General Huang Mow-sung's naive efforts in Lhasa, picturesque though they may be, are not likely to extend China's influence in the Mountain Kingdom, General Huang parently suffering from a delusion that hag cost China dear in her dip. Jomatic dealings of the last century or so and he has not learnt the obvious lesson. His method of dealing with Tibet and the re-assertion of Chinese control is to treat the Tibeans as interiors, an atti which was successful 'a century ago when the Empire was in the fower of its brilliance and had a big army which could defend the superiority complex of the Chinese, but these methods are obsolete nowadays spite of Tibet's isolation. If the Chinese authorities persist in the hoary belief that the Tibetans are fan ignorant subject race, unskilled in diplomacy and statecraft. they are sadly mistaken. During the last century, Tibet, like no other country, been the centre of contending factions and the focal point of dip plomatic efforts of, three powers in the struggle for dominating influence, This condition has produced astute a set of diplomats as could be conceived in the circumstances, and they are not likely to be swayed by few fancy titles and eulogistic pro-Paganda when advantages of a very material character are" at stake, While the historical relationship between the two countries might be something worth preserving; from a practical point of view it must be admitted that. China has little to offer Tibet and Tibet's leaders are too hard-headed for sentiment.
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