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the telegraph line westwards from Ta-chien-lu
w as being proceeded with.
The Ya Chow tea merchants were said
to have asserted that the export of brick tea to
Tibet was to be made a Government monopoly,
and the Consul-General hoped to get some
more information on this point shortly.
On the 12th December, the Burma
Government telegraphed that Mr. Litton had
wired that the Lamas were in rebellion again
in North-Western Yunnan, and that he had
received information that the principal
Lamassery at Tungchilin had been captured
by Cantonese troops sent from Yunnanfu,
and that a massacre had followed. The Chinese
authorities were reported to have re-established
themselves at Atentse. The Prefect of Lichiang
had ordered the destruction of the chief La mas-
series. Much pillage and many executions
were said to have taken place. The Prefect
was reported to he negotiating with the Drench
Missionary Society about the return of Drench
missionaries to tipper Mekong, Mr. Litton
thought that the probable result would be
the payment of heavy indemnity claims and
the extension of the influence of the Drench
Missionary Society. The Drench Bishop of
Ta-chien-lu, who had proceeded to the north
west frontier of Yunnan via Batang, stated
that in some districts the Lamas and male
population had been wholly exterminated.
BURMA.
7. (See paragraph 14 of the Memoran
dum for November 1905.) The Superintend
ent of the Chin Hills telegraphed on the 12th
December 1905 that he had interviewed the
Wellaung people. They admitted the murder
of the Lungno men and gave the names of the
leaders, five of whom were arrested. He
stated that fines would be inflicted when the
resources of the village had been ascertained,
and that part of the murdered men’s property
had been recovered. The villagers appeared to
be cowed and not inclined to resist demands.
8. (See paragraph 15 of the Memo
randum for November 1905.) The Govern
ment of Burma telegraphed on the 15th of
December 1905 that the appeals preferred by
the accused implicated in the murder of the
Myosa of Hsatung had been decided. The
sentence of death passed on four of the
accused persons, including the uncle of the
late Myosa, was confirmed, and four of the
others were sentenced to transportation for life.
The fate of the remaining three is not stated.
9. At the request of the Government of
Burma, the Government of India, on the 5th
December 1905, sanctioned the installation of
Kin Maung, who attained the age of 21 years
on the 9th July 1904, as Sawbwa of the Mong
Mit State with effect from the 1st April 1905.