1 was recently announced that. the now Commander of the Burmi Me dependent District is to be Major-General W. L, ©, Twiss, lately Military Secretary at Army Head: quarters, Simla, The appointment ix significant owing to the fo: theoming change in the status of Burma, After Burma becomes independent of India special demands will be made upon the "flees commanding her forces. General Twiss, who incidentally has experience of China in that he served with the Boxer Expedition of 1900, is an emeer who has won recognition for his services both in the field and on tke staff, He is man of outstanding intellectual ability and combines professional capacity with an enthusiasm for sport of all kinds. In his day he was an exceptionally fine cricketer. The Solution of Burma's defence problems after the separation from India will be in some respects as dificult to determine as the civil problems with which Sir Alexander Cochrane, a former naval officer and M, P, is about to tackle, In General Twiss Sir Alexander will have a colleague after his own heart and between them they should be able to give Burma the best possible leadership in the next few critical years.
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