IIIFカラー高解像度
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
ATTEMPTS TO STOP OUR ADVANCE 229
panied the delegates back towards the Jong, which, how-
ever, they did not again enter, but took up their quarters
in the village, while their followers and baggage were sent
down to them there. I expressed my regret to the Yutok
Sha-pé that at our first meeting I should have had to put
him to such inconvenience. But the occupation of the
Jong was a military necessity. It was a matter of con-
gratulation that it should have been effected without the
loss of life on either side.
The following day the 'Tibetan delegates held another
prolonged interview with me, lasting three and a half
hours. They made no further mention of the occupation
of the jong, but were very insistent that we should not
advance to Lhasa. The Yutok Sha-p6 was the chief
spokesman at first, but during the course of the interview
each one repeated separately much the same arguments.
They said that in Lhasa there were a great number of
monks and many unruly characters, and disturbances might
easily arise ; to which I replied that I should much regret
any such disturbances, and hoped the delegates would do
their best to prevent them, for the result could only be
the same as the result of the disturbances at Gyantse.
Another argument the delegates used was that, if we
went to Lhasa, we should probably find no one there. To
this I replied that this would necessitate our waiting until
people returned. I reminded them that they lived apart
from the rest of the world, and did not understand the
customs of international intercourse. To us the fact of
their having kept the representative of a great Power
waiting for a year to negotiate was a deep insult, which
most Powers would resent by making war without giving
any further chance for negotiation. But the British
Government disliked making war if they could possibly
help it. They had therefore commanded me to give the
Tibetans one more chance of negotiating, though that
chance could only be given at Lhasa itself. Let them
make the most of this opportunity.
The delegates replied that they had intended no insult
by keeping me waiting a year ; it was merely the custom
of their country to keep out strangers. " But, anyhow,"
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