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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
136 KHAMBA JONG
advice and neglect to carry on business with the British
Commissioners.
The advice the Nepal Minister gave to the Tibetan
Council was this : If the report was correct that they had
refused to be bound by the treaty of 1890, on the ground
that it was concluded by the Chinese and not by them-
selves, then they had acted very improperly. The
Tibetans and the Nepalese had for a long time held the
Emperor of China in high respect. It was improper,
then, to declare that the treaty, having been made by the
Chinese, was not binding upon the Tibetans, since what-
ever was done was done on their behalf. The Minister
pointed out that, since the conclusion of the treaty
between the British and Nepal Governments representa-
tives of each of the Governments had resided in the
other's country, and the due observance of the terms of
the treaty had been continually advantageous to the
Government of Nepal, and their religion had not suffered
in any way. The advantages derived from such an
arrangement were too many to enumerate. Since the
treaty was made, the British Government had on different
occasions restored to them territories lost by Nepal in
war, and producing a revenue of many lakhs of rupees.
The Tibetans must bear in mind that the Government that
they had to deal with was not a despotic, but a constitu-
tional, one, and this would be corroborated by the fact
that the British had helped the Nepalese to maintain the
autonomy of their country for so long a time, whereas
they might easily have deprived them of it if they had had
a mind to behave in a despotic and unjust manner. The
most notable feature in the relations of the Nepalese with
the British, continued the Minister, was that they
sacredly observed Nepalese religious and social prejudices.
Hence if the Tibetans would even now take time by the
forelock, settle the pending questions, and behave with the
British as true friends, he was sure Tibet would derive
the same benefit from such an alliance as Nepal had
hitherto done. That the British Government had any
evil designs upon Tibet did not appear from any source.
It was well known that the sun never sets upon the
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