| Show I 1 how wars are got up in india it appears that in june ly the british b irane monarch of tons arrived at R ingdon from Moul mein and in august in the same year another british vessel tiro the champion of tons arrived at thele the awaad port from the mauritius charges of warder ill usage or ar debt were successively brought against the of these vea seii eel 4 by pilots and seamen claiming aaili bog to W british subjects these aarlea were heard and adjudicated 1 upon by the native authorities 01 rangoon the one captain detained ned fo for eight days and mulched mulcted eted in ones fines and ceef to te the ibe ameret of af the other was detained fifteen days nod and compelled to Q forfeit 1 abr ones fines fes josa mens out butof of these very in c cilenti i d en tb arose the burn burmese ege pali police 10 app appeased ap eaSed to the jadian indian government if or redress and laid their damages at 1920 commodore Coain odore lambert who bappe happened nei to be the british naval commander amander con on OB the hooghly tation wh immediately dispatched to rangoon to hear the burmese version of the ina to ta bemand redress on behalf of 01 1 ms it if after investigation dinv inv he then their amended claim to b be e a just ond lord dalhousie th the 6 governor general if af ladia india anticipating dei probably aMy that the governer of ran rangoon gaon might either or indisposed indi di po to grant redress instructed the commodore in case of refusal to forward direct to the kimg of burmah a letter written by the indian government in anticipation antici patron of such an event when the commodore arri ved at rangoon he be found there turere ere other cases aises of complaint he was beset by bv british and others nl laiming re dread for teal or suffered auff ered at the hands of the burmese authorities aud under hose chose circumstances he suddenly out cue short all direux discussion aion with the local govera Gov had transmitted to ava the letter of the glovernor bernor general of india with an addendum of his own addres addressed qed to 40 the prime prim 9 minister inister Mi Sl aister odilie of be xing king dem demanding aiding the dismissal of tho the governor of rangoon on th the alea oples thadlie th that ailie he interposed endless delays and ana disregarded of official addressed to him the kingoff king of burmah yas was so anxious either to do justice ju J s t an fn abl tins is ct case or to ahoi avoid ld with hs his powerful he appointed hinted a new governor at ran rangoon con 1 with full powers to th investigate and redress 9 all the grievances old or new co combined ink pitied of by the two original capt captains aind ana anade I 1 PY 0 O i su supplementary p pi 0 men ry t traders of RaI 1900 so sa I 1 ts ir r I 1 1 all wept nt on n smoothly and nd there keemp seem e 1 m reason eason to dread so viol violent a a i it a war but kron from the days a of hector i adf achilles Ac hilleg to those of lord r d dalhousie D a am comm commodore od ore lam Lambert bert great events L have ave iris en en from little causes apa a a wan from the merest trifles all Oil oriental as is everybody or knows know are mighty sticklers klers lers fo 1 i erquet etiquette e commodore 6 omm odore lambert Lai fibert was either I 1 unaware of this important fact or 3 i 9 i I 1 intercourse with iab the new fiew do governor vernor 0 of ra ran goan siao chose wilfully to disregard ic if I 1 a sent I 1 clerks erka and aed inferior functionaries function aries to wait u upon I 1 the governor a man adf W the yen ven highest higi I 1 rant ip in 11 dah find and direct eor alloi allowed 11 them to ai aglito his compound or I 1 palace when they ought to hive have cism dismounted i bunted at ai the ako and to force in an entrance at the sultry and unseasonable hour hoar of noon oon when burmith from the fhe kin kift g 0 to the n e n e 1 l af r h aa n t yields to tai the e it y of f a I 1 nap P i cpr F 9 r these two reasons I 1 emissaries emis sanca were not ad p bitted in va the first place abe be Oo did nl ich to receive I 1 f atherh because their rank iss was inferior and I 1 in the second place he was ai asleep and no I 1 was dared to arouse him even sI although though t tho the british nation kuo knocked eked at ait his dor the t envoys elvo avs of commodore lambert ere hak sp waiting it a q quarter artter of an hour in intha th a eco I 1 11 a and na d departed I 1 r te t I 1 in high duog dudgeon eop that same evening war was declared against aga dinst the king of burmah barman by b commodore lambert Lam bed tan ta kinds war ship chip the only one he hod had wat 4 forcibly seized and towed awty submission ao his part cart was thus rendered impossible the of india approved of i what had been done the viar war was carried on with vior and success rangoon mar and broms proms werle were successively takes in a the ito first the hapless burmese were slaughtered by hundred wi hou hont t any lose of life on the part of the british sto stockades an were throw down as easily and rapid I 1 lv iv as if they had beert been built of cf card rd paper the british found no enemy worthy y of the nane onles tt were the climate in due dai course conroe the 1 whore I province of dogu was an and it is no now w a question whether out army will wid not have to march mareV upon aroh ava an art I 1 annex the whole burmese empire ili last rated london rea news I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 |
