The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-21
PROMISES MADE
To BE BROKEN
Fangs of Great Britain Fast
ened on Tibet.
ONERous TERMS IMPOSED
JOHN BULL VIRTUALLY HAS A
MONOPOLY.


With the arrival here of tie full text
of the British treaty With Tibet the ir-
fitation of the Russian press at its
sweeping character is more pronounced.
The Russ, which is now considered 10
especially reject the views of the for
eign office. bitterly complains that
Great Britain has gone beyond her
promises concerning tie expedition, by
acquiring a virtual protectorate over
Tibet. whereas she had pledged herself
to merely regulate trade relations be-
tween India and Tibet. Instead, the
paper declares. Great Britain has inn
posed upon Tibet onerous terms, which
give her a monopoly. forbidding Tibet
without Great Britain's consent to en-
ter into relations with the outside
world. The Russ foresees that the Oc-
cupation of the Ckumbi Valley by the
British viii be prolonged even after the
payment of the indemnity and ex-
presses surprise at China playing into
the hands of Great Britain in depos-
ing the dalai lama and appointing in
his stead a protege Of Great Britain.
In conclusion the Russ says significant
":
THE proclamation of the British
protectorste must be regarded as an
accomplished fact but whether it will
be real and lasting must depend upon
future events in Central ASH"
Breach of Faith Charged.
Russia maintains that Great Britain
Las broken faith in the Tlatter of the
Tibetan treaty and Auibassador 3enc-
kendorff has been instructed TO hodge
a general protest at the British for
eign office. According 20 the Russian
view. as - planned to the Associated
Press, Great Britain's pledges TO Rus
STA regarding the scope of the eXpedi-
ton only contemplated the regulation
of trade between India and Tibet, and
she disclaimed any purpose TO NEEDLE
with. these international or political
affairs of the country. Instead of so
doing. Russia claims tLst treaty was
forced upon the Tibet3ns which goes
much further. creating a virtual pro-
tectorate over the country. Moreover,
it is contended that the treaty is re-
striction upon the sovereignty of China
inasmuch as while recognizing the Sow
ereignty Of China by requiring her rat
ificatiOu the treaty once ratified trans
fers the sovereignty to Great Britain
by compelling Tibet to consult Great
Britain in its dealings with the other
powers.
This is considered to be aimed direct
" at Russia. The protest lodged in
London doubtless will be followed up
by. one at PelSin against the ratifica-
ton of the treaty
Great Britain is believed here TO JUS
tify her action on the ground that she
only agreed to confine herself TO GER
tain specified limits. contained in the
assurances given to Russia, if the Ii
betans did not oppose the Britist eX
petition.
AS a matter of fact little hope is en-
tertsined i'm official circles here that
the Russian protests viii be Eeeded
either by Great Britain or China, as
Russia is not i'm a position to make an
issue. The general feeling is that Great
Britain has pTOfited by Russia's pTeOc-
cupation in the war to make her DO
sition in Tibet secure. Therefore the
chief Importance of the protest at this
time is to serve notice that Russia
does not acquiesce in Great Britain's
Tibetan programme aud that she will
feel herself at liberty to reopen tie
question when her hands are again
free.
Russo-German Treaty.
. The sensa tionsI articles i'm the Brit
ish press about the alleged Russo-Gier-
man secret understanding regarding
the far east have not attracted much
attention here. While a feeling exists
that Germany is displaying a friendly
spirit IL is denied in responsible quar-
ters that she has overstepped the
bounds of neutrality in any particular.
The existence of a secret treaty be
tween Russia and Germany are atEib-
uted here 10 the memory of the part
which Germany, with France and Rus
STA. played in compelling Japan ia
abandon the ShimOnozeki treaty con-
cluded between Japan and China as a
result of the war between those two
countries ten years ago.
The Novoe Vremya this morning in
a sarcastic editorial expresses surprise
al the fact that the British newspaper
correspondents have been so slow in
discovering that Germany is helping
Russia, adding:
Both Great Britain and the United
States ought to follow the example of
Germany which realized at the outset
the identity of her interests in the far
east with those of Russia.
The NOvosti undertakes the defense
of the German shippers who are sup
plying British coal to Russian warships
without which the Russian Baltic fleet
could not go into the far east point
ing out that the rules of neutrality are
applicable TO states and not to indi-
viduals, adding:
We are entitled to expect the indi-
viduals will be left free to act as our
burVeyOrs"