TROUBLE IN TIBET.
1000 CHINESE TROOPS MURDERED. BITTERNESS INCREASING. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright, Received July 31, 5.5 p.m. SIMLA,-Judly 30. The troops who received a warning will not advance into i ;to Tibet unless an attack nn Gyangtse, a British trading stst'o.i, 105 miles south west of Lhassa, is imminent The troops will remain strictly neutral should a Chinese coilidion with the Tibetans occur. The bitterness is increasing A thousand troops are reported to have been massacred at Lhassa, the capital of Tibet, during j the month of May. The Chinese havj been unsuccessful in selecting a successor to the Dalai Lama, who is at Darjeeling in northern India.
A Blue book dealing with Tibetan affairs was published a frrtnight ago. It shows that on the, Bth April last the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grev) strongly warned China to observe her treaties regarding trade agreements, and added:—"We are prepared to protect Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan (in the Himalayas) ; and it is inadvisable for China to increase her troops in the vicinity of those places."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10055, 1 August 1910, Page 5
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179TROUBLE IN TIBET. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10055, 1 August 1910, Page 5
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