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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DELEGATES UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE 245
the terms. The final authority was the National Assembly,
which was composed of representatives from all over
Tibet, but chiefly from the three great monasteries at
Lhasa. Both monks and laymen attended as well as
many officials, but the Councillors (Sha-pés) were not
included in it, and the Dalai Lama had rio representative
there.
I told the Ta Lama that this seemed rather extra-
ordinary, for the Councillors were presumably the most
able men in the State, and yet their counsels were liable
to be overridden by the decision of a body of irresponsible
ti and less capable men. Supposing," I said, that the
M Dalai Lama and the Councillors wished to agree to the
li terms I was asking and the National Assembly declined
to agree, whose views would be adopted ?" The Ta Lama
said that the Dalai Lama and the Councillors never dis-
agreed with the National Assembly, for the decision of
the latter was final. I said this made matters very difficult
for me ; for I negotiated with the Councillors as being the
leading men in the State, and yet they could not even
enter the National Assembly to report what I had said
to them. The Ta Lama said the custom was for the
Councillors to send one of the secretaries to present their
views to the National Assembly. I asked who presided,
what was the number of representatives, and whether the
decision was arrived at by votes. He said no one presided,
that there were about 500 representatives, and that they
arrived at a decision by discussing till they were all of one
mind.
I remarked that in these circumstances the negotiations
promised to last a considerable time. Did he think they
would be concluded in a year ? He said a good deal
depended upon how we proposed to set about negotiating.
If we took each point separately, and had it discussed in
the National Assembly till agreed to, the settlement
might be made fairly quickly ; but if we gave the whole
treaty in a lump, and said this and nothing less must be
agreed to, he did not think a settlement would ever be
made.
I told the Ta Lama that it was a matter of indifference
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