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Show A shrewd Eastern newspaper said several sev-eral days ago, that "it wouldn't be surprising to see Col. Younghusband sending back pretty soon for reinforcements." reinforce-ments." And that is precisely what' he has done. IIIo "peace" expedition to Tibet, after killing and murdering a few hundred Tibetans, seems to havo aroused the whole country, and the Dalai Lama has the British force practically besieged. The effort to play off one Lama against another was a complete failure. The Tibetans are badly armed, but they evidently have outside help, for they are making their own guns and ammunition, and though the guns are of no great range, thlu Is of but little consequence con-sequence in a hill country liko Tibet, where one can hardly see a quarter of a mile ahead. For long-range firing, one needs a long range, and this cannot be found in the crooked gorges of Tibet. The natives there are making a stiff resistance, oh they have a right to do. against British efforts to force their confidence and commerce. The low of the fifty guns captured in the Kin Chou operations by the Japanese Jap-anese appears to cauee the Russians more grief than their losses in men and position. It is & callous way to look at things, and one not creditable to their sympathies, their patriotism or their hearts. The vital reports for this city, during the week Just past, show thirty-aix births, twonty-five male and eleven female. fe-male. ''The deaths for the mme time were ten, four male and fx female. The contagious dixo&scs are about stamped out, smallpox wearing Itself out with the season. The rity'n health conditions are excellent, and "tho city beautiful" would bo both fit and descriptive of Suit Lake at this time. |