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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
56 THE CONVENTION WITH CHINA
only laid down that goods entering Tibet from British
India across the Sikkim-Tibet frontier, or vice versa, shall
be exempt, etc. Phari is a considerable distance from the
frontier, and unless it could be shown that the duty to
which Mr. White referred was a special one newly imposed
it appeared doubtful whether the Government of India
could enter a valid objection." " It has always been
recognized," continues the despatch, that the utmost
patience is necessary in dealing with the 'T'ibetans, and
having regard to the short time which has elapsed since the
date fixed for the opening of the Yatung mart, the
Governor-General in Council would prefer to make nothing
in the nature of a complaint to the Chinese Government
at the present stage."
The Viceroy, accordingly, merely wrote to the Amban
that he had been sorry to learn from Mr. White's reports
that he was disappointed at the existing conditions of
trade between Tibet and Sikkim ; that it would seem
that Mr. White was of opinion that trade was unduly
hampered by the action of the Tibetan officials at Phari ;
that His Excellency (the Amban) would be interested to
hear the views which 11r. White had formed ; and that
he, the Viceroy, was confident that traders will, under the
Amban's directions, be allowed all the freedom and privi-
leges permissible under the Regulations, and he hoped that
before long they might be able to congratulate each other
on successful trade development at Yatung. Certainly
nothing could have been milder, more patient, and more
forbearing--and also, as it proved, less effectual.
It was not only in trade matters that the Tibetans
had shown a disregard of the treaty. In the matter of
the frontier also they proved troublesome, and during his
stay at Yatung Mr. White was informed that certain
places in the north-east of Sikkim, and within the
boundary laid down in the Convention of 1890, had
recently been occupied by Tibetan soldiers. The Viceroy
wrote to the Amban in August, 1899, pointing out that
* Blue-book, p. 31.
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