive is sup
carnation Of Buddha. and, therefore. a di-
vinity in himself. So long as he remains |
alive. that status must continue vested In |
nm personally, and no human efforts can
divest him Of It. II. therefore, he returns |
TO Lhassa after the withdrawal of the |
mission, very awkward position will pre-
sent itself. even II, In the meantime. he
piece Of good fortune. 1t has always been |
q serious question among Tibetan politi- |
clans As to whether the Tashe Lama of |
supreme authority, both ecclesiastical and
secular. As this great abbot has shown
himself friendly to the English throughout
the recent Negotiations and even previous
to tho outbreak Of hostilities his appoint
ment as Dalai Lama by the customary
process Of selection by search would, at
all events, provide Tibet with another re-
incarnated Buddha as Head Of the State
This suggestion arose when It was first
fumOred that the Dalai Lama was re-
solved to escape into the northern wilder
ness II the mission crossed the Brahma-
pootra-
That great river is Just now in full
dood, but these mountain water courses
fall as rapidly as they rise. and as the