The Archive · 1930

Alleged Invasion of

TIBET

Visionary Army from Nepal Nanking, Mar, 19.

Further details of the invasion of Tibet by Nepal are contained in telegrams received at the local office of the Panchen Lama, stating that "an army of over" 60,000 Nepalese is now advancing by separate routes into southwestern 'Tibet, 'The invaders, the messages state, are equipped with modern implements of war, imported through India, 'The State Council has algo received' telegrams from the Dalai Lama asking for the immediate Gispatch of three divisions Government troops to assist the native Tibetans in resisting the invasion. The Panchen Lama, who is now in Mukden, is expected to return shortly to the border prov: ince to take charge of the situation—Kuo Min, _***We publish the above for purposes of interest, There is probably not a word of truth in it, How dogs, Lhasa telegraph to Nanking?

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