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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1947.

INDONESIAN CONDITIONS For Cessation Of Hostilities With Dutch Withdrawals Of

Troops

Washington, Aug. 2.

The Indonesian Government announced tonight that it entirely agreed with the United Na- tions Security Council proposal for a cessation of hostilities In Indonesia. In a statement broadcast by Jogjakarta Radio, the Govern- ment demanded as a condition the withdrawal of troops of both sides behind the demarcation lines fixed in 1946...

"To guarantee that there should be no more threat or breach of the peace or act of aggression, it

LOOTED JEWELS Fighting

RECOVERED

"Zatavia, Aug. 3. The Netherlands Army on- nounced today that pricoteas' jowaly looted from, Sumatra's nativo princes had been found hidden in the vaults of the Indonesian, National Bank al Pematang

The Army

two Suma- fran utians and sultant's ' son had been, releaind from Infornment by the Inddiesiana.

-Associated Press.

is necessary that the Security Council shall Roosevelt

order the Netherlands to withdraw its troops from the territories of the Indonesian Archi- pelago," the statement said.

Expenses

Account"

Near

40

Salonika

Athens, Aug. 2. Press dispatches today reported akirmishes during the night in. cluding a guerilla attack on the village of Lelkichorion, 43 kilo melers north of Salonika; result- with ing in a four-hour battle many civilians killed and homer burned and two gendarmes killed and two wounded.

Ambulances were sent to pick up the victims.

in-

The

+

military authorities formed by cable from

Larissa

that elements of the third moun- tain brigada clashed at the village Washington, Aug. 2. of Argyropouilon, 20 kilometers Schute investigators heard to-north of Larissa, with a strong day, that Elliott Roosevelt re- and heavily anned' guerilla band, commented the purchase of The latter was said to have auf- Howard Hughes photo-planes fored heavy losses with 34, dend over Army Alt Forera obfections | and 34 captured.

"The Republic earnestly ap- Dr. Sjahrir from New Delhi peals to the Security Council to to The Hogue. Dr. Sjahrir Bend a commission choron by welfes that the Dutch, despite the Council so that can be military superiority, would not convinced and ace for itself the be able to crush the Republic, `nctual situation in Indonesia to as the Republic, unlike the enable a speedy settlement of Netherlands, is fighting for an the conflet."

ideal. The statement accused the The former Republican Pre- on the same day that the West Meanwhile, a report was sent Dutch Government of breaking|mier declares that there are Const plane-maker's publicity to the General Staff conference the Linggadjati Agreement, and only two solutions. One is that man provided Invish: entertain-in Athens on the results of a two- said that the Repub'le Recepted the Dutch be allowed to overment out of his floosevelt ex-day military meeting at Volos to the consequences of that uni come the Republic and restore penses account" at swanky Newconsider the current altuation. Interal breaking of relations, colonial order with the con-York nightclubs.

The results were *not disclosed Liberated from the bands that sequence that alt the territories

The expenne vouchers of John publicly but it was understood bound her in the position of a of Southeast Asia will become Meyer. Hughes' publicity man, that they included measures to member state of the Federation of

future a menace to world peace. As an added up by the Senate in be taken in the event of a large- Indonesin, the a second possibility, Dr. Sjahrir vestigation sub-committee, show-scale Invasion, The Supreme Republic now remimes full suggests that there should be ed 35,083 spent for entertaining Military Council will meet

berty of action

so that it an attempt to carry out the young Roosevelt and his wife Monday to discuss the situation. might be taken up formally as Cheribon Agreement under the Faye

-United Press. Emerson from 1043 21 sovereign stato Inlo the supervision of an internationa! through 1946. family of nations.

organisation acting as trustee

It was "prepared, after re-during the period of transition, ceiving an invitation to send re-to guaranteé total independence presentatives to Lake Success, for the Republic by the begin to provide the Security Council ning of 1949. with any information neces sary."

Dutch Doubts

Dr. Sjabrly ends by warning the Dutch that "unless they give up their shortsightedness, The statement expressed the the war in Indonesia might be Republic's gratitude to Austra- | a greater tragedy for the lis and India for having put Netherlands than for Indone- forward and defended its case. | sia.“

It was reported from The The Dutch news agency here Hague that the Dutch Cabinet | today reported that the two

The committee is inquiring Into details of the award of a $50.- 000000 contract for construction of 100 plywood planes by Hughes

011 the recommendation

of

Arms For Greece.

on

Athens, Aug. 3... United States

The American Victory," a cargo ship of 7,607 Lone; arrived, here today loaded with equipment for the a colonel in the Air Forces. Greek Army and two more ships United Press.

Elliott Roosevelt, who was then

ed to Jogjakarta.

A message from The Hague stated that the object of the call ХУДН assumed in The

are expected next week. Reuter.

Gambling

Hague to be the discussion of Dens Cut

met today in a special scasion members of the Indoncalan Re, the American offer of media- publican Parliament Working tion in the Indonesian conflict. Committee were urgent'y recall. —Reuter.

to discuss the resolution adopt ed yesterday by the Security Council, calling for cease fire in Indonesia.

Well informed cire'es believed today that the call to censo hos- tilities would cause difficulties. Their view is that it is doubt- ful ́at the moment whether the moderate elements in the Re public have the authority to

Dutch Labour Wants

Action Extended

Batavia, Aug. 3.

halt the actions of the extrem-"Reviewing the situation calmly there can be no

ists and that the situation in the Republic, which seems to deteriorate every day, may hamper efforts to reach agreement.

