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BURMA CIVIL WAR THREAT Battles Between Armed Bands And Police
Political Groups Fight For Power
Rangoon, Jan. 18.
Civil war threatened in Burma today while 'mem- hers of the Governor's Executive Council. negotiated in London for the country's inde- pendence.
Battles between so-called armed bands and Burm- ese police, supported by Army units, may flare-up and spread all over the country, au-.. thoritative quarters in Rangoon said today. These 'sources said that un tral Burma is viewed with an- rest in Yamethin fCentral xiety, further trouble is report- Burma) and other districts,ed brewing in the Arakan was really an armed struggle where U for power between rival Bur-
a former mese political groups which might eventually plunge the whole country into turmoil.
The rumblings of civil strife had been heard alse from the Arakan, in Western Burma, and from Pyapon in the Irrawaddy Delta area.
Senior Government officials said that "Dacoit gangs" were mainly armed bands of Commu- nists belonging both to Thakin Sees' "Red Flag" party Thakin Tan Tung's "Red Shirts."
wanted
Seinda, Buddhist monk whe organised the "Parallel Government" some time ago, has not responded to the Government's offer of am nesty if he surrendere his followers-Reuter.
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MERSEY TUNNEL Princess
EXPLOSION
Liverpool, Jan. 15. Twelve persons were injur ed in an explosion at one of .the main entrances to the Mersey River tunnel.
The cause has not yet been ascertained.-United Press.
Soerkarno Defeated
Batavia, Jan. 18.
hns
Should
Marry
London, Jan. 19. Thousands of Princess. Elizabeth's future sub- jects, registering their sentiments through an unprecedented ...news- the Provisional Parliament of defended her right to The Working Committee of paper poll, yesterday the Indonesian Republic vetoed a deerce
by President marry the man of heri Soerkarno increasing the num-choice, Prince Philip of ber of aunts in Parliament from Greece, if all but official 233 to 413, the Indonesian- controlled radio at Jogjakarta Tumours can be believed. reported tonight.
In a final répurt of its two werk public opinion sampling, which brought thousands upon thousands of Jellers from all said that 64 per cent now favour classes," the Sunday Pictorial Princess Elizabeth's marryin Greek Prince-compared with 55. per cent at the end of the poll's Sirat weak.
The increase of seats would have strengthened the position of the Left Wing Parties.
Demands Met
London, Jan. 19. -The preliminary stages of the British Cabinet discussions ith the Burmese delegation were completed last week and This is the first time that an except for the fixing of
an trial body of the Republican actual date for Burma's inde- Government of Java, Sumatra,! pendence it may be said that and Madocra, has defeated a the British Government has measure taken by Dr. Soer- already met the Burmese dekarno,
mands.
These organisations were strong in Yamethin' district, which was their stronghold for anti-Japanese activity during
Following rejection of the the occupation. They
The original claim that Bur- decree Ly ten votes to one the to overthrow the present ad- a must obtain independence Working Committee decided to ministration-dominated-by-the by Juary 31 was modified propose a bill cancelling the Anti-Fascist Peoples' Freedom when Prime Minister Attlee im- decree and to draw up a new League, which was now carry-leader, U Aung San, that such allocation of seats.-Reuter.
the pressed upon
delegation proposal for the satisfactory ing unt suppression.
an instantaneous break would
Amnesty Ignored he fatal to any prespect of an U Myn, Member for Agricul-ordered Government in Burma. ture in the Executive Council The forthcoming week's dis-
and Acting Member for Home cussions on Burma, would com- Affairs, stated: "The situation cern details of the future course
in Yamethin. district is. most critical. Reinforcements been sent te
have units
of action designed to give Bur- ma amplete independence with- in one year,
This week-end the Burmese delegation would be Attlee's uuests at Chequers and talks with the Cabinet would be resumed on Monday.
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lle said he believed that most of the troops in the area were Indian An official announce ment has accused "dacoits" of using trench mortars against The Prime Minister. the police and troops.
said to have emphasised that Last month crimes of vin- the British Government was not lence Th Burma totalled 1,300, impressed by the Burmese including 172 cases of murder, threats of direct action and 545 of robbery and 593 of that it could not be expected to "ducity", it Was announced "regotiate at the muzzle of a here today,
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Those
opposing.. the marriage dropped from 40 per cent to 32 per cent, while four per cent-- compared with five per cent last week-have no objection to the marriage but believe the Princess if she marrica Prince Philip, should not succeed to the British throne-Associated Press.
British Evidence Against Albania
New York, Jan. 19. The British Government disclosed today that it would present-to the United Nations Security. Council a contention that mines were sown a mile off the coast of Albania within the last eight months.
Ο Τίτο British destroyers struck mines in the Corfu Channel on Oct, 22, with the loss of 44 lives, and London has filed a complaint against Albania with the Council.de. manding an apology and com- : penaution:
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Washington, Jan. 18. hassador to the United States, Hassan Pasha, Egyptian Am-
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Details to be discussed in the coming week would include the
He said evidence in posaCS- future défence of Burma. The
confirmed by neutral observere, sion of his Government, and troops in Burma at present were only partly British but secretary of State, to express established the weapons had mainly Indian. The Burmese concern over the "campaign of been laid at the most віх delegation had expressed
outside interference" in" the months before the desire to retain these Indian affairs of the Nile Valley". sweeping. troops under the authority of a After a 30-minute talk with The British charge that Al- Burmese Government.
Mr. Acheson, the Ambassador | bonia laid the mines. The British Government main- told reporters: "It has been i Albania flatly denied respon- tained, however, that such aziated that the Sudanese want sibility, hinted that Greece was proposition could not be enter- to secede from the Egyptians to blame and in turn protested tained and insisted that an and it is further charged that against British invasion of her Independent Burma must be rea- Egypt stands in the way of territorial waters. ponsible for its own defence self-government with its own forces. United Sudanese. Press.
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1 Supporting its charges with "Overlooking the fact that' lengthy documents and stacks the British are not legally of photographs, the British entitled to speak for the contend that the destroyers Sudanese, these statements do were operating on routine man- nat coincide with realities. oeuvres on & recognised inter-.
"No one is more heartily in national route. favour of self-government for
The complaint contends that the Sudanese than the Egyptiane mines could not have been Chicago, Jan. 18 people.
sown so near the well-guarded Famine relief grain. for That
const by any foreign ship. Europe and Asia is pouring feelings of the people of Egypt, from the producing areas in a who consider that the peoples sharply increased volume.
Apart from the high price the of Egypt and the Sudan are too Government is willing to pay gically, economically, culturally
closely allied, naturally, strate dealers described the movement and in religion to permit others
Firstly producers are willing to sow the seeds of dissension". cil last autumn, with Eritain as to sell now that the new income-Reuter,
to two factora;
is
tax year has started; and...** Secondly the Government telling producers it will see that wagons are available to move the grain.
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Moscow, Jan. 18. Since the beginning of this week the wheat receipts at 12 that "post-war efforts
The New Times today claimed of the principal interior terminals Vatican are directed at saving a totalled 8,221,000 bushels, com- maximum number of prominent pered with 5,576,000 bushels in Fascists and white-washing those the preceding week-Reuter. cardinals, bishops and priests who
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