New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
RELIGIOUS RIOTS IN BURMaH.
QUARREL BETWEEN THE HINDUs AND MoHAH-
MEDANS-BU,;wAN DASS DID NOT LIKE
TO HAVE BULLOCKs SACRIFICED
NEAR HIS HOUSE.

| NEAR HIS HOUSE.
Some valuable light upon the cause Of the recent
| religious riots in Burmah. which came near being
| of a most serious nature but Of which knowledge
obtained in this country only by the briefese
cable dispatches is obtained from racy private
letter written to this country by Professor ID. c.
Gilmore young missionary teacher in Burmah.
The letter is dated Rangoon. June 30. and is az
follows
We've been having stirring times in Rangoon
this last week. There has been serious riot.
growing out of a quarrel between Hindus and
Mohammedans The Mohammedans have a mosque
in Mogul-st. where. at feast occurring at this
time of the year the chuliars Il. e., butchers)
are accustomed to sacrifice bullock in the street.
For fifty years back they have been allowed to do
this and ther legal right so to do Is ndubtable
But this year wealthy and influential Hindu
Bugwan Dass by name. has built house, or a
temple something, in Mogul-st., opposite the
mosque This worthy man finds that his religious
sensibilities will be seriously wounded by the
immolation of the sacred bovine so near to his
premises; he puts up the Hindu community 10
apply to the magistrate for an order prohibiting
the Mohammedans from Strengthening the bullock
this year.
brother Dass bear in mind. has gone to India
Well the Hindus apply for their order. and the
ma gistrate is fool enough to grant It, You see'
this sacrifice though of course distasteful TO the
COW -worshpping Hindus Is well within the rights
MOhammeudnS.
back this sacrifice has not been interfered with.
slppose the magistrate granted the order for fear
that II the sacrifice were carried out the Hindus
would attempt prevent 1t by Violence That is'
when my neighbor attempts by violence to pre-
vent my exercising my legal right, the law IN
stead of protecting me In my right VIII proh'ois
my exercising il, You the injustice OF II, or
| course. and its discordance with the decision OF
the High Court has been pointed out in the RAN
coon papers The folly of IT Is equally manifest;
for in trying to prevent violence on the part OF
the Hindus the magistrate has merely occasioheo
worse violence the part OF the Mohammeoans.
He ought to have known that this would be the
case And there this aggravation of the trouoie'
that the Mohammedans smarting unde:
sense of Injustice. The Mohammedans apphep
for a reversal of the order. but the apphcauo"
was denied. and the order reaflirmed. Then they
swooped down on Bugwan Dasss premises a"~
the fighting commenced. This was on frioay'
| 1.-The Government now ready for puhdeI ."'
her two To suppress the riot lin when Tie 'io
roedans were the aggressors-as France "@o Wv.
aggressor in the Franco-Prussian war; 'hey 80
out not the English soldiery' ou' e,.. "a
Military Police. Now. the PunJaois are ~ o.,
| between Sikh and Mohammedah 'ne'e ' -.
generations existed the hercest hau .oaar.-
This step still further enraged 'he ~ -, 80
~ , ,or ~ all acquainted with the his'or' y.
I,s" o,,a have predicted. The PunJaois oeia'e~
we'll but they had to charge 'he eio"a 80.
" Nobapmedans, some PunJApis' s~'i'S
minus m, and some inoffensive bystahders
i'''s"'" ,s hut on Saturday the town. uhoer
we'e ~ s,roI was fairly quiet. On sunday morn.
hea'y p,,,,ry nolice fired upon the crowd ana
Ihs .'e 49,, seventeen Then the Enslsh troops
.naarsd upon the scene, ana there was "' '''
| ,rouble In Mogul-st , . -. ,v,,,,
trouo,e ~ Monday and Tuesday there was an awtui
re where the soldiers WERE IN mosui-st''
III yos no roting but the Hindus ana Hoham-
'ne,e ,ysre fighting each other all over town.
Ineu' - M meat to be had for the butchers are
ine ,sammedans! The big bazaar In town was
an sellers selling outside the bazaar. and ma
,,arts were beaten. Punjabi policemen were
tive SCI 20 death by gangs of Mohammedans. Nc
pe.".,ional violence was offered 10 europeans, al"
hu,nh some did get hurt by being where row
was going . -,
".Tbings began look serious. In the first place.
,a didn't know how long should have to 90
~ithout meat; fish and fowls were already rising
In nrce and timed meats always are high. any
beginning to get incenseE against the English.
There are regiments OF Mohammedan SepoyS we
might have made trouble had they taken no!ioz
TO mutny-which they didn't. Nobody knew JUL
how serious the trouble might get. Burman =
powder magazine. and the SPARKS were nyn1 " -
Rangoon turned the English their nan nsk tnr.
have been full for while: ana tnen ~ the rauao.
man had felt moved to take mana ~ N the
nobody tell what would have pb,ch the Cow
eminent handled the matter o Wuvnndnesday things
crease our confidence. But on had meat again.
| began TO quiet down, and we Ina, now and I
| Things are going much a. us~~' ~
suppose the trouble - oVss'