National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
|
|
Color Thumbnail -
Table of Contents -
Page Number -
Biliographic Information (Metadata) -
Caption -
Color Image -
Gray HighRes. Image -
Facing Pages -
Graphics -
| 0360 |
India and Tibet : vol.1 |
Citation Information
OCR Text
O'Connor, and went through the draft Treaty with him
word by word. On the same day the Tongsa Penlop
suggested, on his own initiative, to the Tibetans that they
should let us collect the Customs duty at the marts, and
get the amount of the indemnity from that source. I
telegraphed to Government that I was making no move
in this matter of adjusting the difficulty about the in-
demnity till the Tibetans made definite proposals, but
that I thought it would be advantageous to move, and
would like the views of Government.
On September 4 the Ti Rimpoche (the Regent) and a
Secretary of Council, accompanied by the Tongsa Penlop
and the Nepalese representative, came to me and an-
nounced that the Tibetan Government were prepared to
conclude the Treaty with me if the term for the payment
of the indemnity would be extended, and the payment
made in seventy-five annual instalments of one lakh of
rupees each.
I kept Captain O'Connor talking with them for a few
minutes while I turned the whole question over in my
mind once more before I gave a final decision. One very
easy course I might have adopted was to say that I must
refer the matter to Government and await their orders. But
before I could get an answer military considerations might
have predominated, and I might find myself forced to leave
Lhasa. As the Government of India subsequently said,
the language of the communications which they received
from the Home Government was such as to impress on
them and me alike that they were strongly averse to any
prolongation of the stay at Lhasa. I had, therefore, no
assurance that I should have time to go on discussing this
point with the Tibetans. Then, again, I thought that in
the matter of the indemnity a certain amount of latitude
had been left me. The Secretary of State's instructions
on this point were: "In regard to the question of an
indemnity, the sum to be demanded should not exceed an
amount which, it is believed, will be within the power of
the Tibetans to pay, by instalments, if necessary, spread
over three years. Colonel Younghusband will be guided
by circumstances in this matter." The full despatch was
1
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
11
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
21
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
31
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
41
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
51
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
61
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
71
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
81
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
91
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
101
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
111
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
121
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
131
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
141
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
151
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
161
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
171
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
181
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
191
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
201
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
211
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
221
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
231
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
241
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
251
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
261
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
271
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
281
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
291
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
301
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
311
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
321
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
331
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
341
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
351
.
.
.
.
|
.
358
359
360
361
362
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
371
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
381
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
391
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
401
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
411
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
421
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
431
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
441
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
451
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
461
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
471
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
481
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
491
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
501
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
511
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
521
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
531
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
541
.
.
.
.
546
Copyright (C) 2003-2026
National Institute of Informatics
and
The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.
