BRITISH POLICY IN TIBET.
NO INTERVENTION. STATEMENT BY LORD CRENVE. EXPEDITION THOUGHT PERIL. OUSLY SMALL. Br-Teleimoh— Presa Association—OoDyTlsht (Rec. August 3, 9.45 p.m.) London, August 3. Speaking in the House of Lords on tho Tibetan question, Lord Crowe, Secretary for tho Colonies, stated that if, British troops ,wero compelled to enter. Tibet to protect the British trading post at Gyangtse, they would not intervene between tho Chinese and the Tibetans, and would withdraw directly the situation permitted. "Tho Times" protests against the announcement of a policy of inactivity. It hopes that the commander of what is a perilously small column for such an expeditiou will not be hampered by perplexing instructions.. ■ .
Simla, August 3. Gyangtse is eight days' 'march , into Tibet from the Indian frontier. The British trade agent has an escort of Kajputana infantry.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 5
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135BRITISH POLICY IN TIBET. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 5
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