THIBET.
A BLUE BOOK.
LONDON, January 30. A Blue Book on the expedition to Thibet has been issued. It discloses the fact that the Secretary for India (Mr Brodrick) considered that the British Commissioner, Colonel Younghusband, had exceeded his discretionary powers in accepting the proposal of the Tibetans to pay 75,000,000 rupees in 75 annual instalments, Great Britain to hold the Chumbi Valley as security, as well as in securing the right for a British commercial agent to proceed to Lhassa occasionally. The Acting-Viceroy, Lord Ampthill, supported Colonel Younghusband, and protested against any modification of the terms. Despite these protests, Mr Brodrick insisted upon modifying the agreement, and remitted a portion of the indemnity as an act of grace. Tbe Minister for Foreign Affairs (Lord Lansdowne) has informed Russia that, so long as no other Power intervenes in Tibet, Great Britain will not annex the country or establish a protectorate or control its internal administration.
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Waikato Times, Volume LV, Issue 6631, 1 February 1905, Page 2
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