Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . -fused to enter into any negotiations with these peace envoys,the Chala Chief had been urged by his colleague (who pre-ferred to remain at Kanze on the safe side of the Chineselines) to come on here. On August I a message was received from the ChineseAuthorities at Batang, who seem to be completely panic-stricken and to have little hope of the success of the negotia-tions here, offering to evacuate Batang and retire to Litangand Tachienlu, if the Tibetans would let them do
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . -fused to enter into any negotiations with these peace envoys,the Chala Chief had been urged by his colleague (who pre-ferred to remain at Kanze on the safe side of the Chineselines) to come on here. On August I a message was received from the ChineseAuthorities at Batang, who seem to be completely panic-stricken and to have little hope of the success of the negotia-tions here, offering to evacuate Batang and retire to Litangand Tachienlu, if the Tibetans would let them do so un-molested. It seems that the local Tibetans on the INIarkamborder have been talking of an imminent Tibetan advanceand that the Batang Chinese have lost their heads on thataccount. General Liu knew nothing of this message untilafter it had reached the Kalon Lamas ears and his positionhas been badly weakened by this unwise move; and it may ^ The former Rajah of the old Tibetan State of Chala (now a Chinesedistrict), of which Tachienlu was the capital; Mingchetig Tussu in Chinese,Chala Jydbo in Tibetan. PLATE XXXV.
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