China Cannot Have Tibet, Says Britain.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 30, 1912:
Strong Protest Made Against Proposal to Make the Country a Province.
NEW AGREEMENT DEMANDED
It Is Made a Condition to Great Britain's Recognition of the Chinese Republic.
    PEKING, Aug. 29.— The proposed incorporation of Tibet as a province of the Chinese Republic has met with strong opposition from Great Britain. The British Government contends that Tibet should be permitted to manage its affairs without Chinese interference.
    Sir John Jordan, the British Minister, presented to the Government here to-day a memorandum in which the Tibetan situation is reviewed. The note suggests that the Chinese Government station a representative at Lhasa who shall advise the Tibetans on questions of foreign policy and shall be protected by a bodyguard of Chinese troops.
    The British Government objects to the sending of the Chinese expedition now on the borders of Tibet and also to the maintenance of a large Chinese military force in the country.
    The note recommends the drawing up of a new Anglo-Chinese agreement, which it makes a condition to the recognition by Great Britain of the Chinese Republic.