FUGITIVE DALAI LAMA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 5

FUGITIVE DALAI LAMA.

INDIA'S RECEPTION. ■ AS POPE OF. BUDDHISM, NOT AS! ■'•': : RULER OF TIBET. VvV ; . NEGOTIATIONS" WITH • CHINA;r ; ; BTTelenaph-Preßß'Aesocktion-bojyrighi' .London; February 25.. ; In the House of Lords,'the Secretary of State for India, Viscount Morloy,- in reply -to Lord .Curzon, said that Great Britain was - observing strict neutrality, with.respect to the Tibetan trouble. The' Viceroy, .the Earl' of Minto,..would; re-" ceive the. Dalai Lama as a spiritual ruler venerated by many, millions' of '■ Indians.", : Sir Edward Groy, Secretary, of. State for Foreign Affairs, is; in communication with the. Peking: Government .regardingthe unexpected situation that has arisen. ';'... deposed by; edict.; ;' : a cold.time in himalayan ';■.'.;,;;.'.';:' PASSES. ..;:;'- •■/iv . ;'; (Eec..February 27, : '5 p.m.); ■■'' .. • '■-'; .London, February: 26, .■! : The Dalai' Lama. has now arrived- at Kalimpang. '..;;.:.:.. .:.a;;..;,

;In -his flight ,:from : ;'Tibet ./: oyer : the Himalayan' passes .into Sikkim, be suf-. fered great hardships. Crossing Jelep-la, one' of the; three main ; which -is at an.altitude .of 13,000 feet, the fugitive Lama was delayed;by deep snow.'' Bud-, dhist. Sikkimese lent '..UrnV horses and ■mules.V■ . ■ ".'-'!"•'■'■' - : ; .'■' -"■■/ vV; ■'.:;;: :; .''•:

Chinese cavalry pursued'as far, as the Chumbi '. Valley t .(Sikkim),:. but..'.the Tibetans opposed '-{hem. ''. ". ..'■" , ::.'-;-.l :

The Chinese' Government are: perturbed at the Dalai .Lama's- flight. •'' They state that,.the troops', were .'sent, 'to'i:protect .trade, to .strengthen the Tibetan garrison; :' and to maintain: China's Sovereign 'authority'in Tibet.;!; ] '; i;;/? ■ ":'. .''';'■';;:"

An' edict hasbeon issued/by; China deposing the Dalai Lama, 'and'ordering: the election■ of: a. successor.'. /The, edict'/,accuses .the '-Dalai; Lama:-'•.of :1 disobedience and intrigue,'and of- refusal' .'to';', pay•-. the Chinese'tribute....--' ':"'! : '.'.■ ■-':''' ';" •-.' >' , '.There''ar9'-reports:that'ftoVDalai : iLkma interids: to proceed to. China in' order to interview the ~Emperor v ';-..,'/';'•:■/■■'■;•

■ .-Britain and,Russia';,are;-acting jointly ■in'j.the''matter.'-\' ; ,.-'•':■•■',</:.•.■//:;',:!/:; : -.:-'■ ':':■•

ALLEGED DIPLOMATIC INTRIGUE

'•It is understood:that;China asserts,'as her rcasoi'for invading' Tibet thatithe Dalai; 'Lama '.has been /attempting to'/ en-' ter;into diplomatio relations with/foreign Powers.;. Hence; according to China's ar-' gument, it is necessary to assert Chinese suzerainty by armed force; / ;;.^.:' ; v ,:/':/v V/It-is / true .that; : airepresentative: of- the: ■Dalai Lama lately- visited Sfc Petersburg, and it is .alleged that ;he,;went' with the' avowed; purpose' of establishing"i'diplomatic relatidhs ' between': Russia/ and' \Tibet and/of arranging for-a':visit,of the-Dalai .Lama to London and: St. Petersburg. • The', mission of the Tibetan representative has, however, .no political: significance':(comments an, English paper), seeing'; that, the interests of *thy' ; **° countries ;■: are regUr. lated by agreement. ,■'-': /"'Neyertheless.'.Chj'na determined .tofgive notice "to all concerried of her power to assert, her paramountcy. "A recent telegram from Shanghai reporto that "the'-Council: of : State, in; consideration' of / the dangerousVpositi'on of- affairs in-Tibet has commanded Chao' ■ Fang;;with- two of European-trained infantry; stationed on the' Szochuan border, to' proceed to Lhasa in order to assert / Chinese sovereignty." -/The result.. : appears ' to „bo. the 'reported, looting of monasteries, slaying of lamas, andthe i second flight of the .Dalai Laina, .termed'.tbe-'Pbpe.'Of--'Bhaabnm,'.'arid i '.os /time-temporal sovereign", of /Tibet.- ; v;- :