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The political situation in Burma hos assumed much

clearer proportions as the result of the Primo.. Minister, Thakin Nu's, reported decision to re- main in offico until next April and of the visit to London of the Foreign Ministor, U Tin Tut. Burma's Foreign Minister. He gave the Cabinet lenders an who left Britain today, saw ap-to-date appreciation of the leading members of the British general situation in Burma. Government, including

the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Nu'r decision to continue in office The announcement of Thakin Attlee. Sir Stafford Cripps, during the the Chancellor of the Exche-coincided with Tin Tut's visit, new eight months quer and Mr. Philip J. Noel ned produced a heartening Tee- Baker, the Commonwealth

tion in miny political quarters Secretary, while he was here.

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Communist Outbreak In Burma

source

These quarters share the view responsible Burmese clrcica that Thokin Nu's continued Gov- Arnment leadership is the one factor likely to have n ainbilising effect upon the situation at the present time,

U Tin Tut, whân here, reaffim- ed ls Premier's determination to see that Burma stamped out the Communist Instirrection. Ho in. tlented that changes in the Gov- ernment atruchue could be per- mitted only by

constitutionni

Popular Front

Thakin blems are

Nu' present pre- well-understood in London. 43 Was the motive which Inspired him to conalder relinquishing the Premiership -mainly to continue as leader of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. Through the

Noisy Scene At Wembley

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London, August 4, Police were called to a holey outalde the Wembley Pool tonight where the Olym pic swimming and water poto events were being held.

Hundreds of people unable to gain admission were de monstrating outp

outside.

White police were. establishing or der, the Olymplo Committan Issued a statement that "all Olympic recorda" have been broken at Wembley, where, for the third successive day, 60,000 saw the performances. ---Router.

UP OFFICE THREATENED

Bhanghal, August 4,

Britain To

Fight For Investment

Belgrade, August 4. Britain and, France are ex- pected to fight vigorously at the Danube Conference here for the repayment of the millions of pounds they have invested in the river com- missions the Russians are proposing to abolish.

Britain has between £80 and £70 milijon invested in the Euro- Dean and international commis- slons, set up by the 1921 Danube Convention, and France consider- ably more.

The Soviet draft for #

new Convention Includes 0 clauar

A fire among dyes stored in a

concelling these debts. warehouse adjacent to the United Press office disrupted news der-Its work todoy, with Sir Charles When the Conference resumed vice two hours and panicked two Peake, the British delegate, in the score residents of the United Press chair, the Soviet Deputy Foreign office building tonight,

Some foreigners, roused

Minister, M. Antrel Vyshinsky, sleep, fled down four flights of Just privileges to non-Danubian

from said his draft, did not give "un steps linlf-dramed

flames billowed across from

States as the old Convention did the ware- Houze, Chinese living in a part of the warehouse fled shortly be fore. The United Press was pre- was controlled.

Rangoon, August 4. The 1,460-ton Burmese fri-means. gate, Mayu, has been sent to Bassein, in the Irrawaddy' Delta, to quel! Communist disturbances, local press re- ports said today. Official sources would not comment. According to a reliable tele fram from o forelin reaching here tonight, British wives and children have boord- ed a steamer in the port of Rna-League-freed from the responat-paring to evacuate when the fire sein, 90 miles west of Rangoon. blity of Goverment lendership The Communist disturbances -Thakin Nu hoped to weld to- are said to be in the northern gether all constitutional and de- part of the city. The steamer i, mocratic elements in Burma, re- standing by to evacuate the Bri-gardless of party, into a united fish from the city, where the dis-popular front and thus to safe- turbances are reported to be crto-guard his country recently won pling, trade.

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it I understood that the His resignation, however, WON Burmese Commissioner is find received with dismay, not only in ing it dimcult to cope with the many quarters in Burmn--includ- altuation in the port, which is ing

frontier aren circles--but the second larges! In Burma. hmong Burma's British friends, Some reports, however, state closely watching her evolution as that the Communists, who en-Jen Independent country. and her fered the city last week-end, may struggle for econemic recovery. withdraw, in which case most of Without his lundership, it was the families on board the

thought, the authority of the steamine will

the remain in Passein.

Government might According

quickly to these reports.weaken and the whole constitu- more than 100 members of the tional structure be threatened by People's Volunteer Organisation elements such as lund endeavour- have disappeared from Bassein fed to overthrow the Administrn- carrying arms with them during tion by force earlier this year.- the past few days--Reuter.

Reuter.

LIVERPOOL RACE RIOTS: FIFTY ARRESTS

Liverpool, August 4.

The case of about 50 persons mostly Negro- charged in connection with street disturbances here has been adjourned until later. No now incidents have been reported.

The group appeared in court | yesterday on charges of being connected with what the police) described

as serious racial | disturbances over a period of several days.

The prosecutor, Mr G. Mac- Alister, said that on Monday night a gang of Negroes, armed with bottles,

swords, daggers, Iroh bars, blackjacks and axes, at-

DrSchacht's Defence

"We cannot approach thin question from the point of view of equal opportunity for all," he said.

It was the third time in a

"This does not apply to the year and a half that the United Suez and Panama Canals, and fires--United Press. Pro's Wog threatened by nearby there is no reason why it should

apply to the Danube."--Reuter.

