The book concludes with an examination of the probability of war between England and Germany (which the author considers inevitable), and an endeavour to forecast the future of the two countries.
IN ABOR JUNGLES
Being an account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission, and the Miri Mission
By Angus Hamilton
Author of “Korea,” “Afghanistan,” etc.
With numerous Illustrations and a Map Price 18/- net
In this volume, the famous war correspondent of the Central News describes our latest “Jungle War,” i.e., the punitive operations against the Abors. Mr. Hamilton tells the thrilling narrative of the operations in a picturesque and graphic manner, and has seized the first opportunity which has occurred in the history of the North-Eastern frontier to depict the life of the wild tribes inhabiting that region.
He also describes the characteristics of the country, and deals fully with the many political questions centreing round this mysterious corner of India.
Considerable interest will undoubtedly attach to the statement by an Abor Gam regarding the murder of Mr. Williamson, which is published for the first time in Mr. Hamilton’s book, and which differs in many important particulars from the official White Paper on the subject; but the Gam was well known to the members of the party, and there is every probability that his story is a correct record of the events which culminated in the massacre.
The inclusion of a wonderfully fine series of photographs, and the first published map of the country, showing the proposed large extension of our frontier line into Tibetan territory, gives additional interest and importance to what is one of the most engrossing books of its kind issued in recent years.