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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
358 NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA
A comparison of the British and Chinese drafts of the
proposed Regulations showed that the points at real issue
in the Regulations were not only those of political status
involved in the wording of the preamble, but practical
commercial questions of great complexity and inherent
difficulty, such as that, for instance, to which the Govern-
ment of India drew special attention, of the terms under
which Indian tea was to be admitted into Tibet. It could
not seriously be contended that our occupation was to
continue till terms as to tea, satisfactory to the Indian
trade, had been accepted by 'Tibet and China. On the
other hand, no line could be logically and defensibly
drawn between those matters in the Trade Regulations
which were, and those which were not, essential points in
the consideration of the question whether the trade-marts
had been effectively opened.
The conclusion at which Mr. 1\1orley had arrived was
that, on an impartial interpretation of the Lhasa Conven-
tion, by the light of the events of the last three years,
there were not sufficient grounds to justify a refusal to
withdraw from Chumbi, and that, for reasons of policy and
expediency, it was desirable that our occupation should ter-
minate at once. Whatever difficulties might be in store for
us from Chinese obstructiveness, Mr. Morley was of opinion
that our power of coping with them would be diminished,
not increased, if we placed ourselves in what would be an
essentially false position by declining to withdraw from
the Chumbi Valley, in accordance with our pledges and
declared intentions.
Sir Edward Grey concurred in the views expressed by
the Secretary of State for India in regard to the evacua-
tion of the Chumbi Valley ; but he considered that it
would be well to point out to the Chinese Government
that His Majesty's Government would expect, in return
for evacuation, that their wishes would be met in regard to
the Trade Regulations then under discussion at Calcutta,
and that conciliatory instructions would be sent to Chang
with a view to the speedy conclusion of the negotiations.
He had accordingly sent to His Majesty's Minister at
Peking a telegram in the above sense.
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