British Mission to Thibet

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1062, 9 August 1904, Page 2

British Mission to Thibet

In (lie Sacred Gily. Prospect of Friendly Settlement fmt MnwMnn.— (luDjrigbl. Bombay, August 8. Thk Dulai Lama lias secluded himself in a private monastery some miles away from tho population. The city of Lbat'sa is quiot. Tho Amban v'sited Colonel Yoiinghusband, who is encamped in the vicinity of tho Dalai Lama's private garden. Tho Amban ptomisod to assist in tln|p settlement of the situation, and presented thiS froops with a gift of food. A®e collectod two day's supplies, and ii Sleeting more, wjiTongs.'i Ponolop is with Colonel /Xoungksband, who has abundant sup. Fes'f es ' THE MISSION PRACTICALLY OVER A BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT TEIIBETANB QUIET BUT INQUL SKiVG Pr«»» Auonm 1,.,. -CnpjrlKhl. London, Aug. 8 Tho Times states that tho Lhassa ejp-_ podition ■ is one of tho most brilliaift in the annals of British-India, Five thousand Thibetan soldiers loft Lhassa during tho night preceding tho eisedition's arrival,

The population display no malevolence only insatiable curiosity. $ The Dalai Lama, while professing a wish for poaco, declined to allow the Thibetan tradors to form a market outsido the town near the camp, and attempted to close the markets: but the Nopaulose representative protested,

The Amban has proved friendly, The Daily Mail states that ton thousand monks were prepared to fight had the troops entered Lhassa, but tho delegates reassured them, saying tho troops would not onter tho city itself. The camp is temporarily pitched about westward of Fotola, the Grand Lama's palace, Colonel Younghusbaml, accompanied by an escort, has entered the city to return tho Amban's visit, Bombay, August 8 M. Domschoff, a Bussian who possessed much inflnenco in Lhassa, has quitted that city at last and gone to Siberia,