Excerpt from Studies in the History of Tharrawaddy
Next month His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor will, it is expected, pay a visit to Tharrawaddy on his way to Rangoon. That District has been troubled with an unenviable notoriety, for several years, and its condition has been the cause of many communications, culminating in a reference in the Legislative Council. In a sense, Tharrawaddy may be considered "an acid test" subject; those who know anything about it arc cither vehemently in favour of continuous repressive measures or are equally vehement in the belief that repressive measures are found to fail. As usual the truth lies between the two extremes. To-day we publish in another column the first of a series of "Studies in the History of Tharrawaddy," written with knowledge of the District and with a constructive purpose. Some of these articles will of necessity set forth the past history of Tharrawaddy, as the present is ever the child of the past, especially in Burma; but they will be found to have very close bearing on present conditions and will provide material for a judgment as to the future. They arc intended to be not controversial, but informative; and we anticipate that they will be read with interest by all who have any concern for the future of a District which has been too much in the limelight for decades past. Tharrawaddy would certainly have been happier if it had had less "history."
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