- Author:
- O'Connor, V. C. Scott (Vincent Clarence Scott)
- Publication Info:
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London:
Hutchinson and co,
1904,
pg 222
Text on page 222
The Silken East
and the peach and the cherry from English stock are coming into bloom, there is this account in the official annals : " It is evident now that the Kachins in Bhamo
have realised that they have found their masters, and are prepared to settle down into law-respecting, if not law-abiding subjects. Government by column has now died a natural death ; the time for that has passed, and what we now require is to impose a form of yoke which will be found to press lightly, but firmly, and above all continuously. To bring this about it is desirable to make the hill tribes conscious of a presence constantly in their midst, instead of the bright meteoric passage of a column, leaving increased darkness behind it. We require to establish a permanent centre for enlightenment and domination, to which Kachins will be able to come without obstruction from all parts and at all times. Instead of having to undergo, whenever they have a complaint to make, the expense and discomfort of a visit to Bhamo, where heat and
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