BURMESE REVOLT.
ANTAGONISM TO INDIANS. EXODUS FROM RANGOON. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 29, 11.45 a.m.) DELHI, May 28. Tho Barmans’ antagonism to Indians is increasing and has readied alarming proportions and there is an exodus of the latter from Burma. Steamers leaving Rangoon are crowded with thousands of traders and coolies. Many of the formers’ homes and crops have been destroyed. The economic distress connected with the Burma revolt Is said to bo partly due to cheap Indian labour ousting Burmans from the agricultural districts and also to their creation of unemployment by underselling.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18341, 29 May 1931, Page 7
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