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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 XV
THE ADVANCE TO LHASA
It
JUST a year had now elapsed since we had arrived at
Khamba Jong, and now at length all were united in the
it single purpose of advancing to Lhasa — the Imperial
Government, the Indian Government, and the military
authorities. A year had been wasted in futile forbearance
It for the benefit of the British public, but at length what
It the responsible Government of India had advocated since
I January of the previous year was to be carried into effect,
and on July 14 we left our dreary little post at Gyantse
and set out, full of enthusiasm, for Lhasa.
Though we were so high above sea-level, it was quite
hot now in the middle of the day, for the suri in these low
latitudes and in this clear atmosphere struck down with
considerable force. But we also had some very heavy
rain in the next few days.
As we approached the Karo-la (pass), the scene of
Colonel Brander's gallant little action, I received a letter
from the 'Tongsa Penlop at Gyantse, enclosing a letter he
had received from the Dalai Lama. It said :
We have written to the Yutok Sha-pé, inquiring from
him whether it will be easy to effect a settlement or not.
Will you also request the English privately not to nibble up
our country ? Please use your influence well both with
the English and the Tibetans. I cannot at present speak
with exactness with regard to the frontier, but I have
said something on the matter to the Pukong Tulku, so it
will be well if the negotiations are begun quickly. Once
they have begun, we shall hear gradually who is in the
right."
On the next day, July 17, we marched to a camp
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