Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-21
DAILY POST INTeLLIGENcER
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Il 10 evident that the British Empire
10 about 90 have on ifs hands another %
those petty wars which lave oeeaIie
ito armies aInos; Continuously Tor tas
pasi quarter Of century. bargsh =
the eouatry which is II tbs waJ !as'
nov. The disp1se. originally egneerf-
ing trading privileges, b%issSn taal
country AID the Government Of 10
British Indian Empire mas reached su Z
q point that declaration Of var cas-
scarcely be avoided. Tnsbsv. tie Bar
rpsss King, Absolutely Fefases 70 ifssi
With the British. OF 10 receive she o7tn
missianers whom TIE Indian Govern
meui desires to send 10 his capital He
is evidently b<ut 90 wsr. and tie 10
dian GoverBnelt can AFFORD 10 'e' hin
have IL. There Ia an enormous amonHt
Of Surplus military energy in ladis'
zhish can be very satisfactorily worked
Of By war sith B1rmsh. The viais
Of wrath which we're so carefully bot
sIed up for the di.con flare Of toe Graz
can be broken very effectively upon tbs
iuckIess bead Of KiBR IhssAv.
Barmsh hes 10 the East Of the Brit
ish Indian EDpire. IL is boahdrd OF
the North by Upper Asssm and ihiess'
on the Eas, by the Chinese provincs Of
Yunuan. on the Southeast By Anam ans
Biam, and on the soath bV Lsos and
Pegu. Its area Ia about 10000 square
miles. and It's pspulation is estimated al
abost 1000, 600. The country Suffered
two defeats nj the hands Of England
early 10 the present eentsry. and sinet
that time iss government has not dared
TO come In conflict with that OF iEdis.
The present strained relations are ans
entirely 10 tho recklessnsss, or a. 70
might be termed with more propriets'
the madness Of King Tsebsw. Oh
course, IL hostiliiies sh0ald begin. the,
cas- end Ia only one way. Tbebaw viii
be overthrovn and his capital will be
occupied By the British. The question:
of What should then be done 10 already
agitatina the popular mind IN England.
Tbs lAhsrals generally think that The
baw should be dsthroned and that an
other King should be left to rule ovtf
Bormah In his stead. Lord Randolph
ChurcAill and the Conservatives, anc
doubtless the entire Indian influence IN
shs O jyernment, favor the anne xstior
Of the country to the Indian Empire
The latter course will doubtless be pur
sued, and the British possessions will b
extended 10 the boundaries Of Anan
and the Chinese Empire.
TIE annexation OF Burmah 10 the In
dian Empire will be happy event foI
the Inhabitants Of the former soantr,
who have been grooming for years IN
der the intslerabie tyranny Of kinI
Thebaw. History does not record I
greater monster than be, II, indeed, /
records bis equal. He isa Nero With
out the graces which relieve the blaoi
ness Of Nero's character. He 10 Il,
personi6oation Of cruelty. II the storie
Of his excssses are to be believed, b.
has been In a state of iniox!cation al
most continuously for several years
In that time be has caused almost oil
the mobiles in his kingdom TO be execu
ted. He has also extended the sam
mark of attachment TO such of his owl
relatives as were not fortunate enough
TO escape TO India His story il like
page torn from the history Of Media o
Assy ria. and surreptitiously inserted il
the annals OF the nineteenth century
Tho removal from the earth Of such
horrible ansehronisn as Ihebas woul'
be q blessing TO his miserable subjects.
ID IL doubtful whether Europe. AZ,
especially Russia, will look with eqaa
nimity upon such an extension of brit
lab territory rs the annexation OF Bur
nah would mean. II would thrust tn
Engiish power, like wedge, furshs
into Asia IL would bring toe Eae
lish face 10 face With the French il
Anam. aud would In q great measur'
restore brilliancy to British pres,ig,
among the peoples Of Asis, which hs'
been badly tarnished within the pasl
year. 10 is no, likely tina, any natter
would interfere forcibly In support Of
such wretch as Thebav, bnt Il Is mol
improbable that Russia would answer q
Britain advance In Barmsh by a furthei
sdvanos Into Afehauissan.