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Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 |
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Younghusband expedition, will serve Russia admirably,
as authorizing the easy conquest of Chinese Turkestan.
For such is the accepted code of balances generally
adopted by the nations who believe themselves com-
missioned to benevolently assimilate certain other na-
tions. Indeed, except for her present preoccupation in
another part of the Chinese Empire, the consular guard
might at any moment be put to the easy task of seizing
the reins of government now in the hands of the quiet,
dignified, philosophical Chinese officials, who, alas ! have
somewhat outgrown that simple faith in Force which
controls the policies of Christian nations. The easy-
going Turki people, natives of the soil, accustomed to be
mastered, will doubtless be indifferent to the change,
perhaps even hopeful. Already they feel that the Russian
Consul-General largely influences the acts of the Chinese
Taotai.
"Recognizing then that the status quo is now being rude-
ly shaken in Thibet, and may at any time be destroyed in
Turkestan, let us note that in both cases there will result
a partial disintegration of the Chinese Empire, for whose
integrity the world may well be concerned. In neither
case is the territory now considered a part of any of the
eighteen provinces constituting China proper, but in one
case the administration of all public affairs is directly in
the hands of men named in Peking, and in the other the
suzerainty of China is distinctly recognized in the pres-
ence of three Ambans residing in Lhassa and exer-
cising preponderating influence in all important matters.
If, however, the encroachments from this direction could
be guaranteed to be arrested at the frontier, separating
China proper from Turkestan on the one hand, and
Thibet on the other, the world-at-large—wisely shirking
the moral questions, because all have sinned alike—
might be content to exhibit only the interest of curiosity
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