SOVIET PLAY FOR ITALIAN GOODWILL

Byelo-Russia and the Ukraine have urged the Big

London, August 4.

Four to return Libya, Eritrea and Somalia to Italy for rule as United Nations trusteeships, an official Soviet source said today.

The two Soviet Republics thus formally sealed Foreign Minister V. M. Molatov's pre- election pledge to Italy that Russia will back her return to Africa as a colonial power res- ponsible to UN.

SUEZ CANAL- PROTEST

Paris, August 4, France has protested to Egypt; Both Byelo-Russla and the againät Egypt's chalin to exercise Ukraine reserved the right to pre- the right of inspection of all ships sent ndditional statements to the passing through the Suez Canal. Council of Foreign Ministers

A French Foreign Office spokes- when the issue is referred to itman suld the protest rejected at the end of this

Egypt's view. that she is entitled month, the Russian official said.

by events in Palestine to exer- This was seen as a clear hatcire the right of inspection as she by Russian governmental leaders did during the war, for France that

a new Big Four

get together considered there is no state

of may soon be convened whatever wor in Palestine and Egypt has the outcome of the present taiks not been recognised as a belliger- in Moscow over Germany. --- ent.-Reuter.

Byelo-Russia and the Ukraine,

in written statements to the de- puly foreign Ministers also ex- pressed support for land-locked Ethiopia's demand to be given

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sembly in Paris in September a Berlin. August 4. They also expressed a desire proposed Merilterranean Dr. H. Schacht told the Lud-for keeping the semi-desert terel- wore denied here today.

An authoritative source wigsburg de-Nazification Tri-tory of Libya unified in direct bunal today: "I had to get on plans to divide the region into no action in this sense. It

conflict with reported western the Greek Government had taken tacked several white men who with the National Socialists to its component provinces of Tri-not known whether some were walking along peacefully in carry out my economic policy Lolitania, Cyrenaico Upper Parliament Street district. and thus remove unemploy- Fezzan.Associated Press.

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TINY GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR GIANT. PLANE

Paris, August 4.

Asked to explain a headquarters appeared

a letter ben a Negro club, Mr MacAlister his sympathy and expressing the August, 1932, assuring Hiller of continued. When police tried to opinion that the Nazi movement disperse the crowd, they were was one of "compelling necessity The French weather ship, Loverriar, reported to- stoned and bottles thrown at them that the letter was calculated

and truth," Dr. Schacht replied from the club windows.

captivate Hitler-Reuter, Feeling was high between Negroes and white

and there was danger of worse things happening if the men were allow ed bail, the prosecutor said.

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London, August 4:

ex-

night that she had received a second 50S signal today, coupled with the call sign of the missing flying boat Latecoere 631, down some- where in mid-Atlantic off the west coast of Africa since Sunday.

the

Britain's coal exports were An American Flying Fortress prefaced with the call sign aver 750,000 tons ahead Last night, after the police schedule in the first 29 weeks night that

of over the Atlantic reported to "Der Marconi." the identifica

she had also res ilon of the glant 40-ton missing took extra precautions, crowds did of this year. not collect and few persons venceeded 8,000,000 tons.

Exports for this, period

ceived an SOS algnal from Ali France craft. The ex- the flying boat. The weather tured into the streets after dark.port target for 1048 is about

Planes and ships from three ship reported that -United Press.

continents 13,000,000 tons.-Reuter.

second signal.. was heard day and night in an area off the have, been searching at 0.00 a.m. GMT

today, French West African coast

the seaplane which had "82 pas- sengers on boat. Eight Amari- can bomber aircraft, two from the United States, three from the Bermudas and three from, Ger- many today, took part in the search.

MARKOS ARMY

REPORTED CUT IN TWO

Athons, August 42

General Markos". "Free Greece" was today cut in

fwo, the Greek Army said.

BERLIN RAIL COLLISION

for

Berlin, August 4. 'Fifteen were Injured today,

The garbled, falutly-heard ra- one seriously, when two trains dio message today offered what at the Berlin underground

o French Admiralty spokesman overhead railway collided near A General Staff spokesinan, moved from the south. Those the busy Anhalter station in the described as a "ny glimmer of hope that trace had been found annnounced that at noon two battalions atormer and captured central business section at the

of the aircraft The Admiralty advancing columns met in the Klepils. Height, a key point of height of the morning rush hour..

spokesman · sale calculations up- heart of former guerilla terri-the guerillas" south-east defence The Berlin Fire department peared to show the position of

line at: Gramm tory, south of Fourka.

from the the message-sender as within-200 The columns hot been advant- Samarina, west of Konitan and south west energing from the miles of the French West African

The General Staff also said that said that the tin ing for the past ten days from south-cast of Fourke, was oc- station in the American- sector,

underground at the Anhalter const. the cast and west into a 300-cupied, F more than a year smashed into the, roar of another square mille area, all that is now Samarina has been staging point train. The motorman, who slow ter that the latest signal WAN "An Air France omcial told Rau. left of the former targo guerite fort the movement held territories. guerilla forces into cental, and vent a serious crash, was the can Buperfortroses engaged

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