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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
SIGNATURE OF TREATY 305
The same ceremonial was followed in the case of the
copies in the three languages for the Resident, which,
having been signed and sealed, I handed to him. The
three copies, each in three languages, for the British
Government, were then signed and sealed, the whole
operation lasting nearly an hour and a half.
When the ceremony was concluded I addressed the
Tibetans, saying that the misunderstandings of the past
were now over, and a basis had been laid for mutual good
relations in future. We were not interfering in the
smallest degree with their religion, we were annexing no
part of their country, we were not interfering in their
internal affairs, and we were fully recognizing the con-
tinued suzerainty of the Chinese Government. We
merely sought to insure that they should abide by the
Treaty made on their behalf by the Amban in 1890 ; that
r trade relations, which were no less advantageous to them
than to us, should be established with them as they had
been with every other country in the world, except Tibet ;
and that they should not depart from their traditional
policy in regard to relations with other countries. They
had found us bad enemies when they had not observed
'T'reaty obligations, and shown disrespect to the British
representative. They would find us equally good friends
if they kept the present 'T'reaty and showed civility. As
a first token of peace I would ask General Macdonald
to release all prisoners of war, and I should expect that
they would set at liberty all those imprisoned on account
of dealings with us.
This speech was translated sentence by sentence by
Captain O'Connor, and the Resident's interpreter trans-
lated it sentence by sentence to the Resident. At its
conclusion the members of Council said that the Treaty
had been made by the whole people, and would never be
broken. We should see in future that they really intended
to observe it. I then turned to the Resident and thanked
him for the help he had given me in making the Treaty.
He said he was glad he and I had been able to work
together, and he hoped and thought the Tibetans would
keep the Treaty. A copy of the Treaty, as signed, is
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