Lord Dufferin's good fortune has not deserted him. We describe
elsewhere the many difficulties of a war in Tibet ; but it appears from the latest telegram from Calcutta, that the Tibetans have given in. The occupation of his palace in the Chumbi Valley brought the facts home to the mind of the Rajah of Sikkim, and he has surrendered to the British. This means that he thinks us the strongest, and will there- fore be for the future a " loyal," perhaps by-and-by an "enlightened," feudatory. In that case, it will be far easier to retain than to depose him. Moreover, the Chinese Resident in Lhassa is coming to Gnatong himself to settle the terms of peace, which he would not do if the Lamas had not made up their minds against continuing the contest. We trust the terms will be lenient, that we shall not worry about a trumpery trade—valued in Calcutta not for its volume, but for its high rate of profit—and that, in particular, we shall not insist on planting a Minister in Lhassa. The Chinese will no more stand that than we should stand Russia sending a Minister to Dublin.
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