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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
INTERVIEW WITH BHUTANESE ENVOY 171
After the first interview the Bhutan Envoy came to
me to report the result. He said he had repeated to them
what I told him, and the Lhasa delegates had replied that
Yatung was the place appointed for discussions, and we
ought to have discussed matters there ; but, instead of
that, we carne with an armed force to hhamba Jong, and
then had come into Chumbi, so they did not believe that
we honestly intended to make a peaceful settlement, but
they asked what were the terms of the settlement we
wished to make.
I told the Envoy that I would willingly go back to
Yatung if I thought that by doing so there was the
slightest prospect of making a durable settlement with
the Tibetans. But, as a matter of fact, we had tried for
years to make a settlement at Yatung. Our political
officers, Mr. White and Captain Le Mesurier, had met
Tibetan officials, and also the Amban, there, but without
result. As to what terms we would ask in the settlement,
that was, of course, a matter which I should have to discuss
with the high official possessed of full powers to negotiate,
as soon as one was appointed ; but I might say, in general
terms, that there were three main points we should want
to settle with the Tibetans : Firstly, the boundary with
Sikkim ; secondly, the regulation of trade and the selec-
tion of a more suitable trade-mart than Yatung ; and
thirdly, the means of communication between ourselves
and the Tibetans. The Envoy then returned to the
Lhasa delegates, who had been awaiting my reply. On
the following day they had a full meeting at Guru to
consider it, and the Lhasa General paid another visit to
the Bhutan Envoy. The Tibetans said that, as we were
in the wrong, having advanced into Tibet, we should
retire to Yatung, and then negotiations could take place ;
but as regards our wish to regulate communications with
them, they could only say that no communications would
ever be allowed, as it was against the rule of the country.
These negotiations had led to nothing ; but one more
stone had been turned in our attempt to effect a settle-
ment peacefully, and incidentally the attempt had been
instrumental in putting us on good terms with the Bhu-
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