The Washington critic., 1885-12-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Ex-senator HendorsOus Tribute TO
tho Late VicC-President.
TEE WHITE HOUSE FLO wBRS
General Fry on Grant and tho FlH-John
Porter Case.
HOW MR.. MORRISON LOOKS.
A Chat with Minister Haldcrmln on
Oriental Questions,
HENDRICKS AND BU5rI5.
why the Former objected to Riding
with the Louisiana Senator.
HENDRICKS AND BUsrI5.
why the Former objected to Riding
with the Louisiana Senator.

Says q correspondent OF the Ctncin-
natl Enquirer, who met General John
A. Halderman at the recent LotOs Club
banquet given to NJ. Bartholdi in New
York: / asked our late Minister Resi-
dent and Consul General at Siam about
the war with the Burmese which the
English have just begun. Said he;
"The English have had two wars with
Burmah, and each time have taken Off
large slice of her territory. The
present war is the result of the bad gov
eminent the natives out there inllict
upon their own people Wherever the
English flag waves is protection, and
that idea has become so current In Asia
that the British are always met about
half way by willing spirit on the part
of those they seek to annex. The
Brahmin knows that the rupee in his
pocket is his If he lives under the Eng
fish flag; but if he lives under the ma
tive flag the rupee may be taken from
him any moment. The people Of South
Burmah were annexed some time ago,
and they are relatively contcnted with
their situation; while their unfortunate
countrymen who live over in Burmah
have constant reason to complain of
eXtortions, violence and the absence of
law. Hence, in Burmah, close up to
the presence of the King, there is an
English party concealed, but making
its overtures to the English to come on.
Siam, also, will have to meet that ques-
lion, and it has bad some influence
upon the King and the Government
there to do better by their people, and
be prepared with some apology if the
inevitable ever comes" Said |: els
Siam country with any modern life
in it?" 90 yes The King is a fairly
progressive man. Siam now belongs
to the Postal Union, and ] had the
privilege of introducing the subject to
the King. You can now reach Siam
by letter, just as you could reach any
place in France" "What Is the pro-
duction of Siam p "Rice is their sta
pie. There is not much there to tempt
an American to live in the country.
The climate is very hot and depressing,
and when returned here a few months
ago with the hot suns of that climate
in my blood had to be very careful,
and am still somewhat under the SEN
sitive conditions of such great
change" Said l "Will the British
be able to do anything with Burmah
after they get itY' Eyes, the IRA
wady is fine river, one of the best in
Asia, and the British can build up In
the interior large city, as they have
done at Calcutta and Bombay" "Do
you see no solution of the liberty of
India from any internal ferment Of her
own native people?' Hardly. Be-
fore the Europeans got in there the
native Princes were quarreling and
fighting with each other, and blood.
shed was perpetual. There was no
security for the life of common man.
The English have protected life and
property, q new thing for the native
population of India. As that convic-
lion has advanced the surrounding
peoples look toward something Of the
same kind. Nevertheless the system
is, of course, an artificial one. Not an
officer of the English who goes through
the streets with his sword at his side
but knows that his sword alone is his
reliance and defense 1t is physical
force which keeps those populations in
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