It was announced last Saturday that the negotiations between Britain
and China as to China's adhesion to the Tibetan Convention had come to an end. On Friday week an Agreement on the subject was signed by Sir Ernest Satow and Tang Shao-yi, a graduate of Yale, who is one of the chiefs of the Chinese Foreign Office. The document, which is regarded by Chinese statesmen as favourable to themselves, consists of six articles, audit is provided that ratification must take place within three months. The negotiations have been long and tortuous, but the spirit throughout has been friendly, and we congratulate both parties on their successful con- clusion. It is also announced that the Indian Government has decided to complete the Hindustan-Tibet road, in order that there may be direct access from Simla to Gantok, the new trade mart in Western Tibet granted by the Convention.
