“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]).

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

TO FACE PAGE
THE DALAI LAMA[Frontispiece]
(Reproduced by permission of the “Sphere.”)
MR. BOGLE[8]
SIKKIM SCENERY[105]
MISSION CAMP, KHAMBA JONG[116]
THE SHIGATSE ABBOT[128]
THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL[134]
COLUMN CROSSING THE TANG-LA, JANUARY, 1904[160]
CHUMALHARI[162]
MOUNTED INFANTRY[169]
THE START FROM TUNA FOR GURU[173]
SEPOYS “SHOULDERING” TIBETANS FROM POSITION: GURU, MARCH, 1904[176]
THE TONGSA PENLOP (NOW MAHARAJA OF BHUTAN)[204]
GYANTSE JONG[216]
CAMP NEAR KARO-LA[224]
BERTHON BOATS ON BRAHMAPUTRA[234]
TA LAMA AND HIS SECRETARY[242]
THE GATE OF LHASA[250]
THE DALAI LAMA[256]
(Reproduced by permission of the Proprietors of the “Daily Graphic.”)
THE POTALA, LHASA[265]
MISSION QUARTERS, LHASA[267]
THE COUNCIL[268]
THE TI RIMPOCHE[273]
THE CHUMBI VALLEY[297]
SIGNING THE TREATY[304]
SEALS AFFIXED TO TREATY[306]
THE SERA MONASTERY[310]

MAPS

1. THE CHINESE EMPIRE, SHOWING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF TIBET TO CHINA PROPER, INDIA, AND RUSSIA[At end]
2. PART OF TIBET, SHOWING THE ROUTE FOLLOWED BY THE MISSION TO LHASA