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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
CHAPTER V
THE CONVENTION WITH CHINA
THE Chinese Amban, or Resident, at Lhasa now appeared
upon the scene to effect a settlement, and during 1889 we
endeavoured to have the frontier line properly fixed and
our exclusive supremacy in Sikkim, which was recorded in
well-known treaties, definitely recognized. We also wished,
if possible, to have trade regulated. Considering that we
had abandoned the proposed mission to Lhasa out of
deference to Chinese and Tibetan susceptibilities, that the
Tibetans had assumed the offensive, and that the Chinese
had shown themselves utterly unable to control them, this
was not an unreasonable expectation to hold. We made
no demand for indemnity or for any accession of territory.
We merely asked that the boundary and trade should be
regulated. Yet a year of negotiation passed and no result
was obtained, and the Government of India told the
Chinese negotiators that they had decided to close the
Sikkim incident, so far as China is concerned, without
insisting upon a specific agreement."
But now that the Indian Government, knowing that they
could perfectly well hold their own up to their frontier, and
finding that the Chinese were of little use in controlling
events beyond it, were quite prepared to drop negotia-
tions, the Chinese themselves came forward and pressed
for their conclusion. This is an important point. It was
now the Chinese who were pressing for an agreement.
Further, and this is still more important, they stated that
44 China will be quite able to enforce in Tibet the terms of
the treaty," and they asked the Government of India to
depute officers to meet the Chinese Resident at Gnatong.
For the agreement which was subsequently reached the
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