Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-08
TO CONFER IN LONDON
ON DIVISION OF TIBET
Negotiations Between Great Britain
and China VIII BE Re-
sumed Shortly.
BOUNDARY LINES IN DISPUTE
england Feels Free to Direct Affairs
as She Chooses, and In Similar
Manner to That Russia Has Adopt-
ell in Mongolia.

PEk1NG. November .-Presiden,
uan Shi kai has issued a mandate
designating Alfred SEE. Chinese minis.
ter to the Court of st. James. as Chi.
nese plenipotentary in negotiations
which are to be resumed very shortly
In London between Great Britain and
China for the settlement of contendine
claims regarding outer and inner
Tibet
In the autumn OF 1913 the repre-
sentatives of Great Britain. China and
Tibet held n conference at Smla for
the purpose OF agreeing upon the
boundary between outer and inner
Tibet. and settling the status of nuton :
omous. or outer Tibet. Great Britain
and Tibet reached an understanding
but China failed to ratify the treaty at
that time. not being, willing to con-
cede as much territory as was de-
manded.
Great Britain is especially anxious
that outer Tibet be maintained as Il
buffer state between India and the
great unsettled country in the heart of
Asia. Her interest is much the same
that Russia has in keeping outer Mon
Golia as a buffer between siberia and
enterprising foreign power which may
cncroach upon Asiatic soil, as we'll as
n protection against wandering tribes
of bandits.
Outer and inner Tibet are divisions
Of Tibet not generally recognized as
yet, and the two designations grew
out OF the Simla conference. Outer
Tibet, roughly speaking, Is the portion
OF Tibet adjoining India. Inner Tibet
is the more northern portion. Eng
land desires that outer Tibet shall be
under Chinas suzerainty, merely. and
not under China's sovereignty. Eng
land wants outer Tibet to be permitted
TO conduct it's own domestic affair and
would limit the number of Chinese
troops which may remain in the terri
tory.
ENGLAND FREE TO DIRECT
AFFAIRS IN TIBET
Having Il complete understanding
with Russia as to the division OF in
terests in Central Asia. England is
free to direct affairs In Tibet such rs
she chooses and along similar lines to
those Russia has adopted IN Mongolia.
AS China has frequently been unable TO
keep peace in Tibet within recent
years. and India was ovcrrun At vari-
Gus times by Tibetans, Great Britain
required China to enter into an agree
ment TO maintain peace and assure tho
Tibctans China would not try to max
Tibet Il Chinese province
During the trouble Incidental to the
establishment of the Chinese republic
the Tibetans became so turbulent that
India entered into direct negotiations
with the Delai Lama ignoring China $
claim upon the country. Later Eng
land prevented China from scndiu;
troops into Tibet TO subduc it. and be
fore Great Britain recognized the Chi
nesc republic she required assurances
that the republic would settle Tibetan
affairs satisfactorily.
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conference. whose action China refused
to ratify. Lieutenant Colonel Sir \. II.
Mcmahon presided mt the conference
and represented England. Ivan Chen
was the Chinese confcrcc. and Long
Chen Shatra, the Prime Minister OF
Tibet, was the Tihctan member
Although the agreement which Eng
land and Tibet worked out. and which
China refused To sign, was never pub
i!shcd in full. ii is generally known
that China's greatest objection to the
proposed treaty was tho awarding to
Tibet Of large territory which China
claims as her own. Inner Tibet Is
known to have claimed practically all
OF the district described on the aps
as kokonor. China insists She Is abso-
lutte owner Of this territory and does
not have the slender hold upon il which
has caused her so much trouble in the
case of Tibet proper. II China be re-
quired 70 yield kokonor, inner Tibet
viii extend TO the boundary of SEE
chuen. the most western and the rich
est of all the provinces il Central
China.
The territory in dispute is so great
that boundary lines 800 and even 900
miles long are in controversy. Tibet
is estimated TO have an area of 500 900
square miles by the most conservative
explorers. and the figure is placed as
hish as 100000 by some geographers.
II is at least twice as large as Texas
and possibly three times the size of the
Lone Star state. New York state is
less than one tenth the size of Tibet
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