AFFAIRS IN UPPER BURM

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2178, 23 December 1885, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN UPPER BURM

From our Indian files we take the following with regard to affairs in Upper BurmahThe "Rangoon Gazette" is credibly informed. that the. Burm'aa Government, iii an arrogant and.insulting tone, refuses'arbitration, or any conceit sion to the Bombay Trading Corporation, The matter must be finally settled by a royal court decree, The Burman Government declined to re-open or discus 3 the matter with the. Government of India. The Burnp. garrison at 'Minbla has been increased by 600 men. The Burmese Ministers, are said to be quarrelling amongst themselves, some supporting the French alliance, whilst a minority, who are afraid to speak their minds, are said to be in favor of the re-establishment of a British Political Agency. It is asserted h at the Meingoon Prince has offered his services the to Government to upset % King, but it is suspected that he is acting under French influence, having sojourned at Pondicherry for soms time. It in rumored that he haltered; into, a secret bargain with the French to advance their interests if h,a pets the Large, numbers,, pf people are leaving- Upper Burmah, The Mahomedans at Mandalay have combiued together, and in case of disturbances, they say they will h able to defend themsolves. According; ta a IjCindon telegram to Bombay, the' Standard" aays that Lord Salisbury has addressed ?, despatoh to the French Government, oouched in very firm terms, in regard to recent proposals for tampering with British interests, in Upper Burmah, Lord Salisbury informs M. de Freycinet that. British interests must remain paramount in that country, and that England can no more tolerate the intervention of a French company, with, concessions based upon exclusive than France could allow suoh f\ company, of another nationality to establish itself in Tunis. If an attempt were made to give effect to. the proposals contained: in Project de Traite" which the Burmese Ambassador recently took to Europe tlie British Government would be. com.', pelle'd to intervene for the safeguarding of British interests. M;, de Freycityet, in, reply has admitted the claim, of England to special interests' in Burmah. Be. that the concessions referred to have been given to any company, and he blames the conduct of M. Hass, thePrench Consul at Mandalay, in laying such pro-. posals before the Burmese Ministers.