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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
226 THE ADVANCE TO LHASA
The Yutok Sha-pé took the chief place. He was a genial,
gentlemanly official of good family and pleasant manners.
But it soon became apparent that both he and the Ta
Lama were in the hands of the Chief Secretary, the monk
official who, from our first meeting at Khamba Jong, had
ever been an obstacle in our way. This latter official,
acting as spokesman, said they had heard from the Tongsa
Penlop that we wished to negotiate at Gyantse, and they
had set out to meet us when they heard that we were
advancing. They were quite willing to negotiate if we
returned to Gyantse, and in that case they would ac-
company us and make a proper settlement with us there.
I repeated for the fiftieth time that I had waited for
more than a year to negotiate ; that even at Gyantse I had
given them many opportunities ; that when I had first
arrived there I had announced my desire to negotiate ;
that after the attack upon me I had still declared my
willingness to negotiate up to June 25 ; that on the inter-
cession of the Tongsa Penlop the Viceroy had extended
that term for some days ; that even after the capture of
the jong I had sent messengers over the country to find
them, and waited for another week at Gyantse ; but that
eventually the patience of the Viceroy had become com-
pletely exhausted, and His Excellency had ordered me to
advance to Lhasa forthwith, as he had reluctantly become
convinced that only there could a settlement be made.
We were now advancing to Lhasa. I would be quite
ready to negotiate with them on the way, and if the
Tibetan troops did not oppose us we would not fight
against them ; but as our troops had on the previous day
been fired at from the jong, we must send our troops in to
occupy it. We would, however, allow the delegates to
remain unmolested, and would see that their property was
not disturbed, and that they themselves were accorded
proper marks of respect.
The delegates replied that if we went on to Lhasa there
was no chance of a settlement being arrived at ; that they
had come here with the sincere intention of making
friendship with us and securing peace, but if we sent
troops into the jong they did not see how they could be
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