'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎105v] (215/228)

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Officer in Sikkim was accordingly instructed on
the 9th December 1905 to the effect that the
first instalment of the Tibetan indemnity
being due on the 1st January 1906, under
Article VI of the Tibet Treaty, the Lhasa
Goyernment should at once he informed that
the British Government desired to give notice
that the amount should be paid at Gyantse to
the British Trade Agent.
On the 13th December, His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India reported that the
Chinese Minister at London had been informed
on the 8th December that His Majesty’s Gov
ernment were unable to comply with the
request made by the Chinese Government
through him that the Tibetan Treaty negotia
tions should be continued at Calcutta, and that
the Government of India should be instructed
accordingly.
Brom news-letters received by the Prime
Minister of Nepal from his Bepresentative
at Lhasa, it appears that the Tibetans took
no action in regard to the collection of the
indemnity due to the British Government, as
they anticipated that they would be relieved
of the necessity of paying it, in consequence
of the negotiations with Mr. Tang. When it
was known that the negotiations had broken
down, the Lhasa Government were much per
turbed, but they believed that the Emperor of
China would probably come to their assistance
and pay the money.
2. (See paragraph 8 of the Memo
randum for November 1905.) On the 2nd
December, His Majesty’s Secretary of State
enquired, with reference to Sir E. Satow’s
telegram, dated the 30th November (vide
paragraph 1 above), whether the visit of the
Tashi Lama to India was more than a com
plimentary one. The Government of India
replied by wire on the 6th December that the
invitation to the Lama was complimentary.
The primary object of his journey was that he
might be present in Calcutta during His
Boyal Highness the Prince of Wales’s°visit;
but as the Tashi Lama desired also to
see the various Buddhist shrines in India,
arrangements had been made for him to tour
to these places as the guest of the Government
of India. It|was added that in the event of the
Lama touching on political matters, or possible
consequences of his accepting the invitation
the matter would be referred for the orders
of His Majesty’s Government.
The Tashi Lama arrived at Bawalpindi
on the 7th December. During his stay there
he visited the Buddhist shrines in the vicinity
and saw the review of troops that had been
arranged in honour of His Boyal Highness
the Prince of Wales, by whom he was also