BURMESE REBELS
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MANY SURRENDERS*
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RUGBY, MondayThe India Office, in a statement of the position in Burma over the last week, says the situation continues to be satisfactory on the wholeIn the Thayetmyo district the surrenders now amount to 1,476, including three important leaders who are on the list of those excluded from the amnesty. The surrenders in other districts continue and the total is now 4,671. No serious engagements between the Government forces and the rebels occurred during the week. Saya San, organiser of tfce Tharrawaddy rebellion, was convicted and sentenced to death by a special tribunal at Tharrawaddy on August 28. The Irrawaddy River in Lower Burma is falling and it is hoped that the danger of a serious hreach in the embankments is passed.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 9, 2 September 1931, Page 3
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