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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
344 NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA
Chinese Commissioner in charge of the Chinese 'Trade and
Diplomatic Agency ; and this Mr. Gow proved so con-
tumacious that Sir Edward Grey had eventually to press
for his withdrawal. He threatened to stop the supply of
provisions by Tibetans to our Trade Agent unless they
were paid for at rates to be fixed by himself ; and he also,
apparently under sanction from Peking, claimed that in
all transactions between the 'Tibetans and British officers
he should act as intermediary.
This was a clear enough indication of Mr. Chang's line. 1
He meant to get in between us and the 'Tibetans. And the i
Tibetans at Gyantse had many rumours just now that he
was going to eject the Europeans and the Indian troops
from Gyantse ; that if the Indian Government did not
agree, Chinese troops would be sent to expel us by force
from 'Tibet. It was explained that Chinese troops were not 1
sent to oppose us during the time of the Tibet Mission
because there was no time to collect them. It was also
reported that Mr. Chang intended to object to British
officials and other Europeans travelling in 'Tibet except 1
between the trade-marts and India. And this is what in 9
fact he did in the case of Sven Hedin. He wrote him a
very polite note saying what interest he took in geography
and so forth, but adding : The last treaty between China :!
and Great Britain contains a paragraph declaring that no i
stranger, whether he be Englishman or Russian. an j
American or European, has any right to visit 'Tibet, the
three market towns excepted." The Treaty has no such
clause. It simply confirmed the Lhasa Treaty, in which i
was a clause stipulating that the agents or representatives 1
of foreign Powers should not be admitted. As a matter i
of fact Sven Hedin was not the agent of a foreign Power,
but a scientific traveller, and in any case the Lhasa 'Treaty ;f
simply laid down that agents should not be admitted â
without the previous consent of the British Government."
Sven Hedin was then at Shigatse. He was being most
cordially received by the Tashi Lama, who was quite r
willing to let him travel where he liked. It was merely
Mr. Chang who twisted and misquoted the Lhasa Treaty
to exclude him.
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