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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
WE CROSS BRAHMAPUTRA 247
On July 31 all the troops, except a small garrison to
guard the ferry, having crossed the river, we set out again
towards Lhasa. As I was passing Chisul the Ta Lama
asked me to stay for a short time to talk to him. He
said he was much surprised at our advancing, as he had
understood from me that we wished to make a settlement
and be on friendly terms, and, if we advanced, there might
be disturbances. I reminded him that I had always said
we would advance, and remarked that, if there were dis-
turbances, the responsibility would rest upon the Tibetan
Government, for I had informed him many times, and
had written to both the Amban and the Dalai Lama to
say that we would not commence fighting, and our troops
had orders not to fire unless they were fired upon.
The Ta Lama then begged me to stay till the
Chamberlain returned with the reply from the Dalai
Lama. His Holiness would not at all like our advancing
without his permission, but if we waited for his reply, we
might find that he was willing for us to advance, and he
would give orders to the Tibetan soldiers to allow us to
pass. I replied that we had already waited nearly a week
at Chaksam Ferry, that there had been plenty of time to
issue such orders if there was any intention to issue them,
and that, in any case, whatever the Dalai Lama's reply
was, I should have to advance to Lhasa.
The Ta Lama then tried to persuade me to advance
with only a small following ; he said that my entering
Lhasa with a large army would alarm the Tibetans, and
make the Dalai Lama think that our intentions were not
really friendly. I recalled to his remembrance that only
a few minutes before he had spoken of the possibility of
disturbances. It was to protect ourselves in case of dis-
turbances, and to guard ourselves against such another
attack as that which was made upon me at Gyantse in
May, that we were taking a sufficient force to Lhasa.
The Ta Lama begged me not to be always harping
upon what had occurred at Gyantse. Let all that be for-
gotten, he said. The Tibetans were now really anxious
to make a settlement, and he would give me a promise in
writing that no harm would befall us if I went to Lhasa
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