SOULD ENGLAND ANNEX THIBET.
Thibet has at this time a very special interest for us, in view of the imminent disintegration of China. Its gold mines, which are probably the richest in tho world, should alone make it of commercial importance, though most of these riches lie in regions almost as inhospitable as Klyondykc. Much of the country, however, is'habitible, and has many promising resources, undeveloped. And with an English protectorate over Thibet, replacing shadowy suzerainty over thai ■ country, and the rich valley of the Vangtse up to the border of Eastern Thibet, secured within the "English sphere of interest," England would not only prevent n. possible Rassian wedge being interposed 'between her Indian, Burmese and Chinese par-sessions, but she would consolidate her position from the Indian Ocean to the Northern Pacific, and gain thereby the paramount position throughout Asia.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 April 1901, Page 4
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140SOULD ENGLAND ANNEX THIBET. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 April 1901, Page 4
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