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THE BRITISH DOMINION IN ASIA Now, the origin and extension of British protect- orates on the Asiatic mainland follow a clear and almost uniform process of development. Just as a fortress or a line of entrenchments requires an open SUBMISSION OF THE MAHARAJA DHULIP SINGH TO SIR HENRY HARDINGE, AT KANHA CUSHWA, FEB. 19, 1846. space around or in front of it, so it is manifestly advan- tageous for the security of an outlying frontier prov- ince to keep the foreign territory adjoining it free from the intrusion or occupation of powerful neighbours. There is no great objection to neighbours who are merely troublesome, such as tribes who may be turbu- lent and predatory, or even petty states that may be