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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1850,
U.S. SEES INDONESIA AS A DEFENCE LINK
Jakarta, May 1. American_diplomats today view Indonesia as a strong link in any possi- ble defence chain against the march of Russian Communiam in South East Asia.
The recent visit of the American roving ambassador, Dr. Philip Jessup, coupled with official and unofficial statements in Washington; streng- then this belief here.
WAR IN PACIFIC UNLIKELY
of
But whether the Indonesians They identify' thế struggle feel this way is another mat- Vietminh against the French with ter. Few. if any, Indonesian their struggle against the Dutch.
Communian never leaders would challenge the picture In Indonesian eyes,
enters the statement that Ideologically It is therefore logical that they" Indonesia stands solidly with viewed American recognition of the Western democracies, not-the Bao Dal regime as A big ably Britain and the
This United blunder.
action, conse- Stales.
quently, immediately raised eye- She takes this stand because it motives in South
brows and suspicion of American Melbourne, April 30.
East Is in her own interest,
Asia Admiral A. W. Radford, nationalist movement is strongly
A thick layer of the Indonesian United Press. Commander-in-Chief of the idealistic. They desire only United States Pacific Fleet, bring the fruits of Western demo- said in a Press Interview tocracy to the once colonised East Indies. They want free speech,
to
day that war in the Pacifle in tree Press, law by habeus corpus, the near future is unlikely. strong trade unions and electoral He arrived here today as the government. They still have a guest of the Australian Govern-long road to travel to get this, ment for Coral Sea Week, which despite the recent transfer. "of starts tomorrow. It commemorates sovereignty,
that 1
COMET SETS A NEW RECORD
Khartoum, April 30. Britain's De Havilland Comet
jet airliner flew from Nairobi to Khartoum today in 3 hrs.
the Coral Sea Battle of 1942 As a former colony they realize 10 mins, the fastest time for giving the Allies their first major the danger of Communism as a flight between the two cities. victory over the Japanese feat. preached today: the totalitarian Group Captain John Cuaning-
Admiral Radford sald
State. To them, it would also ham, De Havilland's chief pilot, hostilities do break out, Aus-mean the return to their former sald he had not been making any tralia will have to depend on her status by taking direct dictation special attempt to set up a self at the start, but it would not from a foreign power, in this ense record, take other nations long to be in Soviet Russia..
The
Comet made the flight of But the Indonesiana
approximately 1,300 miles dilemma.
about 420 miles an hour.
Aftor a Ave-day stay for tro- pleal tests in Nairobi the Comet came to Khartoum for further
it.
Pearl Harbour-the 'American naval base bombed by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941, without a declaration of WIT would never again be caught un- guarded, he said.
The Admiral was welcomed on his arrival by Mr. R. G. Casey, the Minister of Supply and De-
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@tockholm, April 30. Partisans In Soviet coupled Baltio countries have sabot-". aged Rushian troop traing and fought open battles with the Bavist police, the news paper "tockholms Tidnin- gen" reported today.
the paper, which did not reveal its sources, sald 200 Russian soldiers were killed by railway sabotage in Latvia recently when their military train pasad between. the Latvian towns of Mont) and levaci
A group
of Latvian Lithuanian partisans fought a pitched battle with Russia MVD.
the troops,
report added. It said partisans wert killed when they took shelter In a barn, which was set on fire by the Russians. It also said that 20 "civilians, Fr. cluding a 16-your-old girl and two schoolboys, were killed by the Ruslans in retaliatory action.United Prose."
WALLACE PROPOSAL
Des Moines, Iowa,
April 30. A global economic smash- up in 1952 and the probable rise somewhere of a greater Hitler was predicted today by Henry Wallace, former United States Vice-President, unless co-operation is achiev- ed United States, Russia
between Britain, the
Avoiding 'blocs Ideologically they are linked to the West but above all they wish to avold power block, military alliances and, any pos sible threat to what they con. older thele peace and security, flight from London to Cairo, China within the United Na- It is for this reason that the averaging 430 miles an hour. tions.
It had already made test flights In a speech at Des Moines, he
The airliner reached Africa six days ago after a record-breaking
and
velopment, Rear-Admiral J. A.1 Philippine suggestion last year to Tripolitania, Rome and Copen-proposed that President Truman
Collins, of the Royal Australian Navy, and Air Marshal O. Jones,
Chief of Air Star.
Admiral Radford is expected to remain in Australia until May
The Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, will officially open Ceral Sen Week in a nationwide bread
cast tomorrow night.
for the formation of
records each
act drew no comment from In- Kagen, setting up
а Pacific donesia, although the Indonesians time-Reuter.
COFFIN CONTEST
Are warm friends of the Filipinos. Indonesia wants peace above all. They point to the untold destruction and general economic and social unheaval throughout
and Marshal Stalin should con- fer in the establishment of a $30,000,000,000-a-year plan to end the cold war.
the
Mr. Wallace, leader of American Progressives, proposed contribute $10,000,000,000 annual- that the United States, should
Paris, April 30, the country. This has resulted Mme. Leila Hazdun and Scarba
Two Parls amateur "fakirs" from the wartime occupation of Bey, are to compete for a prizely to a World Bank sponsored in the Japanese and the post-war forteud with the Dutcu.
of 50,000 francs to be won by big way. the one who remains the longest
He will launch a drive LA 50,000 to build in Canberra
Australian un
memorial American Servicemen,--Router.
DESERTIONS FROM
RED ARMY
Unknowingly, the Indonesions time in a coffin 30 inches below Pparently referring to
with the
to are strong political isolationists. the
They stand on a par Americans of 1030. They think. however, in terms of "third
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bloc" to stand between America and Soviet Russia. In this they follow the lead of india.
Indonesian relations with the
ground. The prize is offered by American alm actor, Orson Welles, the
who is now in Paris. It will be
competed for next Wednesday in the cellar of a Paris cafe, where holes and coffins have been pre-
Berlin, April 30. The off-duty time of Soviet occupation troops in Germany has been cut to two hours per day to halt increased desertion of Soviet soldiers to the West, the anti-for independence the Indonesians During the years of struggle Communist "Berliner Anzeiger" sought American Ideological sup-
West particular can succinctly be des-
general and America in pared.-Reuter. cribed by the phrase "now the shoe is on the other foot."
said today.
port and material aid. Today The Soviet secret polico have this is reversed. The Americans disarmed 80 per cent of the Soviet now seck Indonesian ideological occupation troops and allow them support and material aid. to keep only their sidearms. Wen- pons are given these troops only in case of need.-United Press.
Cautious policy
The United States seeks aid in the form of a peaceful and pro- Vatlean City, April 30.
ductive Indoneala which сап Pope Plus received in private greatly contribute to the world's audiences today Monsignor Luto-under-nourished economy with vica Augusto Chuan, Apostolic tea, coffee, rubber, sugar and a Vicar
of Bangkok, Siam, and lot of other needy products. Monsignor Michelo Memelauer, Bishop of Sant Polten, Austris Associated Press.
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But the Indonesian Govern- _ment. _must tread cautiously. on foreign affairs. It must Into account outspoken political parties and a vitrollo Prens. These two outlets of opinion are extremely sensitive to foreign pressure or, rather, to what they consider to bo foreign pressure. Sometimes the Indonesian dilemma becomes acute. Take Indo-China,
Indonesia 13 overwhelmingly. sympathetle to Dr. Ho Chi mình Irrespective of his position in in- ternational politics. They are not sympathetic on the grounds of Communism, but simply De- eause they recognise Dr. Ho as popular nationalist Jender
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