§ Major POLEasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can give the House any further information regarding the situation in Burma?
§ Mr. BENNFollowing is the statement covering the week ended 27th June:
The situation generally is improving. In Tharrawaddy District four dacoit gangs have been broken up, and in Insein District one gang has been completely accounted for, its leader and his last two followers having been killed yesterday. In the Henzada District an important gang has been broken up, and the leader wounded and captured. In the Prome District about 130 surrenders have already taken place and others are expected shortly. Dacoities are still numerous in the Thayetmyo and Henzada districts.
2. Attacks on Indians are decreasing in numbers and are now almost confined to Pyapon and My Aungmya Districts, but the emigration figures are still unusually large.
3. The Government's Proclamation of an Amnesty was well received generally.
1080Wnearest convenient date, and the corresponding figures for 1930, 1929, and 1928, respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table gives the information desired.
Further orders are being issued with regard to the requests to widen its scope.
4. The only Government casualties reported since 10th June are one village headman killed, one Military Policeman slightly wounded, and one Public Works overseer wounded. Rebel casualty figures are still uncertain.
5. The economic situation shows little change. Cultivation is progressing fairly well except in the rebel areas of Tharrawaddy and parts of the Pegu District, where intimidation is being practised against tenants who agree to work land owned by Indians.