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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.