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0422 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000231
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may say, climatically, is tolerably suitable for European
life; and it is a point to remember that Lhasa, the capi-
tal of Tibet, is situated—if not on the banks of the
Brahmaputra River itself—on the banks of a small tribu-
tary of the Brahmaputra; and that it is not only the
capital of Tibet, but the religious centre of such a vast
number of people that I believe, taking them all together,
they number almost one-third of the population of the
world. Now, I have been told that during the war in
China, about one-third of China did not know that any
war was going on at all; they did not take any interest
in it. But I will venture to say that if two European
officers were to reach Lhasa, within a few months it
would be known over the whole of China whether these
officers were British or Russians.

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The President ¹: We have listened to a most interest-
ing paper, and to an equally interesting discussion. The
great plateau of Tibet to which Mr. Crosby has alluded,
and portions of which he has visited, is, geographically
speaking, I consider, one of the most interesting portions
of the globe. He has suggested various causes for the
existence of that vast plateau, and he has described to
us the changes that have been taking place in it. I do
not believe that any army, for the invasion either of
Tibet or India, has ever crossed it. The invasions Sir
Thomas Holdich has alluded to have all gone along the
valley of the Tsanpu or from the eastward; none have
ever passed over the lofty desert. Therefore I think in
that respect it does form a great barrier.