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Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 |
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for returning substantially to the Younghusband
provision. It is declared that
"the British occupation of the Chumbi Valley shall
cease after the payment of three annual installments of
said indemnity, as fixed by the said article. Provided,
however, that the trade-marts, as stipulated in Article 2
of the said Convention, shall have been *effectively* open
for three years, as provided in Article 6 of the Conven-
tion, and that in the meantime the Tibetans shall have
*faithfully complied with the terms of the convention in
all other respects.*" (Italics are mine.—O. T. C.)
In dealing with Tibet (if standing alone) the
British Government will be the sole judge of its own
complaints. On the very face of the Viceroy's
edict, just quoted, it is apparent that the gracious
reduction in the period of occupation may at any
time be withdrawn. Real or alleged grievances of
Hindoo traders; real or alleged exploits of Dord-
jieff's spectre; real or alleged resistance to the proper
setting of boundary stones—almost any of a thou-
sand pitifully small acts of a disturbed people,
treading a new path, may serve to end the farce of
grace.
The Blue Book discloses, too, all the wrangling
between authorities which led to the making of the
magnanimous edict. It shows him who officially
uttered the gracious words strongly contending for
the retention of the terms exacted by Younghus-
band. It shows the Secretary for India, who de-
mands the changes, urging British international
interest, not justice or clemency for the Tibetans,
as the effective reason for modification. And it
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