BURMESE ARRESTS.
SEDITIONIST ACTIVITIES. RANGOON, Jan. 20. Ten men, the alleged ringleaders ot the Burmese seditionist movement, have been arrested by. police and troops, in a raid on Siiwe Dagon 'Hie president of the Home Rule Association was among those arrested. It. is believed that it is the first time stieh a raid has i>een made during the British occupation of Burma. The students who are on strike issued a statement to the Press, ending: “Lone live the revolution! The’ students intend to prevent legislators attending the forthcoming session.
The famous Slnve Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon hs world famous Its taper- • ‘ the outline of the spire beßm almost continuous with that of ' l in V , v contrasts conspicuously with m more monumental 'hemispherical and cylindrical types of early Indian art.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 47, 24 January 1939, Page 7
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