英国外交部有关中国西藏档案(七)

Files for Tibet F.O.535 (1903-1908) from Foreign Office of UK (7)

本期刊载的英外交部涉藏档案揭示:1903年英军强行进入藏境干坝会谈后,指令尼泊尔驻拉萨代表走访噶厦,打探西藏上层的立场态度,噶伦们大义凛然地声明:"英国委员惠德先生已带着他的军队进入我们的领土,而且他的行为一直是,在他同我们的一切交往中运用武力,毫不考虑公平对待"。"我们认为,我们请求他们放弃这样的方针是没有用处的。因此,我们被迫征集所有我们可以征集的军队"。英人除指令尼泊尔代表实地收集西藏情报外,还要求刺探有关俄国人的有用情报,反映其时英俄对中国西藏的争夺。

In 1903,as the British troops invaded Gangba,Tibet,they wanted to negotiate and sent representatives of Nepal to Lhasa to visit Kalons to probe about their attitudes.The Kalons claimed that,'Deputy Commissioner Mr.White has led military troops into our land by forces.We thought it was useless to ask them to give up,so we have to resort to assembling armies to fight against.'The British not only collected information about Tibet,but also spied on Russian’s activities.The files also reflected the control over Tibet of China between British and Russia.