States — Establishment of — Conferment of Independence by Occupying Power — Purported Conferment of Independence on Burma by Japanese Occupation Authorities.

Sovereignty and Independence of States — Purported Grant of Independence by Occupant to Occupied Territory — Japanese Occupation of Burma.

War — Effects of Outbreak of — On Private Contracts — Effect of Declaration of War by Burma on Great Britain.

Belligerent Occupation — Functions of Occupant — Purported Conferment of Independence on Burma by Japanese Occupation Authorities

Belligerent Occupation — Nature and Effects of Occupation — Effect on Contract of Agency — The Law of Burma — International Capacity of Allegedly New States — Declaration of War by Burma upon Great Britain — Conferment of Independence by Japan upon Burma During the Japanese Occupation — Powers of Occupant