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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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TROUBLE WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 275
I said I would be very much obliged to him if he
would at the earliest opportunity try to persuade the
National Assembly that I was not here to bargain over
terms. I was here, by direction of. the Viceroy, to carry
out the commands of the British Government in making a
settlement. The terms of that settlement were drawn up
with an especial regard for their religion. We were
annexing no part of Tibet ; we were not asking for an
agent here at Lhasa itself ; but we had to ask for an
indemnity, because the military operations which had been
forced on us in 1888 and in the present year had cost
a very great deal of money. The Tibetans had caused the
trouble. We had, therefore, to ask them to pay at least a
part of the expense. We knew, however, that Tibet was
asking scarcely half of the real cost, and we expected that
II' the 'Tibetans would give us, who had to suffer by having
Oti to pay the remainder of the cost, the advantage of being
IS able to come to Tibet to buy wool and other things which
Pi were produced more cheaply here than in India, and of
ei selling to the Tibetans the surplus of articles produced
ids more cheaply in India.
The Regent said he thought this quite reasonable, and
he would explain my view to the National Assembly. As
to the Dalai Lama, I said I was quite prepared to give
him the most positive assurance that he would be safe
from us if he returned here. I did not wish to discuss
personally with him the details of the settlement, but
wished him to affix his seal in my presence ; and it would
certainly be more convenient if he were nearer Lhasa for
reference during the negotiations. The Regent said he
would send two messengers to him to-morrow, advising
him to return. The trouble was, though, that he had
nobody about him to advise him properly. At the close
of the interview I told the Ti Rimpoche that I should be
glad to see him again. He was an old man, and was, I
knew, very busy just now, but whenever he liked to come
and talk with me I should be most pleased to receive him.
The first sign of yielding came on August 15, when
the Resident intimated to me that he had pressed the
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