Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-23

to the effect that China and Thlwt have
reached truce under whose terms the Chinese
troops will he withdrawn from LhaSa and Chi
nose traders sent out Of The country.
Til" Thil"tan situation has been Il IHs,nliar
nn" TIL" British expedition t" the Forbidden
City, undertaken to redress II al or fanri~l Brit
iSl grievances in Thbrr, has given Great Britain
d sort Of military interest in the country that >h"
has been slow t" yield up t" Chimes" Srlz"rAntH.
After tn" British Withdrawal from I.ha>;I, tn"
Chinese, then under the MAnchu government. set
about to restore Chinese domination for the rN-
tension of Chinese trade and the payment Of
tribute to the rNtorti"natr officials sent to rep
resent P'kng
\ Chinese military expedition WAS dispatched
to lhasa in order to complete the Subiuga1on of
this rcm"t" country. and the Dalai Lama, that
powerful. half-mvthicaI parsonage commonly
known as the Grand LanH-hcad of the priest
hc"d fled to India. Tn" Chinese authorities
thr"upon dcpo>rd him by an rdict, which was
never recognized by the Buddhist world. The
leader Of the military expedition virtually rS-
uabliShed himself as ruler Of Thibrt and there
a :
The outbreak of the Chinese revolution and
the overthrow Of the Manchu government
brought Chinese rule in Thibct to Il CRISIS The
IhaSa garrison, unrrStrainrd by any RESPONSE
hiIity to the imperial Chinese army, broke all
bounds and began looing and ravaging the coun-
try. The ThiN tanS, made up Of many warllk"
tribes, rcvolted and it was not until tn" Chinese
SoIdirrv were threatened with humiliation that
they pulled together and put down the tribal
uprSingS..
President Yuan ShiIl-Kai tried to conciliatc
the Thibctan AmbanS at LhaSa by sending mon
CIV, but the Chinese garrison there was badly dis
organized and the religious zralOtS of the Forbid
den City, led by a picturesque fanatic who
aroused his followers to the heights of frenzy,
drove back the MongoI invaders and almost
freed LhaSa from their presence. This was soon
followed by the dispatch Of Il strong military
force by Yucn Shih-kai, who gave notice that he
would exact severe rrpriSaf Of the Thibetans
Such was the situation up to few days ago,
and it is probable that the approach of Chi
nest. army. brought the Thibetans to consider
terms of peace On the other hand, Yuans grow
ing troubles at home undoubtedly have influ-
enccd him to make concessions to Thhet SO that
he would have the aid of that country III the
event of an outbreak against his rule. Neither
side has been in position to force the fighting
and peace terms apparently have been arrived
at.
Not the least interesting part of the Thibctan
situation is the British attitude Britain claims
that the Grand Lama brought on the British OK
petition by intrigucs and breaches of treaty
rights. and China will have to deal crcumspcct-
lv with Thibpt or risk offending England.
Eventually, of course, Thibot will probably be-
come an integral part of the Chinese republic
as a province, if the Picking government is able
to establish itself firmly enough to reach into
the hintcrlands for territory.
At last accounts the Dalai Lama was Il rrfu
gee at kalimpon@, India, and whether he will
be permitted to return to his IIimalavan throne
or not has not been told in the brief dispatches
AS to the report credited to a "JapancSc