SPREADS, Rangoon, July 6.
The tribal revolt in Burma has now spread to tke Shan States, and in an encounter with the military Police there to-day forty rebels out fof 150 were killed and the same number were wounded, successfully overhauling her Japan-Jose competitors in the "Indi market," the Secretary of State for India said—United Press.
Geneva, July 9.
The League of Nations to-day gnnourced its frst recommendations for the economic development of India which, it is hoped, may even. {ually develop the later into one of the big producing "nations of the Sir Arthur Salter, chief of the Economic Section of the Secretaria: and who visited India at the request of the government for the League's collaboration, is the author of the project which is expected to constitute the first step towards India's fuller economic growth.
The plan provides first for the creation of a central economic ad visory organization for the Indian government and in addition economic Advisory councils for all of the Indian states, The latter would work in collabora ation with the central council and the latter in turn with the League of Nations.
The project as now elaborated provides that the central commission would be composed of 50 members presenting all of the leading smouts of India's economic life including agriculture, banking and finance, commerce, ce-operating organizations, economists, industry, labours organizations, members of the legislatures, officials, railways 'Twenty-one guns and many dabs were seized, 'Other encounters' occurred between the Baluchis and the rebel Two hundred rebels surrendered during the week-end under the amnesty declared by the Government, which was recently enlarged to include every one concerned in the tribal revolts, with the exception, of the Ieadere and those who have licen guilty. of murder.—Reuter.
London, July 6.
Questioned in tke House of Commons on the carrying out of the Round-Table' Conference proposals; for India Mr. W. Wedgwood Benn, Secretary for India, said be was in. feonsultation with the Governments of India and Burma but he was not 'a position to make a statement, In reply to another question regarding the next meeting of the Federal Structure Committee be sail representation of the British Don.iniens was not contsaip'vied= Wirv ces through Reuter,
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