The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1885-10-28
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note: GovornracJit G-nzeUr THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN ——IS puntiiiHSb— Uverj Wednesdny & Saturday, — BT — D. ROBSON & CO. OFFICE COLOMBIA STREET. EHTMIttE TO Eoi- iohial «sd Business Department thboiiok T. R. Peurson & Co's. Book & Stationery Store. TEBMS-U* Mnll, SJI,iyrrrrr i $1 60 Tor 6nroB.i tl tin JI inija.; tii'Jfrrblu In Adv.nco. Deli.orc* by Gnu Inr or AyoDt. tl por qurtrtor, payable quarterly to Carder or Agent. AOENTS T. N. Hiuren 4 Co. Viotoria. T. R. Pearsoh £ Co Vail THIS PAP-ER mny be futmd on file at Quo. P. Kowell & Co.'s Nowajiitpc*] AtlvertiBbr-- llnrurmflO Bpnico St.), " "rlt In Ito §xitis\x Columbian. Wednesday Horulutr, Oct. *.'». UW3. -current Events and Oplnlons. Tlie unnexatioii of Burinuli to the Indian Empiro will be a hnppy event for tho inhabitants of tho former country, who have boen groaning for years under the intolerable tyranny of King Theliaw. History does not record a creator monster than he, if, indeed, it records his equal. He is a Nero without the graces which relieve the blackness of Noro's character. He is the personification of cruelty. If the stories of his excesses aro to bo believed, he hns been in a state of intoxication almost continuously for soverul yours. In that time lie hns caused almost all the nobles in his kingdom to be executed. He has also extended the same mark of attachment to such of his own relatives as were not fortunate enough to escape to India. His story is like a page torn from the history of Media or Assyria, and surreptitiously inserted in tlie annals of the nineteenth century. The removal from the earth of such a horrible anachronism as Thebaw would be a blessing to Ins miserable subjects. It is doubtful whether Europe, and especially Russia, will look with equanimity upon such an extension of British territory as the annexation of Burmah would mean. It would thrust the English power, like a wedge, further into Asia; it would bring the English face to face with tho French in Anam, and would in a great measure …
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0346514
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster : D. Robson & Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text