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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
248 THE ADVANCE TO LHASA
with only a small following. I told him the Tibetans
already had a promise in writing from me in my letter to
the Dalai Lama that we would not fight unless opposed,
and if, with that in their hands, they allowed disturbances
to occur, I should presume they were not anxious fôr a
settlement. I required no written promise from them. not
to harm us, but relied upon their sense of self-interest not
to bring on further disturbances.
The '1'a Lama, as a final effort, begged me to stay here
for a day ; and, last of all, as he was shaking hands with
me—a ceremony which lasted a quarter of an hour—
entreated me not to enter Lhasa city. I told him that I
had the highest admiration for his eloquence and power of
persuasion, and would have great satisfaction in telling the
Dalai Lama that he really had done his utmost to delay
us. I, of course, realized the position in which he stood,
and that it was his business by every means in his power
to prevent us reaching Lhasa. At the same time, I was
sure, I said, that a man of his sense knew in the bottom
of his heart that the. Tibetans were extremely fortunate in
having been able to secure our peaceful entry to Lhasa,
and prevented the capture of the city by force of arms.
We had promised not to occupy Lhasa if we were not
further opposed, and with that promise they must be
content.
The Ta Lama, though excessively urgent towards the
close of the interview, was perfectly polite throughout.
But so extraordinarily impracticable are these Tibetans
that he evidently thought that, because I had assured him
at previous interviews that we wished to make a friendly
settlement, we were therefore committing a sort of breach
of faith in now advancing to Lhasa. I had never ceased
to assure him that we did intend to advance, but now that
we actually were advancing he regarded it as a grievance.
For the next two days we marched steadily on
towards Lhasa, expecting at each corner we turned to
catch sight of the Potala in the distance, or at least to
hear from the reconnoitring parties of mounted infantry
that they had seen its gilded roofs. On August 2, at our
last camp, a dozen miles only from Lhasa, which now
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