File No. 893.00/1435.
The American Minister to the Secretary of State.
Peking, August 31, 1912.
From the Foreign Office I learn that on the 17th instant the British minister presented a memorandum that recognizes China’s suzeranity, not sovereignty, over Tibet; objects to Chinese action during the last three years in interfering in the internal affairs of Tibet; declares this interference to be opposed to the spirit of the 1906 treaty, which demands joint action by Great Britain and China; and declares that until China agrees to these demands the British Government can not recognize the Republic and will forbid the entrance of Chinese into Tibet via India.