The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-23


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! tinn or s,,,cos.i,,,, ,,,vr ,isn +, n STRANGE
complication Of palncc intrig,,cs and noliti-
cnl cabals TIfvnAy or TmBo. tho present
King. a lad " barely twenty. was only
younger SON. while three OF hi, elder broth
cr- had been advanced 70 high places at
court and been intru-tcd nj one time or
another with the functions delegated to nm
heir apparent, although the old King had
shrcwdly refused to designate successor.
TWBAY. however was married to Il daugh-
ter of the principal Queen who. took adyan-
tagc of her position as mistress Of the
palace during the Kings illness to forward
the Interests oi her sln-in-law. This shcdid
by offering concessions g. the principal
iuuctionniics Of the state. which could not
have been hoped for from the older Princes.
The two councils, each consisting of four
ministers, coates ed to form single Board,
aud agreed to support TnEBAY on condition
that the executive power should thcnccforth
bc vested not Ia an absolute monarch but in
the concurrent will Of King and Council.
What took place at Mundclnv. in other
Wurtr. wa, .rroics,uc parodv on the pro-
cer.lin.r, of line Eurlish Win Lnrl, in 1854.
and that of the French doctrinaircs led hy
TuIRs in 1870. No sooner WAS his plcd-c
Of constitutional rule given. and the league
rn,ivL,it lct ,y,.n fla, hi,,h ofl,.r. - sfntc
and his ..t,,tn r,o,hcr.in.Io,y ,L,n ,n,y.itt-
.ta,di,,, tho ~ tbo h.l,i,i,i,n
Li,o T,rp,,, ,,,. or,oin,od ro,,o,,, onI
,nost 80 Lt. lr.,t,rs ,,.n,., ,I,,,,,.,, Int,
rrison In this ,yov hi. suc.oesin, y,os
a..nr,1 and an rho .,co,d ~ o.,,Lo,.
,ho do,. a,,er his ta,ho,,s doo,h ,,os
~.
,i,t,'i t,in', ~" ,',;s - hl'r,,.o,.
tho oni.,,,Is did mot t,lc thc traditional
ootb of ohndi,n,c ia tho so,nr.i,,n os nm
nbsnlut, d,snot lint merely plcJrcd thom-
s.lv,. g., ohe,, tl,o concurrent n,.lo,- ng fla
kim and his ministers. Nothing was legally
to couc to thn King ar issue from him save
thrnugh thn Cnunril whose sanction was
r,ou,.ite IA all nuhlic acts and which WINS
vested with tho noyeis Of initiativcnnd vcto
Thns, reforms ,y,rc radical enou.,h lint If
s,,r tunnel ONT THAT constitutional ,,ovn,n-
mont il not ,dortod ia Rurmab
Fora month or two the new Constitution
seemed to worl; t,,l.rably wol-too well. in
fact for the vount, mon gathered about the
pnr.on of the nov, ruler. md who saw the
nll.estnhIished avenues to good apnoint-
m.t,s for themselves stonnnd mn. Gradu-
oll,. tbcv worked ON fine King's mind until
one morninp in the middle Of a council
TurnAy suddenly ordered two Of tb. Minis
tors into cu-todv. vcr,. much "a Rrc1t,,p
CnooKpAcK Is said 10 have SURPRISED Lord
HAsrfSGs bv his arrest. In the course Of a
wee,, most Of the other Ministers were SINH
lnrly dealt with. and nothing was LETT of the
Burmese Constitution excent the papcr ON
which DR.. WILLIAMS. British resident. had
inscribed its clabnrnto provisions The fact
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