POSITION OF BURMA.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20736, 22 December 1932, Page 11

POSITION OF BURMA.

j QUESTION OF SEPARATION j FROM INDIA. CALCUTTA, December 14. ••'fhe Burma Legislature oqunc.il if ''koyed up" for the forthcoming debates on the question of separation j from India and its formation into s self-governing of t}»q Empir* It will be recalled that the recent general election gave a verdict in favour of entering thte Indian Federa-! tion, buf; Qwipg to a series pf wisunderstandings this, it is believed, does no*, represent the real feeling of the Burmese people." At the opening session of the Council, a censure motion was introduced by Sir Joseph Mfiung Gyi, former Governor, pf Burma, for the removal of President U. Chit-hlaing, on the gound that lip exceeded the impartiality Of bis dfßpp by rnliug out of order certain WOtiiQPP on the subject pf separations , It was eornpJaijjed that the ?resiqont by Jxis actions had insulted the Housp and broken his primiso'to ignore party politics. ~ yijst Jii Histpfy. The motion was carried by 75 votes tp 20, apd for the first time in the ftisfcory of the reformed Indian Constitution W 'President of the Provincial Council has been literally turned out o® the chair dii ring .a session. The real feelings' fif the £;oftP®P f r P now to bp tested in a motion, Whicji proposes thq.t Bnrmft should son4itj*j?n--q,lly remaiji a part of Indiji, entering the 909 pending a conference to discuss the future Constitution. As this directly conflicts -with thp Premier's statement, which was that Burma must make up her mind tp stay in thq Federation on a separate basis, the debate is likely t° bp lively.