1949-01-12 — Page 9

BRITISH ATTITUDE

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949.

PRONOUNCEMENT ON INDONESIA AWAITED

American Prisoner Of Dutch?

Washington, January 10,

Diplomatic observers in Washington are awaiting an carly British pronouncement of more positivo policy on Indonesia.

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They hope that it will allay some of the anti-Western

sentiment recently developed in Asia.

Tho nations of Great importance is attached, East Asia and to the week-end conference he Western Union."

Dr. Palur spoke at tween Mr. Ernest Bevin, the

League of Amerien protest meet- and the

Ing. Foreign, Secretary, Dominion representatives when it is believed, may have per sunded Mr. Bevin to press for tiberal Dutch concessions.

Also speaking at the meeting. } called because of the Indonesinti

Re situation, was Mr. Robert Delson, contact for the Indonesian

The utmost signifience is also pulille.

Mr. Delson gave a behind the attached to the forthcoming New

pending how thescenes report an the Dell conference, called by

American-Ilonesian trade agree- Trutsan Prime Minister, Pandit Thr

Nehru is felt that clearments had frightened the Dutch 18 attack und united Western policy into their December

10 avail against the Republie.-Reuter and needed before then heightening of the anti-Wester United Press. feeling.

seen

Never Woke Up REPUBLICAN ASSAULT From Party

Madrid, January 10.

Senora Maria Ruis died In Barcelona today after being asleep 10 days ince New Years Eve. Her husband dled four days ‘ago,

Relatives called a doctor when they found it impos. sible to wake the couple on New Year's Day, The dec- -tar's verdict is that both died from cerebral Intoxication due to carbon manoxide potaoning.

on

The husband never woke up but the wife opened her

few minutos eyes for a

Saturday. The couple were New celebration on at Year's Eve.-Reuter, ***

A

Asian Talks A Mistake?

AGAINST

JOGJAKARTA

Batavia, January 10,

Guerlain

Republican troops opened a heavy offensive on Jog-

jakarta lost night...

jess

than

This is reported by an American correspondent who says he was held by the Dutch under house or- rest for 26 hours.

bringing in George Kaben, correspondent are

Agency.50 per cent of food requirements. for the Overseas Nows

Republican sald the attack was accompanied Only 150 of 10,000

the Jogjakaria by mortar and rifle Are and heavy civil servants in explosions which temporarily district have reported for work

under the Dutch-United Press. system. power knocked out the The blaste shook his hotel in the downtown business #cicled.

Forty-five minutes

district, he

after the

attack started from with

the South

diversionary thrust from

the North West, street

Nighting

was going on in front of the hotel on Marliebro Boulevard.

given Kahen Bald he had been Dutch travel orders to spend Sydney, January 10.

week in Joljakarta. Afier four the Mr. William Morris Hughes, and a half days, he said, Australian Elder Statesman and Dutch authorities arrested him in former Prime Minister, said to- Hotel Merdeca and released him day he fails to see what orfe today.

Dutch Intelligence officers who the Australian representatives arrested Kahen said they acted out

at the can play

forthcoming the orders of the Chief of Staff Asian conference on Indonesia of Batavia. in New Delhi.

They allowed him to table the

States Consulate instead of United

in This

New York. January 11. Mr. Robert Delson, New York

has docu Attorney, says he mentary evidence to prove that Robert Freeberg. missing one man air force of the Indonesian Republic, is in a Dutch concen- tration camp in Batavia.

Delson, Counsel Mr. Tulonesion Republic, trutle statement in cadie interview Mr. Freeberg, aged 27 was Navy R-24 plot in the war. Mr. Delson says he has Jurnished eye witness statements

It is destinel to Dy confirming original Indonesiat

inportant if it decisive role in reports that Mr. Freeberg was forced down by Six Dutch fighter East-West relations, it is recognis

This is reflected today pines

Southern Sumatra ed here

by the syndicated newspaper last Octobe, 1.

Washington, January 10. The evidence was delivered to columnist. Mr. Walter ponan "We would be advised to enter

The United States Budget tune the friend of fererer Wnt him by a

with consulatio

chart yoke i will," he said, Bureau today issued Mr. Freeberg and is now being into totitrate

what- th Mr. Nehru about our while course

how the The United Nations, exactly presentation te stapelbert Fezé

Mr showing Inflone." and The in China

dollars ever its shortcomings may be. in State Department

American taxpayers' U.S.

e approaña wrote. Duleb buve drned that e

will be spent and from whom (broad-based and draws no dis- BLASORCE.. -Assorted Press

it will come if Congress adopts tinction of colour, creed, enste or ab. there in mee! President Truman's budget class. All proposals submitted to them to solute espiality.

over

"Go Slow" In Hamburg

With

Chalked signs saying

*1||

fl dismantiur on the walls of

Lost Prestige

1

In consulting

Me points out: Me Nehru, the greatest figurn in Asia, the United States will And itself in harmony with the who are Surely Australiana,

aniong our dependable friends, as well as with Mr. Attlee and the

wisest makers of modern British policy."

