NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES
PEASANTS PLEDGE THEMSELVES TO JOIN. ROUND UP OF BURMA REBELS. (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 11, 9.20 a.m.) Calcutta, Dec. 10. Overe 100,000 peasants in 800 villages iu the United Provinces have pledged themselves to join the Congress campaign for non-payment of taxes. The Congress leaders, who were conspicuously absent, are reported to be planning further measures to stiffen the civil disobedience movement. The authorities are closely watching the situation. A military police round-up has resulted in the arrest or death of many Burma rebels, including leaders. Up to the present nearly 6400 rebels have surrendered.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 307, 11 December 1931, Page 5
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