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0442 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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of success. The plan suggested by our Resident in Kashmir
was that the Assistant Resident who annually visits Leh
should enter into negotiations with the Joint Governors of
Western Tibet, known as the Urkhus of Gartok, by whose
agency it was hoped that communication with the chief au-
thorities at Lhasa might be secured. Upon this suggestion
we authorised Captain Kennion to visit Gartok in the autumn
of 1900. He was entrusted with a letter addressed by the
Viceroy to the Dalai Lama, and was instructed to hand it
over to the Urkhus, should there appear to be a reasonable
prospect that it would be forwarded to its destination. The
letter was delivered to the Chaktar Urkhu, who undertook to
transmit it to the Dalai Lama. After a delay of six months,
the letter was returned to Captain Kennion with the intima-
tion that the Urkhus had not dared, in the face of the regula-
tions against the intrusion of foreigners into Tibet, to send it
to Lhasa. This enterprise having failed, we determined to
make one more effort to procure the delivery of a letter to the
Dalai Lama through Ugyen Kazi. A favourable oppor-
tunity was presented by the fact that he had recently pur-
chased two elephants on commission for the Dalai Lama,
and could, therefore, proceed to Lhasa without exciting sus-
picion. We have accordingly entrusted Ugyen Kazi with a
second letter addressed by the Viceroy to the Dalai Lama, in
which stress is laid upon the forbearance shown by the
British Government in their relations with Tibet, and a
warning is conveyed that, if the overtures which we have
made with a view to establishing friendly intercourse are
still treated with indifference, we reserve the right to take
such steps as may seem necessary and proper to enforce the
terms of the Treaty of 1890, and to ensure that the trade
regulations are observed. Should this letter meet with the
fate of its predecessor, we contemplate, subject to the ap-
proval of His Majesty's Government, the adoption of more
practical measures with a view to securing the commercial
and political facilities, which our friendly representations
will have failed to procure. As to the exact form which our
altered policy should assume, we shall, if necessary, address
Your Lordship at a later date. But we may add, that before
long, steps may require to be taken for the adequate safe-
guarding of British interests upon a part of the frontier where