The Claims of Burma There is a danger that the
difficulties of the Round- Table Conference may cause the claims of Burma to be overlooked. We see no reason, now that the principle of separation from India is recognized, why Burma should not have a form of Dominion status with adequate safeguards, analogous to, or more rigorous than, those of India. We think that a contented Burma, as a self-governing Dominion under the British Crown, would be a reinforcement to the Empire, and trust that the Burma Sub-Committee, appointed to examine the terms of the separation and to draft a Constitution, will proceed with their labours as soon as possible. The difficulties of Constitution-building are far smaller in Burma than in India ; the country is ethnically homogeneous, literate, progressive, and ripe for a large measure of self-govern- ment.
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