He asked a question com

quarters.

Where

Where The Money Goes

y

The where

nesa

Following Agures

will

conference,

Ironing oui Inequalities and Batavia, but he said the Consulate

may Recen- did not receive his message. bringing harmony,

differences and pro-

The correspondent said last night's assault was the second Republican counter-attack since the Dutch captured the capital.

added, was The first, he December 29. Kahen said the Dutch threw reinforcements and tanks into the

on

This Asintle nations cunfer-battle.

" could hear tanka rumble in ence seeks to divide the nations

during the and at best can only make that front of the hotel which is bad worse."Reuter.

night,

ANGLO-FRENCH

Fighting continued until 2 ... when complete silence fell over the city, except for shots,

Occasional

former

China Ships Diverted To Taiwan

Washington, January 10. Two Navy cargo ships laden with

for Chins were

arms

directed to Taiwan last week at the request of the Chinese Goy- ernment.

here that the

fears that

I is presumed

Chinese Government fall into

arms

the shipments may Communist hands after disem- barkation at Chinese ports which are threatened by the Reds,

Informed sources say that two

carrying

for ships are China. They do not know whe

ships carrying other Navy army also will be directed to Tai wan and say the decision is up Chinese Government.-- to the United Press.

ther

British Try Alleged Spy

Vienna, January 10..

A Czech accused of anti-

show

the budget

come

Hamburg, January 10

Duel taxes on inultviduals 43 and oflicers

on bust- Mrish

cent. per cent. Direct taxes

corporations 28 per Gertom polier standing by, a

During the counter-attack the British espionage before a Bri- handful of Germans tulay ga

Exene tixes on luxury goods 19)

POLICY TALKS

Retish military court at Klagen- Indonesians set the cent.

and other Customs sumed dismantling at the hanger

London, January 10.

pubilean delegation headquarters fart today admitted in a written itayo wiht per rent. New taxes steel works at Bochum, in the?

Details of M. Robert Schuman anme, but the Dutch succeers statement that he has worked for the Czechoslovak Intelli- Minister's in putting the fire under control Hulu, but appeared in de the United States to look for all two per cent.

Extendfares: National De- the French Foreign

using this The Dutch had been

thegence service. more than loosen a few nuts whde Chin, Holland and France

discuss have shown they are able fance 34 pry rent. International three-day visit to London

Anglo-French Euthing for distributions of food and bolts.

Mr. Ernest

Bevin and textiles. stad rather foreign aid programme) policy with the role that was expected of affairs, such as the Marshall Plan week to

The French Foreign "As the only great prower Dal 15 per cost. Services and bene- were disclosed today.

13 per the unperialis for Je never berome

officially National wi10, H

containing Bevin's Invitation Kahen reports that the situa|strength, copposition and move- Mr. Be vtalen of makajeret peuples, it is felt rent interest in Bern continetos

Health and accepted

of cominuation is fense. The Dutch are ments of the British forces. Some of the men relmed that the United States now, by Debt 13 per cent.

much to Wellure sex per cent. Develop to discuss subjects

A Russian-mude miniature beem work, and others octopled wie podcies, can

work with

is sald to Kamera

been have Tiley

restore the prestige of the West went of natural resources, such concern to the British and French giving rations only to Indonesians

probably be who co-operate and and power Governments, will a "ge show" policy,

nergy war with Japan," he as atome

de the Dutch.

found on him. in the

tams five per cent. All other ex- accompanied by M. Couve

One Dutch official admitted deal.

An Austrian police oficer, gly- Murville and M. Camille Paris, 21-31 inpevnitures 13 per cent - Reuter. "Cal mist pireiws

two high-ranking officials of the that only 21 tons of rice are being ing evidence of having discover-

brought in by the Dutch while the cuinera and 4 đàm, said; blity to persuade which Asta is

French Foreign Office.

remarked: them on the city requires 80 tons daily that Wallough

"Up workimai people of Asia that there is

Mr. Bevin will meet Western world.

in outlying districts #the

Thursday morning-Reuter.

the

shup Breeted

Who are employed by

were

ot by British officess that those whu fuse will

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ment unders

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prosecnated Malay Gove cupies

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To the

at ti ceftravior.

theme"

11- Soylet Union which sympathise with

Tre management and men af 1 ore powerful thin the steel works he earlier re

laser to make, preparatletts for their struggle for

independence)

the dismantling, against schiels] and duas no wish to exploit it. They had appealed to President Truman Heuter.

MOSCOW SEES PLOTS HATCHING

London, January 11. Radio Moscow said day that The mutitors of the North Atlan- the blue are hatching all sorts of dventuratie plans for the furm-i-

of telerations and blogs in the Muliterranean and Matrite! and Far East umped against the Soviet Union.

in are Engilsh-language com- entary, the broadcast said the Westem Powers want to include Spain in thew, aggressive military plans and are particularly attract-

Disastroous

ex-Servicemen

on the

Japan's Unemployed

Tokyo, January 11. The Government is planning measures to cope with an esti "Our friends in Western Europe moted 1,200,000 unemployed should try to understand why we that will result in the imple- cannot and inust not be nuanceu-mentation of General Douglas veed, why we dare not drift into MacArthur's nine-point Econo- | general opposition to the move mie Stabilisation Programme. puts for independener in Asta.

