'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎91r] (186/228)

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Gy ante* 0 aiT*? 1 ^ ^S^bjectfat
tf b ,= t S“ S
TIZJ * T en dis P ute in wh ich
wo INepaiese subjects vyere mixed ,m
is onTv^i 686 he f dman at . G y a “tse, who
y a mei chant, obiected to the
JoSaTut f i* he i wo men until {t was
to nnuisb * t0 lllm , h ° W Unfair U would be
„P U s . ome o^ly of the offenders. He
en gave m and the two Nepalese received
the same punishment as the remainder. It
appears that the Prime Minister of Nepal had
already approached the Lhasa Government
on _ the subject, and he has now received
then sanction to the appointment of an official
a . Gyantse. He has accordingly framed a set
of instructions for the use of that officer.
ihese were submitted for the inspection of the
Government of India, and appear to be
suitable for the purpose for which they are
intended. The Minister requested that the
_ 11 is i Irade Agent might be empowered to
dispose of cases in which British subjects were
concerned, but it is not considered necessary to
provide him with formal powers at present.
I he question will be considered when the
revised Trade Regulations are discussed with
the Tibetan Government, and meanwhile no
necessity is likely to arise for the exercise of
his authority.
16. (See paragraph 13 of the Memo
randum for August 1905.) In a letter, dated
the 1st August 1905, the Nepalese Bepresent-
ative at Lhasa reported that the Ti Rimpoche
had suggested to the Kazis that he should
sound the Chinese Amban with a view to
ascertaining what progress had been made by
lang Tachen, as regards the conduct of the
negotiations at Calcutta. He pointed out that
the time for the payment of the subsidy was
approaching, and that it would soon be neces
sary to come to some permanent arrangement
with the British.
With the concurrence of the Kazis,
the Ti Rimpoche approached the Amban on
the subject, and the latter replied that, if he
or the Tibetans were to move in the matter
and if Tang were to fail in the negotiations,
the failure would certainly be ascribed to their
interference. His opinion was, therefore, that
it would be best to leave things to Tang him
self. If the latter failed, the Tibetans’ repre
sentations would be laid before the Chinese
Emperor. Meanwhile, the Amban engaged
to inform Taag Tachen of their difficulties.
An agent whom Captain O’Connor
had sent to Lhasa reported, however, that, at
the instance of the National Assembly, the
Amban had referred to Peking the question of
the payment of the indemnity, but that the