ABSTRACT
The irruption of the dacoits from Upper Burma strengthened the forces of anarchy and of sedition, and every young Burman with a taste for adventure saw a chance of indulging that taste, and of acquiring wealth by a more congenial method than that of honest work. Thus in Lower Burma, as well as in Upper Burma and the Shan States, the British found themselves confronted with the forces of anarchy. In British Burma, on the other hand, though there might be petty tyranny on the part of subordinate officials, this had to be done secretly, and the man who was living honestly had little to fear from it. An account of the pacification of Upper Burma would not be complete without some reference to the part played by the Karens in putting down the anarchy which had overflowed into the British province from the newly acquired territory.
