BURMA NOW A REPUBLIC
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Received Thupsday, 11 a-m. LOND.ON, Dec. ^0. Burma becanfe' a sovereign inde-penden-t repubi)£ today, when a Rayal Commissioff.,o|; the Br|fish Parliament proclairrtKd the . Klh&'S assgnt to the Burma iLdppendeJTpe. vBill. The new republidL was born in a 15-minute ceremony wjth ritual and pageantry. . The usher of the Black Rock Geoffrey Blake, in silk feDee breeches and sil'ver-buckled sho^"., summoned members of tne Hpusdof Commons to the Hquse of Loy-ds. The three members of the Rayal Cpmmission, Lords Jowitt, Listowel and Saulbury, sat on the crimso.n benGh dressed in red velvet and white ermine-. Four words ' iri dncient Narman French, "le Roi le veult" (the King wishes it) , gave final assent to the Bill for Burma's independence. The Royal Commissioners slowly tipped their hats thrice to Jhe Peers and Commoners, after which the members of the House of Commons retired to their oy/n^ chamber.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1947, Page 5
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154BURMA NOW A REPUBLIC Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1947, Page 5
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