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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
OCCUPATION OF CHUMBI 257
projected along the Arno Chu Valley would lead into the
foot of the Chumbi Valley, and it was obviously desirable
that it should continue under our control up to the point
where it debouches on to the open plateau of Tibet beyond
the Tang-la. The opening up of such a route into Tibet
proper must evidently be the precursor of any real develop-
ment of trade, and, what was of far greater importance, it
would provide one of the surest guarantees for the pre-
dominance of our influence and the safety of our Agents
in the country.
It had been estimated that, if our forces had all left
Tibet by October, the cost of the expedition would not
be less than £648,000. The contingency of such an
early withdrawal was remote, and it seemed probable that
the operations necessary to assert our treaty rights and to
exact reparation from the Tibetans would cost us not less
E than a million sterling.
The Indian Government were, therefore, of opinion
that, as a guarantee for the fulfilment of the Convention,
and as a security for the payment of the indemnity, that
they proposed to require, as well as in the interests of the
people of the valley themselves, the occupation of the
Chumbi Valley for such period as might be necessary for
the due protection of our treaty rights, and international
interests would become inevitable.
The next point to be considered was this question of
demanding an indemnity.
Now that it had become necessary to send a regular
military expedition to Lhasa, Government submitted that
they had a good claim to be recouped the expense to
which they had been put. It was obvious that the re-
tention of the Chumbi Valley would not, from a monetary
point of view, be an adequate return for the outlay in
which they had been involved, and Government thought
it well to put forward a claim to compensation against the
Tibetans. Further, they considered that, having regard to
the recent attacks upon their Mission at Gyantse, and as a
measure calculated to increase the security of their repre-
sentative in Tibet, they should follow the precedent of the
demands presented by the allied Powers to the Chinese
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