It is a pity, however, that the Chinese should be thus defeated and the Tibetans left triumphant, because wherever the Chi-chance for a pushing foreigner to "fied a nese have the upper hand there is always a
road," whereas if the Tibetans are in the ascendency neither Chinese nor foreigner is wanted, specially the latter.
WEST OF BATANG, again, there is trouble and an important road is blocked. The fact is the Tibetans—clerical and lay alike—are all fond of a} little bit of sharp practice on the road and every defenceless traveller is a legitimate victim, if only there be something worth ing off.
policy of "the open door" in Tibet means the supremacy of Chinese rule till some fundamental change takes place in the political relation of Tibet with the outside world, which primarily means India and its rulers.
This is the year for treaty renewal, an opportunity for the new Viceroy to show is hand.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.