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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
292 THE TREATY CONCLUDED
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even now we were not demanding the whole, but only 1
half, the cost of the military operations. The other half
would have to fall upon India. The sum we were now
asking would, if the Treaty were signed the next day, id
be 75 lakhs of rupees, calculated at the rate of Rs. 50,000 1
a day from the date on which I was attacked at Gyantse 0
till one month after the date of signature of the 'Treaty.
If they signed it on September 3, the amount would be ti
751 lakhs. If on September 4, 76 lakhs, and so on. I
was prepared to explain any point in the final draft which
they did not understand, but I could not further discuss
the terms. They had been especially framed with modera-
tion. They embodied the commands of the British
Government, and would have to be accepted. I would
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give them another week within which they might receive
explanations and think matters over. But I could not it
give them any longer time, for while they were punishing
themselves by adding day by day to the amount of the
indemnity, they were also punishing India, who had to il
pay the other half of the cost. !0
They asked to be allowed to take away the final draft ii
and consider it. 1 said that, as long as they did not mind il
paying Rs. 50,000 a day, they might consider it, and come é
to me or my secretary for explanations. They then made 6i
an appeal to the Resident to intercede with me on their k
behalf. The Resident merely acknowledged their request, k
and then, after asking me if I had anything further to say
to them, dismissed them.
\?Then they were gone, I said to the Resident that 1
was sorry to have to speak to them as I had done, but my
experience had been that soft words and reasoning had no
effect on their obstinate natures. I then said that the
Tibetans were agreeing to all the terms, which did not
hurt them in the least, and were, indeed, advantageous, but
were refusing the indemnity, the only one of the terms
which cost them anything. Excluding foreigners was in
accordance with their traditional policy, and was therefore
no sacrifice. As to opening trade-marts, that was to their
advantage. They were born traders and bargainers, as we
were finding to our cost, for they were extorting extravagant
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