In shooting an elephant, According to Orwell, what is a condition of white rule over the empire?

For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the "natives," and so in every crisis he has got to do what the "natives" expect of him. He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it. I had got to shoot the elephant.

rosevelt. 1973. "slaves everywhere"

i just did something on this guy a few days a go give me two minutes to find it in my notes.