ABSTRACT
If war arises, men and animals will suffer, so people consulted carefully, and withdrew soldiers for the sake of peaceful negotiations, and are making a Treaty, with the Amban acting between us and the English. After the signing of the Treaty, Colonel Younghusband, in a speech addressed to the Tibetan signatories, announced that England is now at peace with Tibet, and summarised the leading features of the situation. The lower ranked officials first affixed their signature stamps, the representatives of the National Assembly, then the monks of the three great monasteries, and the councillors. The Tibetan ministers were informed of the precise demands for an agreement, and given the fullest opportunities for negotiating; but none of them would assume any responsibility, fearing, as they alleged, the wrath of the Dalai Lama when he returned. The Treaty was then unrolled; it was a long parchment scroll in three vertical columns, containing side by side the Tibetan, Chinese, and English versions.
