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投稿者： i_am_not_ill 投稿日時： 2010/08/18 09:44 投稿番号： [173685 / 230347]
The Queen's only public reference to the massacre was at the state banquet at the presidential palace in New Delhi, once the home of Britain's viceroys, to an audience that included Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral. British officials had tussled over the exact wording for months, but the version they settled on fell well short of an apology, disappointing many Indians.
On two previous state visits here, in 1961 and 1983, the Queen made no reference to the massacre. British officials said the idea of some form of atonement on this visit arose after Britain's general election in May was won by the Labor Party, which supported the Indian freedom movement in the 1930's, and moved toward giving India independence when it came to power after World War II.
British officials said the idea of a frank acknowledgment of guilt for the Amritsar massacre was abandoned when policy makers in London began to take account of the ''Pandora's box'' that could be opened, with the possibility that dozens of countries that were once British colonies could come forward with demands for similar apologies.
The issue was effectively closed when Prime Minister Gujral gave an interview in midsummer dismissing the idea of an apology by the Queen, as, Mr. Gujral said, she had played no part in the Amritsar killings.
Still, British officials said that the Queen, who began her reign in 1952, had never gone further toward acknowledging that British colonialism, which placed about a third of the world's people under British rule at its height, was not always, or even mainly, the ''civilizing mission'' that generations of British schoolchildren learned about before the empire began to collapse after World War II.
The visit appeared to have placated the most influential of the groups that have nurtured memories of the 1919 massacre. Shortly before the Queen's aircraft landed, a committee representing relatives of those killed called off a demonstration, saying they felt vindicated by the speech in New Delhi.
Otherwise, the people of Amritsar turned out in force to welcome the royal visitor. The 10-mile route from the airport was lined with cheering, flag-waving schoolchildren, interspersed with the turbaned Sikhs for whom Amritsar, with its Golden Temple, also visited by the Queen, is a holy city.
Bending an otherwise rigid rule requiring visitors to enter the Golden Temple barefoot, Sikh leaders allowed the Queen, after removing her shoes, to enter the temple complex wearing white socks.
On two previous state visits here, in 1961 and 1983, the Queen made no reference to the massacre. British officials said the idea of some form of atonement on this visit arose after Britain's general election in May was won by the Labor Party, which supported the Indian freedom movement in the 1930's, and moved toward giving India independence when it came to power after World War II.
British officials said the idea of a frank acknowledgment of guilt for the Amritsar massacre was abandoned when policy makers in London began to take account of the ''Pandora's box'' that could be opened, with the possibility that dozens of countries that were once British colonies could come forward with demands for similar apologies.
The issue was effectively closed when Prime Minister Gujral gave an interview in midsummer dismissing the idea of an apology by the Queen, as, Mr. Gujral said, she had played no part in the Amritsar killings.
Still, British officials said that the Queen, who began her reign in 1952, had never gone further toward acknowledging that British colonialism, which placed about a third of the world's people under British rule at its height, was not always, or even mainly, the ''civilizing mission'' that generations of British schoolchildren learned about before the empire began to collapse after World War II.
The visit appeared to have placated the most influential of the groups that have nurtured memories of the 1919 massacre. Shortly before the Queen's aircraft landed, a committee representing relatives of those killed called off a demonstration, saying they felt vindicated by the speech in New Delhi.
Otherwise, the people of Amritsar turned out in force to welcome the royal visitor. The 10-mile route from the airport was lined with cheering, flag-waving schoolchildren, interspersed with the turbaned Sikhs for whom Amritsar, with its Golden Temple, also visited by the Queen, is a holy city.
Bending an otherwise rigid rule requiring visitors to enter the Golden Temple barefoot, Sikh leaders allowed the Queen, after removing her shoes, to enter the temple complex wearing white socks.
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