"They should try to real

how disastrous It would be

and

the to

cause them

Western civilisation it ever could be said that the Western Unlan for the defence of free- dom in Europe was in Asla a

syndicate for the preservation

of a decadent empire."

in New York today, Dr. L. N.

Nations. warned: "Th

South

Drustic administrative reforms industrial and rationalisation of management, following the est- exchange. fablishment of a single

rate for the Yen, will be responsi- for a large percentage of this figure..

Minister. stated, has

Headquarters Burn

Farmers

On

Briton Killed

Java Estate

Batavia, January 10.

The British manager of a rubber plantation about 36 milos East of Malang, in East Java, was killed in an attack on his estote by guerillas on January 5.

He was Mr. Ronald Mac-, correspondents here. that though "According to the Labour Minis.Pherson, aged 50. Three Dutch the Committee will not be pre-

assistants on the estate escaped vented lose with their lives. will

try figures, approximately 800,000 Government workers

from visiting Banki where there, is a frequent air ser- vice, no fucilities will be given to correspondents to meet the Re- publican leaders.

The Dutch added that a form. al press

with the conference detained leaders may be per- mitted soon. Important decisions about the

Usually reliable sources report their jobs as a result of the pro-

intense guerilla warfare around Another estimated 600,000 work- Taalkmalaya,

miles about 15 el by the tried of forming a Far Palar, Indonesian delegate to the iveted administrative reform. Eastera blog now because of the United

confidence and friend-in private industries will be- South Enst of Batavia, and Soc- In-cabaemi, about 48 miles North of heavy defeats suffered by the re-ties of

dustrial setup is reformed to give Batavia. actionary forers in China-Unll-liness grow thinner and thinner me unemployed when the

between the peoples of

priority to est Press.

The United Nations Good Offices to exports. The latest statistics pul the Committee of three today request-place of the Republicans in the number of the present unemployed en facilities to visit the Repub-Dutch-planned Interim at 070,000. This would bring the lean leaders detained by the Government of Indonesia are ex- total to a little under two million.Dutch on Banka island, off Suma-pected at a meeting tonight of the hends of the Federal States or The Government plans to supra. port only 650,000 on relief.

The Dutch authorities have told their representatives-Reuter.

Protest To Budapest By Irish Bishops

Bublin, January 10.

The Catholic hierarchy of Ireland today protested

the arrest of Cardinal Minszenty în a

lotter

from Ireland's four Archbishops to the Hun- garian Government.

It says the outside world will in a statement to all churches

nat credit the charges against and chapels in his diocese, the

the Cardinal.

Cardinal says: "Until proven to

Bod

the

The remaining 1,350,000 will be absorbed in public works, rond construction and small enter- priss-Renter.

Saigon Paper Suspended

Saigon, January 10,

The Salgon newspaper Echa

The Archbishops suy: *11 is the contrary we think Cardinal ou Vietnam was suspended for difficult to reconcile the con- Mindszenty's sole crime was to eight days today by order of

defenderl his country's inted persecution of the Church have

Catholic Church the French Commissioner for in your country with the pro-children,

Church Cochin China. the Hungarian tession of democracy.

"Hungary in the past

made against the tnamissable demands great sacrifices for freedom. We of a dictatorial government using French can only hope its noble tradition force to arrive at its ends." will not be marred in the un- worthy treatment of one who fearlessly defended the most fundamental of human liberties, the liberty of worshipping God according to oute's conscience."

In Rennes, Cardinal Roques criticised the arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty.

BIT THE HAND THAT FED IT

Manila, January 11. An 18-year-old anake charmer from Honolulu is in hospital after| being maltreated by her pet boa constrictor.

Alicia Cutionia sald she has boen particularly kind to the boa constrictor for the last two years and can not understand is sud- den hostility. The boa turned on Miss Cabonin during a perfor- mance, colling itself around her and biting her. She was taken to a hospital to be treated for body. lecerations. - Associated! Press.

is

The puper is published in In uncl

Nationalist tendency,

The suspension arder sold the suspended for

The Cardinal added: "In the newspaper was eyes of all of us the Innocence publishing a proclamation by the of a new martyr has burst Social Democratic Party which is forth in the person of Cardinal described as an act of confused SLIS- and Insidious propaganda' Mindszenty."

dangerously being Hungariat bishops described ceptible of among the most faithful to the interpreted and of compromising recently arrested Cardinal Minds the position taken by South Viel- zenty, have been asked to resign nam (Cochin China) and France and have refused, It was reported in their common effort to get to- today-United Press and Reuter. gether.-Reuter.

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Elemer A second accused, Schols. employed at a supply depot,

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