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and his relations with the Jongpen
were o£ the most friendly nature. Captam
O’Connor is of opinion that the leaS0 V
raising these questions was due to a desire to
he able to report some progress to iibasa.
33. On the 5th and 13th March, the
British Trade Agent at Gyantse reported that
news from Lhasa pointed to all being quiet
there, but that the Nepalese Bepresentative at
Lhasa feared that the Tibetans regard him with
suspicion. He has promised to let Captain
O’Connor know at once should they assume a
hostile attitude towards him.
34. It is reported that the Muhammadan
gun manufacturer is back again at the rifle
factory An East India Company trading post. near Lhasa, but no fresh arms are
being made there, though those manufactured
before the advent of the Mission are kept stored
for future use. The Tibetan Government is
said to be disappointed with the guns turned
out from the factory An East India Company trading post. .
35. Vide paragraph 28 of the Memoran
dum for February 1905. From papers recently
forwarded by the Nepalese Eepresentative at
Lhasa to the Prime Minister of Nepal and
by him communicated to Colonel Ravenshaw, it
appears that the reason why theTibetan Govern
ment have not yet replied to the invit
ation of His Excellency the Viceroy to send
delegates to Calcutta, is that the Tibetans are
suspicious of the motives of the British
Government. Great diversity of opinion and
confusion is said to prevail in the Councils of
the Tibetans on the subject. Some fear that
the British have reduced the indemnity
merely because they hope to gain some
other advantages by granting "this con
cession. Others are afraid that the Dalai
Lama would not approve of such a Mission
and would punish those concerned in it
when he returned. The Ti-Rimpoche is
said to. be entirely in favour of accepting the
invitation and has strongly advised his coun-
ciflors to do so, hut despite his advice and that
of the Nepalese Representative, the Tibetan
Bharadars have finally decided merely to send
an acknowledgment of the invitation, instead
of sending delegates to Calcutta. The Prime
Minister of Nepal has offered his best end™
yours to assist m bringing about, if desired an
dlTafel ^ HlsExcell -^and Tibetan
36. Fide paragraph 30 of the Memo
randum for lebruary 1905. Ne^ot^fi
are proceeding with Ta'ng Taehen, thfcL ^
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary
tary of State has approved, with a small verbal
alteration, the form of draft Treaty which wh!
sent home on 29th December 1904 H e hf
been asked to send full dowpt*« a ^ ^ as
possible for Mr. Fraser. P soon as