IIIFカラー高解像度
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
284 THE NEGOTIATIONS
be. I quite recognized, however, the difficulty they had
in paying the indemnity in cash within three years. I
would, therefore, be prepared to receive proposals from
them as to modifications in the manner of payment. If,
for instance, they thought it impossible to pay the whole
indemnity in three years, and would like the term
extended to five, I would submit such a proposal for the
orders of the Viceroy. Or, again, if they would prefer to
pay the indemnity at the rate of a lakh of rupees a year
for a long term of years, I would ask Government if the
difficulty might be met in that way.
They expressed their disappointment at this answer, as
they had hoped that when they had agreed to all our terms
except this one I would have given way on it, and excused
them paying the indemnity, and they trusted I would not
send them back to the National Assembly with so dis-
heartening an answer. In most cases of bargaining, if
one party got half the things he had asked he would be
satisfied. I had got all the points except one, and still
was not satisfied. If I could not agree to that myself,
would I not refer it to the Viceroy ? If I did this they
had great hopes the Viceroy would excuse them the
indemnity.
I replied that a reference to the Viceroy would be of no
use, for it happened that the terms I was now asking were
modifications ordered by the British Government. The
Ti Rimpoche said that if the British Government had
been lenient once they might be lenient again, and asked
me to put their petition before them. 1 replied that the
British Government had considered this matter most
carefully before issuing these demands, so if I now dared
to suggest that one of them should not be carried out
I should be immediately dismissed from my post. I was
prepared, as I had said, to submit proposals for alternative
methods of payment of the indemnity, and I would be
also prepared to submit proposals for privileges of con-
cessions in Tibet which might be taken in lieu of part of
the indemnity, but the indemnity, in some manner or
other, would have to be paid.
The Tsarong Sha-pé said we were accustomed to fish
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