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India and Tibet: A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir

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India and Tibet: A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904

Name: India and Tibet: A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904
Author: Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir

Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir

British -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; India -- Foreign relations -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Lhasa (China); Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Foreign relations -- India

Favourable Tibetan attitude following signature of Treaty, p. 367.
Disturbances in Eastern Tibet, 1905, p. 368. Batang annexed by Chinese,
p. 372. Dalai Lama’s movements in Mongolia, p. 377. Anglo-Russian
agreement in regard to Tibet, p. 378. Dalai Lama arrives in Peking, p.
382. Leaves Peking, p. 385. Arrives near Lhasa, November, 1909, and
complains of Chinese encroachments, p. 386. Arrives in Lhasa, p. 387.
Chinese intention to take away his temporal power, p. 389. Chinese
troops arrive in Lhasa, p. 389. Dalai Lama flees, p. 391. Arrives in
Darjiling, p. 392. Visits Viceroy in Calcutta, p. 394. Tibetan Ministers
ask for British officer with troops to be despatched to Lhasa, and for
alliance, p. 395. Dalai Lama’s request for aid refused, p. 396. But
British Government makes protest to Chinese Government, p. 396. Chinese
state they merely wish to exercise effective control, p. 398. Dalai Lama
deposed, p. 399. Chinese view of situation, p. 400. Indian Government’s
views, p. 403. Lord Morley’s views, p. 404.

                              CHAPTER XXIV

                            SOME CONCLUSIONS

Tendency to centralization of control, p. 407. Reasons why British
administrators in India lack confidence in centralization in London, p.
408. Remedies for evil, p. 411. More intimate personal relationship, p.
412. More trust in the “man on the spot,” p. 415. Summary of situation
in Tibet, p. 415. Morality of intervention in Tibet, p. 416.
Co-operation with Russia, p. 421. Chinese generally good neighbours, p.
421. Necessity for securing removal of inimical local Chinese officials,
p. 423. And for preserving intimate touch with Tibetans, p. 424. A
forward policy recommended, p. 428.

                              CHAPTER XXV

                           A FINAL REFLECTION

“A strange force” or “the designs of bureaucrats,” p. 430. No deliberate
_intention_ to conquer India, p. 432. Impelled to intervene in Tibet, p.
433. Probability of some force impelling us on, p. 434. Reality of an
inherent impulse, p. 435. Its direction towards harmony, p. 436. Hence
disorder invites intervention, p. 436. Our intellects should be used to
give impulse definite effect, p. 438.

                                APPENDIX

Anglo-Chinese Convention, 1890; Trade Regulations, 1893; Anglo-Tibetan
Convention, 1904; Anglo-Chinese Convention, 1906; Anglo-Russian
Convention, 1907.

                            INDEX (p. 447).

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India and Tibet: A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904

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