The situation on the Szechuan border west of Tachienlu remains much the same as it was up to the close of the armistice which lapsed in October last. The armistice, originally of a year's duration, has not been formally renewed, but there is a tacit understanding between the Central Government and the Lhasa Government, that the boundary, as at present defined, shall stand for the title being, and no hostilities be _undertaken by-either side, until the final settlement has been effected at Peking.
Tt was hoped that the outstanding questions could be settled in the year covered by the armistice, byt opposition was met with from an unexpected quarter,—which created a temporary impasse, and later on the Central Government, weakened by division in the provines, was not in a fitting position to conclude a final settlement of the boundary, so the situation on the Frontier remains unchanged.
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