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0443 India and Tibet : vol.1
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TROUBLE IN EASTERN TIBET 369

The new Anibal', or Assistant Amban, who was

murdered, had been delaying his journey at Batang for

some months, and his followers had been guilty of pillag-

ing the Tibetans.

The considerable party which was still attached to the

deposed Grand Lama had been active in intrigues against

the Chinese officials, who, it was argued, had been proved

by recent events quite incapable of safeguarding the

privileges of the Lamaist body, and incompetent to exer-

cise the rights of suzerain over Tibet—that is to say, the

Lamas had realized the utter feebleness of the Chinese

Government.

Before the outbreak at Batang the probably false

rumour was spread about that the deposed Grand Laina

had descended from Heaven," had arrived in Tachien-lu,

î and was about to return to Lhasa.

~!   It was said that secret orders had been issued by the

great lamaseries at Lhasa to Batang and other places for

LI the murder of all Chinese and Europeans near the Tibetan

frontier.

The Lamas about Litang had a further feud with the

Chinese officials, who in the previous year seized the kenpu,

of or chief steward, of their lamasery and chopped off his head.

m   It may be noted that on March 30—that is, four days

iY before the attack on Feng took place—Consul-General

Campbell had written to our Minister saying that Feng

O was headstrong, and that it was evident that his plans

1' must create serious disturbances unless the Chinese

garrisons in East Tibet were strengthened.

Later, on May 12, Consul-General Goffe wrote from

Chengtu that a Chinese official at Batang stated that the

I local tribes had no intention of rebelling against the

II Chinese Government, and that Feng had brought his

  • death upon himself by his harsh and unpopular measures.

I The local chiefs also sent a petition to the Chinese

Viceroy of Szechuan complaining of the various unpopular

changes introduced by Feng, which had incensed the

people beyond measure. They repudiated any intention

of throwing off their allegiance to China, but they warned

the Viceroy that any despatch of troops to Litang and

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