On July 22 the students and} teachera in the Government school invited the local magistrate and one of the British residents to a Chinese dinner at the school and here again the most cordial spirit was enter tained, To maintain and sustain a friendly attitude at this present time has not been easy and it has no doubt demanded no small amount of tact! and patience, These, however, have carried the day and the Border, apart from a. threatened brigand raid, is quiet and peaceful, think the present happy relations can be accounted for in three way: Yang Sen, the Governor of the Province, has been determined from the very outset to maintain law and order. Against processions he makes no objection but. he will have, cost what it, may, Jaw and order. He frequently came into collision with the students and some of them were put in prison and he only did it to uphold law and. order, British officials during their resi-! dence on the frontier from time to time have encouraged and fostered a friendly relation between the Chinese, Tibetans and Europeans. This work as not been without its happy results and has mo doubt been a large factor in enabling us to sail peacefully through the present storm.
And distance lends enchantment to the view! Our ""N.C.H." takes about one month to reach the frontier and by the time anything has happened anywhere it is pretty well over before we hear about it.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.