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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
THE TI RIMPOCHE 269
The Nepalese representative said the Regent was a
moderate man, more inclined to make a peaceful settle-
ment than the generality of the National Assembly.
Captain Jit Bahadur having hinted that the Regent and
the Dalai Lama's brother were anxious to visit me, I told
him to let the Regent know that I would be glad to
receive him ; and I asked him to tell the Regent from me
that we had no wish to be other than on friendly terms
with the 'Tibetans. Is/Ve had no desire to make war upon
them or object to gain by it ; we did not wish to annex
their country ; and the Viceroy had given me the very
strictest orders to respect their religion, so that when I
heard from him (the Nepalese representative) and the
Tongsa Penlop that the Tibetans considered the Summer
Palace a sacred building, I had consented to take up my
residence elsewhere, even though at inconvenience to
myself. But while we had thus no wish to make war, and
were prepared to respect their religion, the Tibetans were
putting me in a very difficult position. They had asked
r me to stop hostilities, saying they wished to make a settle-
r ment, but although they had been acquainted with the
terms for three weeks, and I had already been here a
week, yet not one word of negotiation had yet passed
between me and them. Nor had they made proper efforts
to furnish the troops with supplies. If they failed to
negotiate, what could I do ? It seemed to me that the
Tibetans were like men in a bog. They were sinking
deeper and deeper. Last year they were in upto their
knees only. A month ago they were up to their waists.
Now they were up to their necks. And in a short time,
if they would not accept the hand which was stretched out
to them by the Regent, they would be in over their heads.
I called upon the Chinese Resident on the 10th and
impressed upon him the responsibility which lay on the
Chinese Government to induce the 'Tibetans to make
a settlement. He said he was most anxious to work with
me, and had sent a message to the Dalai Lama to return.
But I heard from other sources that the Dalai Lama was
now eight marches off, and had with him the Siberian
Buriat Dorjieff, to whom the Tibetans attributed all their
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