'A Chance to Reinstate the Nat tive Princes: Chinese Soldiers Going to the Wars with Tibetan Wives "Alongside Fae Our Owx Tachienlu, May 3.
The Chinese army of occupation has now been away from the Tibetan border for over one year. During February 1923, Chen Heie-tin with his border warriors moved east to take part in the internecine struggle moval of from the Tibetan frontier gave some cause for slam; a year has now passed, however, and have had no cause to fear." We native and put the onus on them of keeping the country quiet, and let us put no further burden upon them, more than sending once every year a small present in furs to the President of our Republic, and we will give ourselves entirely to the affairs of our own house." are now beholding Eastern Tibet without a standing Chinese army and the Tibetan border - without a Commissioner. The Chinese soldiers have vacated place after place during the past year and in spite of story and rumour the Tibetans have Yemained quiet. Will they do so, is hardly worth "while asking. Anything and anybody at anytime will Durst out anywhere here on the Tibetan frontier. This one fact re-/mains—during the past year we have had a most remarkably quiet time. The. border warriors have been browsing around Yachow, eight days from here, and the Tibetans have been browsing somewhere else.
'The Native Princes' Chance.
During this interval ropes have been pulled in different directions and one that ts being pulled very bhard just now is being Dulled to reinstate the native Princes throughout Eastern Tibet. What a. pity. these poor woollies are ignorant of the League of Nations. - However, Poking is quite a long distance from 'Tachienlu and thither the. simple Tibetan rope-pullers have resorted. Quite recently T passed three of them on the long trail across China to interview the President. of this Republic. Unfortunately most of these rope-pulling delegates are' pulling them for usurpers. The present members of the King of Chala' family are enrively confined to males. A clever Tibetan here in chien lu by the name of Chang Pao. ling is now putting himself forward a prospective King of Chala." He has a rich and heavy following and might be as good as anybody, should another King of Chala be called for. In the days before the Republic, 18 native Princes ruled Eastern Tibet, and as far as we know ruled it well, Large and handsome gifts were continually being corsied to Peking! and all the native Princes asf in return was China's, gr ile Costly furs and spices were carefully carried across China and carefully Laid at the feet of her Im. perial Highness, and the menials who did so considered themselves more than repaid by the privilege of doing 20.
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