Show King TheoUaw BASSOON November 9Tho reply of Zing Theebawr of Burmah to the BritIsh Brit-ish ultimatum has been received and is I hostile and inadequate In response tot I to-t ie British demand for the control of B irmese foreign relations Kirg Theebaw says he must first consat Germany Francis and Italy The BrIt ih expeditionary force will now cross the frontier with the least possible delay de-lay Four regiments have already started up Irrawaddy river on steamers TLe Irrawaddy the most heavily a med vessel in the British navy tor her draw 5K feet proceeded in advance and will go up the river as far as Bham She takes up some torpedoes and a large supply of guncotton and the necessary appliances appli-ances for the removal of obstructions in the bed of the river She is accompanied accom-panied by two armed launches Then The-n of thelrrawaddy is very difficult diffi-cult Owing to the constant changes in the channels the vessels running be tveen Rangoon and Mandalay change their pilots seventeen times There are sixty six river pilots most of whom are Chittagongiana and can be relied on to aid the expedition L |