A Reuter telegram in Thursday's papers reports the out- break
in Tibet of a rising against the Chinese. The trouble was started by the " Tibetan State Oracle," whose language was so outspoken that the Chinese ordered his execution. The Oracle fled to a monastery outside Lhasa. and was pursued by Chinese troops, who bombarded the monastery with field guns for three days, and were finally driven off. A general Tibetan rebellion followed. We feel tempted to recommend the appointment of some well known publicist, such as Mr. Garvin, Mr. Spender, or the editor of the Spectator, to be the British State Oracle. It is easy to picture the annoyance which his utterances would cause to a foreign invader, and to imagine his holding some hydropathic establishment in the suburbs against all comers. A vision rises before us of the intrepid journalist meeting shells with leaders and rifle fire with paragraphs.
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