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Show ITIurdered lr Theebaw's Troops. xIangoon,' 'D'l-cmibar 16. Eleven' Euror peans, who wei e working for the Bombay & Burmah Trading Company, on hearing of the rapture between Burmah and the Indian Government, tried to reach Manipoor. On the 20th of November they were overtaken and murdered by Burmese troops in a steamer belonging to the King and commanded com-manded by a palace official named Than-dawmung. Than-dawmung. It is alleged that Tynedah, the Burmese Prime Minister, is implicated in the massacre. The inhabitants of Rangoon are indignant at Tynedah being allowed to retain his office. . |