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0141 India and Tibet : vol.1
インドとチベット : vol.1
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THE LHASA. DELEGATES   113

In the evening the Khamba Jongpen, with two

junior officers bearing presents from the Lhasa delegates,

arrived in camp. Mr. White received them, and sent

polite messages in return, and Captain O'Connor after-

wards interviewed the messenger in his own tent, and

conversed very amicably for some time, the messenger

being evidently very pleased with his reception, and alto-

gether refusing to accept money, which was all M.r. White

had at the moment, in return for their presents. The

Jongpen also behaved with great civility, and repeatedly

apologized in regard to his refusal to accept the letter,

and promised to supply grass on the following day.

The two Lhasa officials, who were those referred to in

the Chinese Resident's letter to the Viceroy, visited Mr.

White on July 11. They were well-mannered, but made

protests regarding what they called our transgression of

the frontier. After the interview with Mr. White they

visited the Sikkim heir-apparent, who had arrived in

Mr. White's camp on the previous day ; and here

Captain O'Connor, in a less formal way, had a long con-

versation with them, endeavouring to find out under what

amount of authority they had come. But they evaded

all queries, and merely reiterated that if they had not had

proper orders they would not, of course, be there. On

the same day Mr. White visited Mr. Ho.

Captain O'Connor had a two-hours conversation with

the Lhasa delegates on the 12th. He elicited that the

Chief Secretary had been to Peking and back by Calcutta

and Shanghai. The position they took up was that the

place appointed by their Government for the discussion of

affairs was the Giagong frontier, and on arrival there they

would produce their credentials. As regards official corre-

spondence, they said that by the terms of some treaty

between the Chinese and the Tibetans all official corre-

spondence between the Tibetans and foreigners had to be

conducted through the Ambans, and, under these circum-

stances, they could neither receive nor reply to our letters.

But they affirmed, nevertheless, that they were fully

empowered to treat with our Commissioners at the proper

place—the Giagong frontier.

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