Peking, Feb. 23.
According to a telegram that "reached the Government yesterday, a large force of Tibetans have of jate invaded the Special Region on the border of Tibet, with the result that the Chinese troops of the Frontier Defences stationed in the district of Tachienlu are now being besieged by the Tibetan bandits.
The Chinese troops, the telegram adds, are not in a position to make a stout resistance to the invaders owing to the shortage of arms and provisions.—Eastern New Agency.
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