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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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LAMA LEAVES PEKING 385
favour was to be further accentuated by the grant to him
of a small personal allowance, also provided for in the
Decree.
The Decree laid down, too, that when he arrived in
Tibet, he was to carefully obey the laws and ordinances
of the sovereign State," and in all matters he was to
follow the established law of reporting to the Imperial
Resident ici 'Tibet." This, said our Minister, was the first
4 unequivocal declaration on the part of China that she
6 regarded Tibet as within her sovereignty, though in a con-
versation between Prince Chang and Sir Ernest Satow
the former had held that both land and people were
subject to China.
In preparing his expression of thanks for the honours
~! conferred upon him, the Dalai Lama sought to improve
ai his position by proposing that he should be able to
1 memorialize the 'Throne direct, instead of through the
Resident, but the Board of Dependencies refused to allow
him to do so.
s The Dalai Lama left Peking on December 21 to pro-
ceed to Lhasa by way of Tung-kuan, Si-ngan, Lanchou,
ti and Kumbun that is, by the northern route, and not
through Szechuan, as the Chinese Residents always travel.
The day before his departure he sent two of his Coun-
cillors to Sir John Jordan to pay a visit of farewell on his
behalf. In addition to some presents of incense and other
articles for the Minister, they brought a hata " (scarf),
which they specially begged should be transmitted to His
Majesty the King-Emperor, with a message of respectful
greetings from His Holiness. The Councillors said that
the Dalai Lama's visit to Peking had been a useful educa-
tive influence to himself and his advisers, and had resulted,
they hoped, in the resumption of the time-honoured rela-
tions with China. It had also enabled them to ascertain
the views of His Majesty's Government with regard to
Tibet, and, after the assurances our Minister had given
them, they now went back thoroughly convinced that so
long as they faithfully carried out the terms of the recent
Convention, they could look forward with confidence to
the maintenance of friendly relations with His Majesty's
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