MUTINY IN TIBET.
CHINESE TROOPS PLUNDER THE MINT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. December 20, 11.30 p.m.) Calcutta, December 20. In consequence of the arrears in their pay, sis hundred Chinese troops at Lhassa mutinied and plundered the mint and the residence of the Ambon (the Chinese Viceroy). It is reported that the Lamas paid a hundred thousand toejs (about .tit,;'oo) to (jet rid of the mutineers. The Chinese troops at Chumbi, in Eastern Tibet, have sold their munitions ajd fled down towards India.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 5
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83MUTINY IN TIBET. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 5
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