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222 THE STORMING OF GYANTSE JONG
mated that the terms I was demanding would be still
more severe if we encountered opposition.
The Tongsa Penlop also, at my request, wrote to the
Ta Lama, saying that I was prepared to carry on negotia-
tions en route, in order that the settlement might be ready
for signature at an early date at Lhasa. And I asked the
Tongsa Penlop, further, to write to the Dalai Lama him-
self, giving an outline of the terms we should demand.
Lastly, I issued a proclamation, drafted by the Govern-
ment of India, stating that we had no desire to fight with
the people of Tibet or to interfere with their liberties or
religion, but that it was necessary to impress unmistakably
upon the Government of Tibet that they could not with
impunity offer insults to the British Government, and that
they must realize the obligations they had entered into
and act up to them in all respects. The people were
warned that any opposition to our advance would only
result in making the terms demanded more exacting.
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