For this reason, some circles. cspecially the Right Wing but also the moderates, expect it to be necessary to occupy larger areas before opening negotia- tions. Others, however, chlefly progressive, – profers truce- to avoid further international con- plications.

The Odds

Reno, Aug. 2

Seven . large · gambling | houses in town today cut their jodda because the public was not Clübeowners who - 'consulted giving them enough play. -.. their daily sheets learned that vialling plungers were botting only one-seventh as much today as they did a year ago, so they served notice that until mom money comes in the lease will go out.

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doubt of the nécessity that the present 14-day action in Indonesia should be extended to the whole of Java," J. Van de 'Kieft, leader of the Dutch Labour Party in the Dutch Upper House, said in an interview with Aneta today..

A man who formerly laid $50 Van de Kieft, who is ut pre.. hands and fruit ens attempts on a double six at the craps Rent On A fact-finding trip hau been made after signing table and won $3,050 henceforth through Indonesia, had just re- the Lingandjati Agreement to will win only $600. The limit turned from the Semarang get Republican leaders to give on what can be bet on the front front where he visited the front the town of Samarung, a reason-line and back line at the ling, Ambarawa and Salatiga able water supply. To these table was cut from $500 to $200. and talked with numerous | untenable situations the Dutch Ono club owner sold: "We Dutch militarists.

actions have now brought a are merely taking steps to meet our particular kind of buyer re- solution.

"The difficulties which thesistance."United Press. present situation result, in are that if the Dutch action remains restricted, various Republican fighting organisations will con- tinue operation on the borders Van de Kieft pointed out of present Dutch-occupied terri- Dr. Sjahrir

the remarkable situation at torso that the lives of our Well-informed circles expect Semarang where the airfie'd { people are continuous'y- in 'dan- that Dr. Sutan Sjabrir, former was in Dutch hands but the gor. Apart from that there is Republican Indonesian Premier, territory surrounding it in Ro- also the possibility that these will be sounded by the Dutch publican hands resulting in fighting organisations are con- on the attitude of the Indone countless diMculties. The water centrating in territory not yet Kian Government and its powers supply had been in Republican occupied for scorching the to restore order in non-occupied

earth," he said. parts of Jaya and Sumatra.

It is clear that the Dutch Government is in a rather dif- cult position and will certainly try to make effective use of the United States "good offices" na soon as possible, and to get in touch with one of the sincere Indonesian leaders.

There is a fear, however, shared even by an authoritative

He said that after his visit he is more than aver convinced that the Dutch police action was necessary and should be con- tinued till a basis had been found for new discussions with the Republican Icaders.

Underground

Socia'ist today that Dr. Sjah Aircraft

Factory

Carving Up The RIAF

of

New Delhi, Aug. 2, Eight of the Royal Indian Air Force's ten squadrona will be allotted to the Dominion Indin and two to the Dominion of Pakistan under the division of the armed forces when Pakla- fan comes into legal existence in a fortnight's timo, ́~

In this connection Van de Kleft pointed to the deplorable state in which Malang.” (East Java). was found by Dutch troops and.

The division was based he added, "for this reason, to the proportions of Bløslam-ani save. production possibi:ities bon-Moslem personnel in the

that still can be saved, the Air Force India

and other moderate Indonesians would not be able to bridle the extremists and will make only vogue promisca with the cons seijuence that the resumption of

Washington, Aug. 2 negotiations might again be The US Secretary of War, come protracted.

Mr. Kenneth Royall, in 46 The Dutch progressive week-page report of his activities as

De Groene Amsterdammer Under-Secretary of War,dis.| United Press. published an article cabled by closed today that Army en

Death Of

Uruguay's President

gineers have planned; an under- ground alrerüft factory, to whether, it is safe from atomin and "other" modern, types bombs.

He said the U.S. Army Air Forces have been studying prob. lems relating to the manufaċ- ture of critical'aircraft'compon Made Montevideo, Aug. 2. enta in underground Installations

President Tomas Berreta, 73, 'Aa a result of these studies, it died today in an Italian' hospital' is planned to obtain fanis during just 24 hours, after he was, the fiscal year of 1948 and to granted leave of absence from direct the chiefs of engineers to the Presidency of Uruguay his construct a=pliot plant – under. cause of his faliing health. Ho ground for this purpose.

He said plans for underground served only -four momns of tile term,

| defence experiments afto include During the last two months the building of an un

Dutch action should be extend- ed over the whole of Java.It will be necessary to take mea Bures to prevent these destruce tionis ng "seen at Salatiga,"

on

The Royal Indian Air Force. equipped mainly with single- engined Aghter aircraft, has a strength of more than 20,000 men, with 500 trained' pilots.- Reuter,

France Stands Pat

Ruhr

On

Paris, Aug. 2, A-French Foreign Office,spokesman denied today: that any change of French policy on the Ruhr was indicated in a statement last night by the Foreign Minister M. Georges Bidault, that "France will do all it can so that the Ruhr will be exploited for the profit of Europe, including Germany, but under the control of Europe/ "The Franch position is campus There never has been a ques- netly the same,” “the spokesman" | "tion, as far as the French Gov- he was absent from office and chemical processing plant and a addedze rec

aramant in concerned of Gery was confined to the dlckbed-fire control Instrument plan |3g Referring to sraports from many, not a benefiting vi along Early on Saturday hop, under, ~" He daid the Lh8. Army is co- London that M. Bidanit) states with the rest of Europe, from "went an operation, whilch hyal operating-cloi

preted ad Rühr pro

round

with the Army ment was bein

Hoard on softening.

bund:| status in the Ruhy 1801000 | apokeanan "added:

Anymilitation of MBidault'ezwords

poncerning theg

tions

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