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Show RUSSIA AND TIBET Tho present llrltMi mission to Tl- ll bet Is lu accordance with tho Che- H Foo comontlou. Great Britain secured H tho right to send n mission acrosn th H Indian frontier to Tibet lly artiele H IV of tho convention of July, 1S8C, jH however, she, ) folding to Chlneao ea- H treaties, waived this right lly the B convention i elating to Hikklm and Tl- bet, signed lu 1S90, tho frontier was to bo delimited, trade between Indl& 1 nnd Tibet was to be facilitated, nnd H Ya Tung wns opened In May, 1694. jH Great Britain has mado various cl- H forts to deal with Tibet through Cb- H nn, respecting tho tatter's suzerainty, lfl which Is stated to be now of tho most lH shadowy character, and tho news that iel Great Britain wns to send n mission. jH to Tibet exasperated tho Russians. It H has been stated that Russia's !nfli- H unco In Tibet has been growing stead- IH lly In tho last fow years. Tho czar' jH government Is nt a grout advantage H In negotiating with the Lamas, as a. H certain section of them nro Russia jH subjects, nnd thoy nrc allowed to visit H I.hassa frcoly. Russia hna employed H them whenever sho wants to roach the Hl authorities at tho mystortous Tibetan llel |