Thibetan Expedition.
Issnc of a Blae Book. LONDON, Jan. 30. A blue book regarding the Thibvtan ex|>edition discloses the fact that Mr Brodrick considered that Colonel Yonnghusband had yexeceded his discretionary powers in accepting the Thibetans' proposal to pay seventy-five million rufiees in seven-ty-five annual instalments, Great Britain holding Chunti Valley as security, and also securing the right erf a British commercial agent occasionally to proceed to Lhassa. De-' spite Lord Asquith's remonstrance. Mr Brodrick insisted on modifying ■ these stipulations, remitting a portion of the indemnity as an act of grace. Lord Lansdowne informed Kussia that so long as no other power intervened between Thibet and Great). Britain it would not annex Thibet or establish a protectorate or in any way control the internal administration.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7726, 31 January 1905, Page 3
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125Thibetan Expedition. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7726, 31 January 1905, Page 3
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