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
246 THE ADVANCE TO LHASA
to the British Government how long the negotiations
lasted, for we should expect the Tibetan Government to
pay for our expenses from the date of the attack on the
Mission at Gyantse till the date of the conclusion of the
treaty. The Ta Lama urged that we should not be hard
on the Tibetans by demanding an indemnity, for if we did
we could never be friends. I answered that we would not
have demanded an indemnity if they had been reasonable
and had negotiated at Khamba Jong or Gyantse, but as
they had chosen to fight, and had been worsted, they must
take the consequences of their own actions.
The Ta Lama then dwelt upon the habit of the
Tibetans to take plenty of time in making decisions.
They liked to think well before taking action, and could
not stand being hurried. I informed him that we also
tried to think well before taking action, but we thought
quickly and acted at once, so as to get on without delay
from one thing to another. The lives of men were short,
and we wished to get through as much as possible in the
little time we were here. The Ta Lama said that their
time was taken up with the study of religion, which did
not admit of hurry. During this latter part of the dis-
cussion the Ta Lama and the Secretary laughed heartily,
then the former, after asking leave to depart, repeated, as
I was shaking hands with him, another appeal to me not
to go to Lhasa.
On the same day as I was having this interview I also
received from the Chinese Resident a letter, in which he
expressed sympathy with me in the trials of my long
journey, and said that the Tibetans were dull, unlettered
men, obstinately averse to receiving advice," and that he
was truly ashamed at the state of affairs. He said he
was sending me the Chief of the Military Secretariat to
acquaint me with the condition of affairs. He had im-
pressed on the Dalai Lama that the Tibetans were on no
account to treat me unceremoniously, but he warned me
that these Tibetans were cunning and insincere to a
degree, and that it was necessary to obtain guarantees
from them before a settlement of anything could be
made."
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