Burma and Federation On Monday the Round Table Conference took
its first important decision. The urgent demand of the Burmese delegates for the separation of their Province from any future Indian Federation was met at once. After the recommendation of the Simon Report and the sympathy which Mr. U Ba Pe and his friends have aroused among all who are taking part in the Conference, the result was a foregone conclusion. A sub-committee is considering ways and means of separation, and there need be no long delay before a special Con- ference meets to work out a Burmese Constitution. There will be, as the Maharajah of Aiwar suggested, a friendly rivalry as to whether India or Burma will attain Dominion status first. Several Committees of investiga- tion are at work on the subjects defined by Lord Sankey, the first and most important of which is the nature of the coming Indian Federation.
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