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0349 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 / Page 349 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000231
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Russia has through the Buriats and Kalmucks; yet
nothing of the sort was attempted after the Buriat
incident.¹ Hence it is not known that the Dalai
Lama would have in any way distinguished by an
unequal courtesy the two European monarchs who
hold sway over some of his spiritual following.
No evidence, then, of favouritism toward Russia
is adduced, nor has any evidence been found of
material support from that power in the way of men
or arms, even now that English officers have shot their
unwelcome way into the sanctuary of a poor people.
Nothing is reported but vague, one-sided statements
that some Tibetans rely upon "another power" to
protect them—always, there is nothing but that—
and on shadowy evidence that the Tibetans have
only listened to some one who might have given
promise of aid in case of British attack—lo! that is
made a reason, gravely alleged among adults, in
State dispatches, for making the attack!² Truly we
are all, au fond, only barbarians—children; for when
this supreme example of wolfish displeasure with
the down-stream lamb is held before us, let us not
forget that it is given to the world by a people who,
in a thousand ways, represent the highest work of
Christian civilisation, whose individual officers, the
very men engaged in the butchery of helpless beings
fighting for their elementary rights, are cultivated,