The excerpts are from The White Man's Burden, where the poet explains the burden of the British on the development of the colony and how the natives still hate them despite their development efforts.
Rudyard Kipling is a poet who wrote The White Man's Burden. He says that it is the duty of the white man (the British) to develop their colonies, and explains the reaction of the people in the colonies.
The poet believes that the burden/responsibility that the British had towards the colonies has been fulfilled as they have benefited from the British rules by developing the education system, health care facilities, technologies, and many other positive changes in the colonies.
He argues that the colonies are callous and ungrateful to the contribution of the British. By the lines "bettered" blame Imperial powers he means that the locals hate them despite their contributions.
Therefore, the above lines appropriately describe Kipling's view.
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