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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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DISCUSSION WITH TIBETAN LEADERS 165
I had been appointed British Commissioner on account of
my general experience in many different countries, that I
had no preconceived ideas upon this question and no
animus against them ; from what I had seen of them, I
was convinced there was no people with whom we were
more likely to get on, and I hoped now we had really met
each other face to face we should find a means of settling
our differences and forming a lasting friendship.
The Lhasa General replied that all the people of
Tibet had a covenant that no Europeans were ever to be
allowed to enter their country, and the reason was that
they wished to preserve their religion. The monks here
chimed in, saying that their religion must be preserved, and
that no European, on any account, must be admitted. The
General then went on to say that, if I really wanted to
make a. friendly settlement, I should go back to Yatung.
I told him that for a century and a half we had re-
mained quietly in India, and made no attempt to force
ourselves upon them. Even though we had a treaty right
to station an officer at Yatung, we had not exercised that
right. But of recent years we had heard from many
different sources that they were entering into friendly
relations with the Russians, while they were still keeping
us at arm's length. One Dorj ieff, for instance, had been
the bearer of' autograph letters from the Dalai Lama to
the Czar and Russian officials at the very time when the
Laina was refusing letters from the Viceroy of India. We
could understand their being friendly with both the
Russians and ourselves, or their wishing to have nothing
to do with either ; but when they were friendly with the
Russians and unfriendly with us, they must not be sur-
prised at our now paying closer attention to our treaty
rights.
The General assured me that it was untrue that they
had any dealings with the Russians, and the monks
brusquely intimated that they disliked the Russians ,lust as
much as they disliked us ; they protested that they had
nothing to do with the Russians, that there was no
Russian near Lhasa at that time, and that Dorjieff was a
Mongolian, and the custom of Mongolians was to make
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