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their request to be allowed to purchase ammu
nition from Government, but were unable to
permit them to purchase the articles required
for the improvement of their machinery. It
was explained to the Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). that nothing
had occurred since the year 1902 which would
warrant a change in the attitude of the Gov
ernment of India towards the question of the
manufacture of munitions of war in Nepal,
while, on the other hand, the march of events
in Tibet, since that year, would necessarily
have relieved the Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). from the apprehen
sions felt by them of attack from the North.
Attention was also drawn to the
fact that the safety of the Nepal State from
foreign foes was assured by the friendship of
the British Government, which had been
strengthened and confirmed by the friendly
attitude adopted by the Prime Minister
during the Mission to Lhasa.
ASSAM.
24. In September 1905, the Chief Com
missioner of Assam reported that a murderous
outrage had been committed on three Nagas
of the Naga Hills district, by the inhabitants
of a village called Yachumi, situated within
a day’s journey from British territory. The
Nagas visited Yachumi for the purpose of
trade, and after being hospitably entertained,
slept the night there. Next morning, they were
attacked in the village, and one of them was
treacherouslv murdered, a second was forced
to seek safety in flight, while the life of the
third was saved by one of the headmen of the
village.
The Chief Commissioner proposed that
the Yachumi villagers should be required
to surrender the actual murderer, against
whom there was good evidence, and to pay a
fine of ten cattle. He suggested that, in the
event of these demands not being complied
with, a military police force of 50 rifles
should visit the village and inflict punishment
for the outrage.
The Government of India agreed that the
surrender of the murderer should at once be
demanded, but ordered that, before fining the
whole village or despatching a military police
force to punish them for failure to comply
with the Chief Commissioner’s demands, the
villagers should be afforded an opportunity of
explaining the charges against them.
BURMA.
25. (See paragraph 13 of the Memo
randum for September 1905.) The Gov
ernment of Burma reported on the 26th
September 1905 that the Superintendent
and Political Officer, Southern Shan States, on