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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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引用情報
58 THE CONVENTION WITH CHINA
Mr. White had been deputed for the purpose, and would
meet the other deputies at whatever point on the frontier
might be convenient ; and would be strictly enjoined
not to travel on the Tibetan side of the boundary, as it
would be sufficient if boundary pillars were erected at
the passes which can be approached from the Sikkim
side.
The Amban replied on January 13, 1895, that he had
sent orders to the deputies to hold themselves in readi-
ness to commence work at the time suggested by the
Viceroy," and he suggested that the respective officers
should come together at Yatung, where they can decide
upon the best place for beginning operations, and where
the three parties (Indian, Chinese, and Tibetan) can
agree upon a date for starting together on the work of
demarcation."
Everything was then carefully and deliberately
arranged, and there seemed good prospect of a settle-
ment of the frontier ; but when, in the following May,
Mr. White approached the frontier to meet the Chinese
deputy, in accordance with an arrangement they had made
between them, he was met by a letter, written by
direction of the deputy, and stating that the Lamas were
obstinate in their refusal to supply transport, and that he
was much disturbed at his failure to keep his appointment,
but had laid his difficulties before the Amban. On
May 19 Mr. White and the Chinese Major met—a
different one from the deputy originally appointed, for the
latter had since died. He asked for more delay, but
Mr. White refused, as he had already been kept waiting
with his escort at inclement altitudes, and Mr. White
and he fixed the site of the pillar on the Jelap-la (pass),
which is a spot where the site of the watershed forming
the boundary, according to treaty, is quite unmistakable,
as it runs along a very sharply-defined ridge. Mr. White
erected a pillar here, and arranged with the Chinese
deputy to meet him at another pass, the Dokala, on
June 1, while Mr. White should in the interval erect a
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