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国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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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
CHAPTER XII
TUNA
THE first event of importance after our arrival at Tuna
was the receipt, on January 12, of a message from the
Lhasa officials, saying that they wished for an interview.
At noon, the time I had appointed, several hundreds
of men appeared on the plain below the village. They
halted there, and asked that I should come out and meet
them halfway. Perhaps unnecessarily, I refused this
request. It was bitingly cold in the open plain, and I
thought the 'Tibetan leaders might have come into my
camp, where I had said I would receive them, and where
a guard of honour was ready. However, I sent out the
indispensable and ever-ready Captain O'Connor to hear
what they had to say, and on his return he replied that
they once more urged us to return to Yatung, but after-
wards stated that they were prepared to discuss matters
there, at Tuna.
This constituted a distinct improvement on the
attitude adopted by them at Phari, and their general
demeanour was much more cordial, according to Captain
O'Connor. But they told him that if we advanced and
they were defeated, they would fall back upon another
Power, and that things would then be bad for us. In
conversation with the Munshi they said that they would
prevent us from advancing beyond our present position,
and they repudiated our treaty with the Chinese, saying
they were tired of the Chinese, and could conclude a
treaty by themselves.
Encouraged by the fact that they showed some little
signs of a desire to discuss matters, I determined now to
make a bold move to get to close quarters with them.
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