A British heritage, lime juice,* was much in evidence last week when Burmans held their first election under their own provisional government. At each of Rangoon's polling booths stood a bottle of the juice, put there because of rumors that disorderly elements intended to throw sulphuric acid in the ballot boxes. The Burmans figured that the famed antiscorbutic was also the best anti-sulphuric.
But no acid was thrown. Communists dashed through the streets of Rangoon in a green jeep, shouting: "Rebellion, rebellion! Rise, rise!" A couple of polling booths outside the city...
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