The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-26

nent residents have adopted a plan Of
house building radically ditferent from
that in India and most warm countries.
where the thickness Of brick or stone
walls is relied upon to give q house cave
/ IKE c0Oness despite the assaults OF the
sun. Most Of the pTetentious Rangoon
homes are OF wood. Many or them are
not frame houses in the commonly ac-
Cepted sense OF the term. but merely of
/ box construction. with the greater por-
ton OF wall areas made entirely OF smut
/ ters that may be either thrown entirely
open or so arranged as 10 allow the
breeze tull play through the sleeping
rooms These residences, situated IN the
midst OF extensive grounds and surround
/ that make RangOOn so COlOrful during the
rainy season are comfortable dwellings,
during the greater part OF the year
Burma came into English hands with
out great expenditure of blood upon the
part Of Great Britain. In its requirement
there is repeated the history of the Brit
ish army following the flag OF English
merchants, and of conquest following the
gaining of a commercial fOOtnOld in
foreign land, although the early Occupa-
ton was attended by many reVerses. Prom
the birthday Of RangOOn until the begin
ing Of the nineteenth century the Eng
lish along the Burma coast might have
reported progress to their home govern
ment in the words of the American rail-
road engineer whose telegram read;
"Off again, on again, gone again. Fin
negan.'
Sometimes the Burmese favored the
English because the English stood with
them against the French, and at other
times English traders and manufactur-
ers were murdered or expelled for favor
ing the cause Of rebels who sought TO
overthrow native rule In 1874 the Bur
mese general Maha Bandula made am
bilious plans 10 invade Bengal with an
army recruited from amalgamater tribes.
and Great Britain declared war against
Burma. A battle at RangOOn, in which
5000 or 5000 men took part, shattered
Bandula's army and when the general
was killed in a caunOnade at Donabyu,
more than a year after the beginning of
the war, the victory of the English was
complete. After the few minor engage
ments incidental 10 the British advance
to YandahOo. a treaty was signed, supu-
lating that the Burmese should pay So
100000 indemnity, and a British resident
was appointed.
Thebaw. ninth in descent from Alom-
pra, bore the titles. lord of elephants.
lord of many white elephants lord of sold,
silver. TubiCs amber and jade; sovereign
Of the Empires of Dhunapajanta- JAM
budipa and other great empires and cOun-
tries. and of all notwithstanding chiefs;
supporter of religion, descendant of the
sun. arbter of life, king of Tighte GUS
ness, king of kings and possessor OF
bOundless wisdom. But he did not live
up 90 his titles He HAD the UnwisdOm
10 create mo1opOlies injurious to British
trade, and to govern i'm such a lax man
ner that he lost control of many of the
warlike tribes He also had q member
Of his family executed i'm his capital.
Mandalay. and when the government of
India withdrew its representative from the
Burmese court, by way of expressing in
dignatiOn, the pOssessOr of bOundless wis
dom welcomed French and Italian min
listers and endeavored to form alliances
with other European powers. He sealed
the death warrant of his kingdom when
he fined the Bombay-Burma Trading COM
pany 100000 and declined to submit the
case to arbitration. When the British gov
eminent resented this Thebaw called upon
the Burmese to drive the English into
the sea. The result was an advance to
Mandalay. a blOOdless conquest and the
excitement of King Thebaw to India. where
he has since resided.
The great growth Of RangCOn has taken
place since the overthrow of native rule
twenty-four years ago. At present resi-
denCe lots in the suburbs are selling for
$4,000 an acre, with an unprecedented up
ward trend, and all living expenses are
about twice what they are in India to-
day and three times what they were in
RauEOOn before it assumed a metrOpOli-
become q great gateway to an important
Asian market for manufactured articles
and various commodities exported by
western countries is beyond dispute. The
''swadeshi' movement against English
goods is likely to give outsiders an ad-
vantage i'm all Indian markets for some
time to come. The question asked in Ran
COON is why Americans are not more alive
to their opportunities in this growing mar
ket