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Show I JAPAN NOT PLEASED WITH ACTION OF CHINA PEKIX. March 1. Following China's reply to Great Drllnin, which tho British legation characterizes as extremely friendly and appreciative of Great Britain's Brit-ain's Interest In the government's action In Tibet. Japan yesterday made strong representations to the Chinese foreign hoard on the basis of the Anglo-.Tnpancso alliance, under the terms of which It clnlnis Joint responsibility with Great Britain for tho tranquillity of the Anglo-Tibetan Anglo-Tibetan frontier. Japan declared China, had made u grave nolltlcnl mistake In degrading tho Dalai Lama, and thai Its action should not have been taken without consultation with Grr-nt Britain, Russia and Jnpan, The Dalai Lama, through an envoy who arrived In l'ekln a fortnight ago, appealed ap-pealed to the powers against China's encroachments in Tibet. An appeal to the United States was made to W W. Bockhill. formerly American minister to China, but now American embassador at St Petersburg. Only a rent Britain and Japan ncted. Russia hold aloof, although tho views of the Russian legation here are understood to coincide with those of the Japanese government. |