A consinmation of all that we suid some time ago of the mismanagement which largely conduced to the Tibetan and Chinese opposition to Mr, Colman Macaulay's mission to Tibet, lis been furnished by the Darjeeling Corres. pondent of the Zimes. Writing on he 17th October the Correspondent gives the result of some enquiries that he had made, From these it appears that when the news of Mr, Macnulny's projected mission reached Linssa the subject was hotly discussed by the monks who form the dominant party; the older monks were in favour of giving the mission a friendly reception, but the younger ones, who are all keen traders, took the "opposite view, because they feared that the mission by throwing open trade, would interfere with the monopoly whioh they now en The Chinese Resident at Lhasss, a cor-rapt mau, and notoriously venal, was bribed to send a memorial to Peking to say that the entire Tibetan population was opposed to the admittance of the mission. All this is probable enough, ea far as the character and conduct of tha Resident is concerned, but the Indian Government did every thing that blundering could do to bring the Tibetans to the support of the monopolist young priests, and to make the people see danger to the inde. mission intended for the opening and furtherance of trade, The Peking Government, trusting in the Report of their Resident in Tibet, lind sucorssfully urged the English Government to abandon the mission, the faufarounde about which was cert to arouse the joatonsy of an isolated people like the Tibetans. The descriptions of the pre~ parations which were being made in Indin, to give dont tothe mission, were no doubt used by the monopolist monks, the Chinese Resident, and those who opposed on other grounds the opening of their country, to stir up at lerist sume semblance of national opp:
ne entrance of Mr, Muonalay and his imposing train. Aa soon as articles, paragraphs and telegrams began to appear in the Indian and papers, glorifying the miss in China, who were acquainted with the ways of the Chinese officials, furesnw what the end would be.
Te wns playing into the party in Peking; it gave the Chinese statesmen who might be inc! longues by assenting to the represen tions to the Englivh Governny abandon the mission, No statesman or other, enn feel much or any interest favouring our desire to open 'Tibet to trade, probably they are one and all opposed to it, Hence, everything should have done in India as quietly us ible, What the Times' Correspon-dont terms the singular ineptitude of the Tudinu Government came into full play as soon as they lid ordered the abaudonment of the lion; almost at the same moment they ordered a mountain bate tery which had recently been stationed at Darjeeling to be sent to Burma, "This for" he says "ud of course no connexion with the abandonment of the mission, but the Tibetans supposed otherwise."
They lad believed," the Corrispondont goes on—thereby showing that some and probably groutly exaggerated ra-incurs of our intention to make an armed eittrance into their country had been circulated in Tibet—"although incorrectly, that the battery was me tended to accompany (he mission, and the almost simultaneous withdrawal of escort and battery was attributed not to the true causes, but to fear on our part."
The result was immediately apparent; a considerable fores of Tibetans invaded the subsidiary State of Silhimw, built forts there and occupied a rond which the Indian Govern: structed some years ago from ling to the Jelapla Pass, "The Rajal of Sikbim has been called upon to turn them out, bat he declares himself unable todoso." The invaders were only three or four marales from Darjeeling and are even said to have declared their intention of seizing that place. The Correspondent recommends ae a remedy for this state of things to reconstitute the mission and despatch it at once, after representing to the Chinese Gove ment how completely it has been it deovived by its Resident, he oppor tunity, he énys, is favourable; and the publication of the Memorial from the Chinese Resident in Tibet which Intely appeared in our oolumna will alrengthen the hands of the Buglish Go. vernment in any representations which they may make to Peking, Out of the mouth of the Resident it is shown that the Chinese cun do avythin, they please in and the neighbour ing countries. The nows of Tibetan soldiers Lolding an English road reads queerly after the revelation of their wenkuess and poltroonery which the Resident made in his Memorial, und it la not improbable that their expedition was undertaken with his knowledge, and by no means unlikely that he ordered it, Any way, the Peking Government have ing by the recent Convention undertaken "after oxrefal enquiry into the circumstances to exhort and encourage the people with n view to the promotion and developuont of trade, with Tibet," is now bound to instruct its Resident to enlighten the Tibetans, Iny and priestly, to w guflivient extent to get them to receive w peavenble mission inn friendly: manner, A sentence from Peking will do this, Iv is all the more uecesnary tht prompt representations should be made to Peking, us what has been done by the Tibetana lowered Buitish prestige in Bhutan and Sikhiu, and though that may not matter much, this may save us one of those expensive glorious frontier wars if the Power which is really Sikhim and Tibet is called on to do ity duty faithfully.
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