IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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Il\TTRODUCTION
and without convincing the Secretary of State in England.
India is not governed by the Viceroy alone, but by the
Viceroy in Council. On such a question as the despatch of
a mission to Tibet, the Viceroy would not be able to act
without the concurrence of three out of his six councillors,
and without the approval of the Secretary of State, who,
in his turn, as expenditure is incurred, would have to gain
the support of his Council of tried and experienced Indian
administrators and soldiers, besides the approval of the
whole Cabinet.
It is, then, a very fair presumption at the outset that if
all these various authorities had satisfied themselves that
action in 'Tibet was necessary, there probably was some
reasonable ground for interference. What was it that
influenced these sedate authorities, alike in India and
in England, to depart from the natural course of leaving
the Tibetans alone, to behave or misbehave themselves
as they liked ? W hat was it that persuaded these gentle-
men that action, and not inaction, intervention, and
not laissez-faire, â.ire, were required, and that we could no
longer leave this remote State on the far side of the mighty
Himalayas severely alone ? There must have been some
strong reason, for it was not merely a matter of permitting
an adventurous explorer to try and reach the "forbidden
city." After thirty years of correspondence what was
eventually sanctioned was the despatch of a mission with
an escort strong enough to break down all opposition.
What was the reason ?
The answer to this I will eventually give. But to make
that answer clear we must view the matter from a long
perspective, and trace its gradual evolution from the
original beginnings. And, at the start, I shall have
to emphasize the point that there has always been
intercourse of some kind between Tibet and India, for
Tibet is not an island in mid-ocean. It is in the heart
of a continent surrounded by other countries. That it is
a mysterious, secluded country in the remote hinterland of
the Himalayas most people are vaguely aware. But that
it is contiguous for nearly a thousand miles with the
British Empire, from Kashmir to Burma, few have
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