Chang Yiu-wen, a former Chinese magistrate at Derge, was sent to Derge to negotiate with the Tibetan representative. His reply was, that China considers that Derge, Batang. Yen Chin, Gartok and Chamdo are all included in the new province of List Kang, that he as arbiter was not granted power to accede to Tibet's Fequests or demands, and he, therefore, asks that the Tibetan government present its demands in writing to the Central Government at Nan King. In the spring of this year, 200, Chinese soldiers were sla skirmishes at Derge, and an under mined number of Tibetans were slain while frighting from their yak skin boats. Some believe that fighting will be resumed there this autumn or winter. In the meantime Tibetan government troops continue to patrol the right bank of the Yangtze River the Batang area, while the Chinese Keep vigil on the opposite shore.
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