Rangoon, July 20.
Four persons were' killed and sixteen wounded here yesterday when military police opened re on, mobs Ju four different' parts of the city.
Despite this general improvement the situation, isolated assaults on the outskirts of the city. continue. Police were compelled to open fire In 2 suburb of the city, An official "annotineement states that during the five days of rioting here, a total of 89 persons have been killed, and 210 injured.
'There was, however, considerable general Improvement' in the atmos: phere this morning, and most Euro-can' firms resumed business, "A Government communique refers to more systematic disposition strong Brith infantry end Burman forces, and adds that all important Paris of Rangoon are now protected but that rioting. assaults, have not yet effectively been checked.
The—injured include several Burmese women, but ninety per cent of them are Indians.
Intermittent fighting continues in the outskirts of the ity, and many families from diferent communities are taking refuge in and round police stations "Reuter,
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