§ 2. Mr. FREEMANasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can yet make any statement as to the carrying 590 on of the proposals of the Round Table Conference for the future government of Burma?
§ Mr. FREEMANIn view of the contrary opinions expressed on the advisory committee regarding the separation of Burma, will there be an opportunity of considering the whole matter at the Federal Structure Committee later on?
§ 8. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can make any further statement about the causes of the present rebellion in Burma?
§ Mr. BENNI have at present nothing to add to the answer which I gave to the hon. and gallant Member for Chelmsford (Colonel Howard-Bury) on the 18th May. I hope shortly to make available to the House a more comprehensive statement on the origin and progress of the rebellion.
22. Earl WINTERTONasked the Secretary of State for India whether the operations in Burma against the rebels are under the control of the military or civil authority?
§ Mr. BENNThe statement which I circulated on the 2nd June shows that military and police forces are operating in conjunction, but under their own officers. The appointment of Mr. Booth Gravely as Special Commissioner in the five districts affected by the rebellion has secured unity of command over the civil forces, but is also de signed to secure unity of action between the civil and military forces.
§ Rear-Admiral BEAMISHIs the hunting down of these gangs of rebels still continuing, and are the Government satisfied with the rate of extermination of these armed and semi-armed bodies of persons?