'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎56v] (117/228)

to the present Convention as an annexe, is
hereby confirmed, subject to the modification
granted in the Declaration appended thereto,
and both the High Contracting Parties engage
to take at all times such steps as may be
necessary to secure the due fulfilment of the
terms specified therein.
Article 3. The British Government have
no desire either to annex Tibet, or to establish
a Protectorate over it, or in any way to control
its internal administration, so long as no
Poreign Power endeavours to intervene in the
affairs of Tibet.
Article 4. The British Government have
no desire to seek for themselves or their own
subjects the concessions denied to Foreign
Powers or their subjects by Article IX (d) of
the Convention signed on the 7th day of
September 1904 on behalf of the Govern
ments of Great Britain and Tibet. But they
reserve the right to lay down by arrangement
with the Tibetan Government telegraph lines
connecting India with the trade marts defined
in Article II of the aforesaid Convention.
Article 5. The Chinese Government
engage not to employ any one, not a Chinese
subject and not of Chinese nationality, in any
capacity whatsoever in Tibet.
Article 6. The English and Chinese texts
of the present Convention have been carefully
compared; but in the event of there being any
difference of meaning between them, the
sense as expressed in the English text shall be
held to be the correct sense.
From the discussions with Tang Tachen
there was reason to believe that the whole of
these articles would meet with his acceptance,
but it appears that in telegraphing them,
he advised in a contrary sense. It has
been pointed out to Sir E. Satow, in case
the subject is mentioned to him, that the self-
denying explanation of Article IX of the Lhasa
Convention contained in draft articles 3 and 4
goes far beyond what China has reason to
expect, and that the terms generally are the
utmost which the Government of India are
prepared to offer. The Secretary of State
has also been informed that the Govern
ment of India are hopeful that, if they
are supported by His Majesty’s Government
in refusing any modification, the Treaty, which
appears to be extremely favourable to
China, may still be secured. Full
powers have been received authorising Mr
to “Sotiate and conclude a Convention
with the Chinese Commissioner.
U. ride paragraph 34 of the Memo
randum for March 1905. On the 20th A nr,'l
Mr. Bell reported that blacksmiths have now
been engaged at the rifle factory An East India Company trading post. near Lhasa
and that the Tibetan Government hope to