CHAPTER FOUR“So we must go back,” said Captain Alexander, “to the earliest years of this century, when Tibet was in suzerainty to China and Russia and Britain were toying with the idea of gaining an advantage in this country of completely undeveloped wealth.”
He smiled and went on,
“You will remember, of course, that a Russian named Dorgieff bamboozled the Dalai Lama into believing that the Czar himself and the whole Russian Empire were to embrace the Buddhist religion and come under the spiritual rule of Lhasa.”
“A lie!” the Professor interposed.
“In consequence of these lies,” he continued, “the Dalai Lama sent back unopened the letters to him by the Viceroy of India.
“Becoming somewhat alarmed, the British sent an expedition to Lhasa which, having captured Gyangtse, journeyed on to
