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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
122 KHAMBA JONG
the frontier was not at Giagong, as the Tibetans supposed,
but at the Kangra-la (pass), only ten miles from where
we where. Mr. Ho said the actual position of the frontier
was not known yet, but that it was where the waters
flowed down to India. I said five minutes' investigation
would make clear where that was, and Mr. Ho said that
then the matter could be very easily settled.
Mr. Ho's Chinese secretary then suggested that I
should give the Tibetans the copy of my speech which the
interpreter had read from. I assented with readiness, and,
with Mr. Ho's approval, presented it to them. But they
could not have got rid of a viper with greater haste than
they got rid of that paper. They said that they could on
no account receive it, and handed it on to Mr. Ho's secre- N
tary, to whom, as he spoke English, I had also given an
English version.
These so-called delegates never came near us again at
Khamba Jong, but shut themselves up in the fort and
sulked. And in reporting the result of this interview to
Government, I said that both Mr. White and I were of
opinion that Government must be prepared for very pro- E~
tracted negotiations, and also for the possibility of coercion.
The attitude of the Tibetans was fully as obstructive, I
said, as Mr. White and every other person acquainted
with them had predicted it would be, and I saw at present ~)
little prospect of coming to a settlement without coercion,
though I would use every possible means of argument and
persuasion.
And if the delegates did not choose to give me any
work, I was quite content to do none, for I was thoroughly
happy in camp there at Khamba Jong. All my staff were
delightful companions, and we were very happy together.
Mr. White was the best possible hand at making a camp
comfortable and feeding arrangements good ; and we
had neither the stifling heat of the Indian plains nor the
discomforts of the rainy season in the hills. We were
beyond the reach of the monsoon. We had occasional
refreshing showers, but for July, August, and September,
the rainfall was only 4.9 inches, and, for the most part,
the weather was bright and fine and clear. We could see
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