pauperism, the unequal distribution of wealth, the hatreds
of class. I say “ we ” advisedly, since it is a commonplace
to hold the Burman up to contempt as an incorrigibly
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lazy and shiftless fellow, to treat him as (economically)
the least worthy member of the Indian Empire, to
which only in an administrative sense can he be
supposed to belong. Yet I doubt if there are many
Englishmen in Burma— whose sympathies in this matter