The Burmese identify the Britishers as their enemy and upto some extent it matches the definition of an enemy because British are an opposing military force. However in a dictionary an enemy is also described to be hostile but the British actually want to earn the respect of the Burmese.
The speaker considers natives his enemy and his enmity is pretty conventional. However his enmity with the British Raj is somewhat different because neither is he opposing them nor hostile; its the concept of Imperialisation he is against. Perhaps his biggest foe is his own conflicting emotions. He knows he is wearing a mask and being dishonest to himself, but he cannot do anything about it because he is just a puppet. He has started hating this masquerade which makes him his own enemy
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