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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
CHINESE ACTIVITY 393
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he added, her power would be extended to India : there
were already 2,000 Chinese troops in Lhasa and its
neighbourhood, others were following, and it was not for
Tibet alone that so large a number of troops were
required.
This statement of the Dalai Lama's was borne out by
information received from Gyantse, which said that 2,000
Chinese troops from Chiamdo had arrived at Lhasa in
February, and that the 'I'sarong Sha-pé (the General who
had met Mr. White and me at Khainba Jong, and who
afterwards, raised to the position of Councillor, was one
of those who negotiated the Treaty) was the only high
Tibetan official left in Lhasa, and had to obtain the
Resident's permission for all his acts. The Gyantse
report added that the chief opponent of the 'Tibetans was
the Resident Len, who, according to the common talk of
Lhasa, desired to take the entire administration into his
own hands, and was very suspicious of British influence
in Tibet. The Tibetans believed that the first thing he
would do if the Ministers returned would be to cut their
heads off and force the Dalai Lama to give him the
power. Chinese soldiers had been posted on each side
~r! of the Brahmaputra at Chaksam to prevent any Tibetan
Ii crossing without a pass signed by the Resident.
Later information received from the Ministers showed
~b that whereas the normal Chinese garrison of Lhasa and
surrounding country was only 500, there were now alto-
gether 3,400 Chinese soldiers there—viz., 2,400 in Lhasa ;
500 at Gyamda, ten days' journey east of Lhasa ; and 500
at Lharigo, fourteen days' march north-east of I.lhasa.
The Ministers also stated that the intention of dismissing
the Ministers who accompanied the Dalai Lama to India
if had been announced by Amban Len. The Dalai Lama's
I palace near Lhasa, known as Norbaling, was stated to
have been taken possession of by Chinese soldiers, who
were endeavouring to construct barracks capable of hold-
ing 1,000 Chinese troops at Lhasa.
Besides this, the Minister reported that Chinese police
were being posted throughout the country by the A rnban,
and where 'Tibetan police existed they were being dis-
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