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0356 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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the cause of all subsequent troubles, what Pym said
of the Earl of Strafford, under impeachment: "If
there were any necessity, it was of his own making;
he, by his evil counsel, had brought the king into a
necessity; and by no rules of justice can be allowed
to gain this advantage by his own fault, as to make
that a ground of justification which is a great part
of his offence."
The chain of events is an unbroken one—treaties
made under duress, slow fulfilment or misunder-
standing of terms, further demands on the part of
the aggressive power, allegations of petty wrongs
that have obviously proceeded from the initial great
wrong. Such allegations constitute the fringe
hanging on the naked body of Tibetan offence;
that naked body was the gift-sending to the Czar.
As to why that was considered a wrong, we have
already inquired. As to the propriety of dwelling
but shortly on the contentions about a non-existent
trade, Æsop wrote fables to serve in just such
cases. We are hearing the wolf and the lamb
engaging in a world-old conversation. The action
follows, and we may now follow the action.
When the South African war had been ended, when
the chase of the Mad Mullah had ceased to demand
great attention, when Japan had begun a brisk
correspondence with Russia about Manchuria, the
time seemed ripe for urging again an unwelcome
trade upon the Tibetans who ask but one thing in
all the world—that they be let alone. A high com-
missioner was appointed, his escort was gathered;
just enough, he declared to the frightened Tibet-
ans, for illustrating the dignity of his office; it