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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
154 DARJILING TO CHUMBI
I replied that no more formal declaration would be made
than that conveyed in the letter from the Viceroy to the
Chinese Resident. If the progress of the Mission were
obstructed, General Macdonald would use force to clear a
way for the passage of the Mission. If no opposition were
offered, he would not attack the Tibetans. We were pre-
pared to fight if fighting were forced upon us ; we were
equally ready to negotiate if the Chinese and 'Tibetans
would send proper delegates to negotiate with us.
All accounts seemed to show at that time that the
Tibetans intended to fight, and from several independent
sources came information that they were relying on
Russian support. And these latter reports were con-
firmed later by Colonel Chao, the Chinese delegate,
who said that Dorjieff was then in Lhasa, and that the
arrogance of the 'Tibetans was due to their reliance on the
support of the Russians, since many discussions had been
held in Russia between Dorjieff and Russian officials, with
the result that of late the Tibetans had been taunting the
Chinese openly, and saying that they had now a stronger
and greater Power than China upon which to rely for
assistance.
Still, I meant to do my best to secure our passage to
Gyantse without fighting, and to the General commanding
the Tibetan troops at Yatung I gave the pledge that we
were conducting the Mission, under adequate protection,
to a place better fitted for negotiation, but that we were
not at war with Tibet, and unless we were ourselves
attacked, we should not attack the Tibetans. I repeated
these assurances to some Tibetan messengers at Gnatong,
and told them to tell the Tibetan Generals that if they did
not attack us we would not attack them.
On reaching the summit of the Jelap-la, on a bright,
clear sunny day, with glorious views all round, we found
no one to oppose us. We looked down into the Chumbi
Valley into a sort of labyrinth of deep forest-clad valleys,
and beyond these to the high main range, which still
separated us from 'Tibet proper, for Chumbi is not
geographically part of Tibet, nor are its inhabitants true
Tibetans.
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