, 1875-06-10

Tho tclcgrnins from Raugoon, Asia, pub
1ishcd in tho London Tina and Tnr Cut-
cAao Tribune Of yesterday show Tint tic
longexpected war botwoon England aud
Dur,nah Is close Mt hantl For many ycars,
tile English havo bcon annexing bit nfter lit
Of The Western Hea.coast Of Farther 1udia
Until the Kingdom Of Durmah Inns lost The
Whole Province Of pcst,, and has thus been
completely shut of front tho Bay of Iengal.
nangoou, from which the present warliko
rt,lnors cotns, il British city duo sout], of
the Kingdom. There l.aye been several tlis-
putea about the boundary between the two
Powers. Tho Inst ono ended III curious
way. 4 strip Of territory inhabited
by bnrbarous aud warliko triha
was declarod neutral ground. Durn,ah
bounded It OIL tho east aud the British
possessions on the west. It Is now claimed
that tho Burmese llave encroacllol upon thia
neutral soil, mud that Great Britain must in
honor prevent this. Besides this .protc1t,
which is ono Of very dubious reality, thcro is
n moro serious grievance. A british c1plor-
ing party, sent iuto Western China, WINS cut
of mud murdered. Tho attacking party con-
sisted Of Chinese, but it is suspected TINT in-
formation md material aid were givcn them
by tho burmese authorities. To sottlo these
two questions, Sir DouoLAs FonsYrn has boon
sent as n special ambassador to tho barbarian
King, Tho latter, when 10 was notified of
this appointment, remarked that it was q
good thing, "aa it Is vol tlat no differences
should oxiHt betweon two such mighty powers
ns tho Rxitish mud Burn,eso Governments. !"
This, from petty Gsspot who rules over the
fow million Of ignorant inhabitants Of ter
risory only twice as largo as Oregon, is d
characteristic bit Of Onental magniloquence
1t il 0vidont TINT tho settlement will bo by
force, aud probable that it will result in the
annexation Of tho Kingdom. Sir DOUGLAS
FonsYru In q man who likes to fight, and
knows how. lIo is dreaded and hated In
Tlindostan M tho Englishman who authorized
blowing tho rebellious Aukns into pieces and
pordition from tho months Of cannon. Ho
has boon gathering an army, and tho King
Inns boon doing likewise. 11iyhrst oct will 10
to "domand" MI Immediate explanation Of
the friendly reception given by tho King to
tho Chinese General who is suspected Of tho
A-Aus0cA ~ viz 1ARAoAA14 oAFEe4ALAoAs AAG
answor ho will got can DO inforred from the
fact that tho Burmese are already building
forts, equipplng gnn-boats, mud cutting tho
telegraph-wires. Perhaps no answor at nll
will bo voucbsafod. The barbariana may
think that silence Ia golden. They will find
that 1t Is leaden.
Tho English now have as good pretext
for soizing tho whole Of Durmah as they had
for taking tho part Of It which they already
occupy; md tho whole would bo OF especial
service to them, for tho road into tho hoart OF
China lies through Durmah. With this an-
| nescd, the projected 1udo- Chinese railroads
would bo built up tho valley Of tho Irrawaady
1aiyor, and honce down that Of tho great
Yangtse-Kiang. A glaneo at tho map will
show that such rail syatem would unlock
tho whole interior Of China to British trade.
Such dazzling chance Is worth war, Al
they look at things from London. When
L 8. d. arc involved, British troops are always
cheerfu1ly sacrificed. And so good-by to in
| dependent Burnah.