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0472 India and Tibet : vol.1
インドとチベット : vol.1
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398 THE ATTITUDE OF THE TIBETANS

dif}cult for us to make an effective protest. But he

was strongly of opinion that it should be pointed out

emphatically to the Chinese Government (1) that Great

Britain, while disclaiming any desire to interfere in the

internal administration of 'Tibet, cannot be indifferent to

disturbances of the peace in a country which is both our

neighbour and is on intimate terms with other neighbour-

ing States upon our frontier, and especially with Nepal,

whom we could not prevent from taking such steps to

protect her interests as she might think necessary in the

circumstances ; (2) that, in view of our 'Treaty relations

with both Tibet and China, His Majesty's Government

had the right to expect that the Chinese Government

would at least have tendered friendly explanations before

embarking on a policy which, in the absence of such

explanations, could not but appear intended to subvert

the political conditions set up by the Anglo-Tibetan Con-

vention and confirmed by the Anglo-Chinese Convention ;

and (3) that His Majesty's Government must claim that,

whatever the intentions of the Chinese Government might

be as regards the future of Tibet, an effective Tibetan

Government should be maintained, with whom we could,

when necessary, treat in the manner provided by those two

Conventions.

Sir Edward Grey concurred in Lord Morley's views,

and directed Mr. Max Müller on February 23 to make a

representation to the Chinese Government in the above

sense. In reply to this, Liang-tun-yen, the President of

the Wai-wu--pu, informed Mr. Max Müller on February 25

that the force despatched to Lhasa consisted of not

more than 2,000 men, under a Brigadier, but not under

Chao Erh Feng, who was apparently still at Chiamdo.

He wished to assure the British Government that the

Chinese intentions were merely to enable the country to

be policed and more effective control than formerly to be

exercised, particularly in regard to Tibet's obligations to

neighbouring States. The Chinese desired no modification

of the status quo, and no alteration in any way of internal

administration. It had not been their intention that the

Dalai Lama should be deprived of his power, and repeated