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0499 India and Tibet : vol.1
インドとチベット : vol.1
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them on behalf of the Tibetans in 1890; and we acquired
the right to deal directly with the Tibetans by the ex-
penditure we were put to in 1888 and in 1904.

These direct relations, within the assigned limits, we
should studiously maintain. The touch and contact may
be light, but it should never be allowed to drop, for we
have many instances of bad blood and estrangement
arising through dropping a people and letting them lapse
back into isolation once we have been forced into
relationship with them. The Tibetans want to preserve
what they themselves call the right of direct relations
with us, and it is to our interest to preserve it.

How far the Tibetans are entitled to our support is a
more delicate question. We who fought against them
would probably like to go farther in this direction than those
who have had no personal contact with them. We had
a square stand-up fight, and we made friends afterwards.
We should always, therefore, like to see a guiding and
protecting hand extended to them. And what especially
rankles with us is that, when we had knocked them over,
and while they were still down, the Chinese should have
proceeded to kick them. While the Tibetans were strong
the Chinese did nothing. Even after they were down
the Chinese did not touch them while we were about;
only after we had left Chumbi did the kicking commence.
And I do not myself see why we should have regarded
the process so placidly.

One thing, however, we can stand up for is that
an effective Tibetan Government should still be main-
tained — a Government with whom we could, when
necessary, treat in the manner provided for in the Treaties
with the Tibetans and Chinese. This, on Lord Morley's
suggestion, was what Sir Edward Grey pressed on the
Chinese Government in February, 1910, reminding them,
at the same time, that the Lhasa Treaty made with
the Tibetans was confirmed by them, and that, in con-
sequence, we had a right to expect that the Tibetan
Government should be maintained. The Chinese Central
Government have themselves assured us that they have
no desire to interfere with local autonomy in Tibet, and