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| Peking to Lhasa : vol.1 | |
| 北京からラサへ : vol.1 |
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引用情報
6 PEKING TO LHASA
Republic had not yet established itself. There
was no order in the country. The various armies
were not paid. And the soldiery, to support them-
selves, were driven to looting ; or they would
break up into bands of brigands and scour the
country.
And if and when Pereira had made his way
through the famine-stricken peoples and through
the warring factions and bands of brigands, and
had reached the borders of Tibet, still greater
obstacles might meet him. On the establishment
of the Republic in China the Tibetans had evicted
the Chinese from Tibet. And, as a consequence,
all along the border between Tibet and China,
where it is difficult to state exactly at what line
Chinese authority ends and Tibetan begins, there
was disorder. Many of the border people owe
only a loose allegiance to Lhasa. Many others
owe only a loose allegiance to China. And when
Tibet and China are at variance, these try to be
independent of both. Pereira, on arrival at the
fringe of China Proper, might find it impossible
to get through disorderly frontier peoples.
And supposing he did get through these wild
border tribesmen there was still the Central
Government of Tibet to reckon with. Since the
British Mission to Lhasa of 1904 they had been
well-disposed towards travellers coming from
India. But so far they had allowed no European
to enter Lhasa from the side of China. Would
they show any favour towards Pereira ? If not,
his aims would be thwarted at their very climax.
These were the obstacles he had to expect. And
in addition there were of course the ordinary
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