The Archive · 1940

Britain Against Nazis

Rangoon, Sept. 30.

The pronouncement on British policy as regards the political future of India and Burma was criticized as unsatisfactory in a recent speech by Mr. AMIN. Vallayan. Chettiar at the annual general meeting of the NattdRkottai Chetiars Association. of which he has been reelected president.

"The political history of India in the current century is replete with examples of bargaining on the part of British statesmen and until they muster up courage to transfer real power to Indians, they will have always the Indian problem—a blem which is of their own a problem the solution of which is easy and im their own hands," he declared.

"While British policy is so shortsighted, Indian political opinion also as represented by the Congress lacks a sense of realism. The Congress has proclaimed from house-tops\ that it abhors Hitlerism, which flagrantly denies all freedom ari that it should be erased from this world. conviction is true—as I believe it is—why should not that body assist Britain that has pledged itself to fight this great evil? Why should our own political problems be allowed to hinder a conviction of Mr. Miura Appointed Envoy to Mexico Tokyo, Sept. 30. Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, until r cently Japanese Consul-Geperal in Shanghai, has been appointed Minister to Mexico, it was announced today. Mr. Mini replacement by Mr. Tateki Horiouchi in the important Shanghai post, came about during the extensive shake-up in the Japanese foreign service during August—United Press. aiming to alienate Japan from Germany and Italy through observations that "Germany and Italy benefit greatly from the alliance while Japan would hardly gain anything."

The Japanese Government the journal said, concluded the three-Power pact without calculation of such advantages or disadvantages but for the construction of new orders in Europe and Greater East Asia.

The "Miyako" said the Government believes that Japan's actions would eventually be clarified to the Bri and American press through facts.—United Press. clusion of the Franco-Japanese agreement on Indo-China."

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