MADRAS TERRORISTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 68, 22 March 1933, Page 7

MADRAS TERRORISTS.

Revolver and Ammunition in Council Chamber. BEHIND GOVERNOR'S SEAT. (Received 10 a.m.) CALCUTTA, March 21. An increase in the terrorist activities in Madras Province, which has hitherto been remarkably free from crime, was revealed in the discovery of a revolver and a quantity of ammunition hidden behind the curtain in the Governor's box in the Legislative Council Chamber. The Council decided that in future visitors will only be admitted if vouched for by members.

BURMA'S FUTURE. CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 21. Questioned in the House of Commons regarding the constitutional problem in Burma, the Secretary, for India, Sir Samuel Hoare, said that if the people of Burma and their representatives in the Legislative Council chose separation from India, the Government would ask Parliament to approve a grant of a Constitution on. the general lines indicated at the end of the Burma round table conference, with which the proposals for a Constitution for India corresponded very closely. If Burma chose to remain a province of India the proposals for the structure of provincial Constitutions, for relations between the provinces and the federal [authority and for the allocation of I revenue between the provincial and federal Exchequers would be applicable to her. Burma's inclusion, however, would involve some revision of the federal proposals in respect particularly of the composition of the federal Legislature. If Burma elected for inclusion in the federation while the present Indian proposals were under consideration the adjustments might be made in the committee stage, but the longer Burma delayed her choice the greater would be the delay to the prospects of her own constitutional development.