One of the first speeches the Viceroy made in Burma-was to the chiefs of the Chin Hills, who rule fierce warlike tribes, and who, from their position on the fringe of the Empire, have given us before now food for serious thought and anxiety. The Viceroy and party went down the river, which is skirted on either side by the most
of the chiefs had gathered to meet H.E. picturesque, seunery, to Alan, where fifty Lord Curzon assured the chiefs that his policy to them was not going to be one of suppression, but that on the contrary he wished to keep up their i-dividuality, and impressed on them that the conduct and demeanour of the tribes in geners depended on their respective—chief'l Government recently instituted a censsa among the tribes, which caused the people considerable alarm, and H.E. thanked the chiefs for the way in which they had helped Government in this matter, and explained that the reason of the census was to enable Government to be fully alive to the extent of their claims, Disarmament had also been inaugurated, so
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