| Show THE DANGER OF THE MARCH TO LHASA V our simla correspondent sends the news that there is no sign ot submission on the part ot th e tibetans Tibe tans and that as the result of this a british advance upon lhasa has become inevitable it would seem that nothing has been gained and much lost by the long delay which has already been granted to the tibetans Tibe tans though buch delay may have been necessary to permit of the british column at Oyang tse being strongly reinforced we in athla country can only hope that on our side the interval of time has been used to the utmost advantage on the side 0 the tibetans Tibe tans every kind ot preparation has boen made and it Is quite clear that the indian government will now have to face the fact that it Is engaged in a serious war and not an baay encounter with a handful of half armed savages the times correspondent has told us that better arms and ammunition have been obtained by the lamas during the period of waiting while the tibetan leaders have also been able to learn something of the art of war in constant skirmishes with our troops and at the same time to concentrate a considerable force of men thus the indian army will probably have to pay dearly in expenditure of life for the attempt to conciliate the tibetans Tibe tans and to bring them to reason by the futile use of arguments which they do not understand the one vital point now lg that nothing shoula be spared and that an amplo force should be employed on our side there must be no more miscalculations such as caused the infinite protraction of the boer war and the campaign in domall land lord kitchener Is in india and we can only arntt that he has bacri granted full authority to deal with ano situation and that tho indian treasury hla way ilia in obstacles has put no past record crovea that be Is not the to or man to a for its accomplishment provision jaako inadequate the march to lhasa that city of legena and be without iua and without regrettable indian anny haa a great op ahswing at once its it a fighting power in the war has been forced upon atlon it Lon |
