| Show FOREIGN LoNDON 6 the state of affairs ta la burmah is and has been ever since the tb british occupation ova of political discord and social confusion in consequence of this the british government iu in india has decided to ane supreme con command imandi in Bur burmah mahto to major general sir herbert macpherson commander ln chief in madras five thousand thou Band troops will be sent into the country as soon eoon as the cold season to scour it and drive out and subdue insurgents and one thousand additional police will be sent to india to maintain order LONDON 6 matthew arnold who is in america publishes a letter in in the london times rimes in which he says 1 I suppose tore to re is no country in the world where Glad stones favor is stronger than in the united states yet even here it you weigh instead of count opinions the balance e op opposes oses his irish policy li the main mot motive Y ve americans go have av e belr for sympathy with gladstone to is the temptation to pleasa the irish weighty opinion is not that of the general public who yield to this temptation but that of men who resist and aad look deeply if these serious peoples opinion is against gladstone nevert nevertheless holess americans one and all sincerely believe that the irish ought ti to have control of their own local affairs salisbury must recognize this if he merely tries to keep order and let things drift he be will lose a great opportunity if he be pro duces a good scheme of local govern ment he will probably secure glad stones support for or it |
