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HAGUE AGREEMENT BRINGS FREEDOM TO EAST INDIES

RENEWED AID FOR INDONESIA

The Hague, November 2.

The United States of Indonesia carved out of the wealthy East Indies today, gives promise of рессе and independence to millions of Asiatics the Dutch have governed since 1602. Representatives of the Netherlands and 70,000,- 000 Indonesians scratched their signatures to agreements giving equal partnership to the new state in a tight union with the Dutch.. Queen Juliana and her successors will stand as

the symbol of the union.

guilders.

4,300,000,000

Washington, November 2.

Renewed aid to Indonesia is expected to follow the The Dutch agreed "uncon- The fledgling Government will launching of the new Unitedditionally and irrevocably" to shoulder a debt of States of Indonesa.

transfer complete sovereignty to the young Republic not Officials said the signing of the later than December 30. The formal agreement between the Dutch and Indonesian Parlia- Netherlands and the Indonesia Republic made 70,000,000 Indo-ments must first approve.

Both are expected to do so, but the vote may be close.

nesians again assistance.

eligible for ECA

Such assistance was terminated nearly

a year ago when the Dutch Army launched a "police action" which caused fighting in Java and Sumatra.

The ECA has before it, for early consideration, a proposal that Indonesia be given an ECA grant of $37,000,000 before De- cember 31.

By then, the new State is to be in full charge of its own al- fairs and will then become in- eligible for ECA help.

Assistance meanwhile would be extended as before through the Netherlands Gavernment"

The Netherlands Indonesian agreement was hailed by oficials here as a triumph principally for limited Nations and American diplomacy.

The US. particularly has been pressing for settlement in the hope that Indonesia may become 2 Surung bulwark for Western democracy in South East Asia and thus stem the advance of Communism in that part of the world. Associated Press.

Communists Expel An Ex-Minister

London, November 2 Sofia Radio reported today that the former Bulgarian Finance Minister. M. Petk Runin, has been expelled frön the Communist Party because he made a speech recently try ing to "minimise the crime of Traicho Kostov.

Traicho Kostov was a former Deputy Premier who is reported to be standing trial soon freason charges.

M. Kunin was relieved of his Ministerial office early in October by order of the Fresidium of the Bulgarian National Assembly.

His expulsion from the Com- munist Party was today approved unanimously at a meeting of his constituency, Sofia Radio sald

Reuter.

!

They weeks.

must vote within six

The Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. Willem Dress, who

was cre of the

said he was confident signers, of parliamentary ratification the necessary two-thirds He promised Dutch aid new state.

tc

by vote.

the

Dr. Mohamed Hatta, the Prime Minister of the Indonesian Re- public and one of the signatories, regarded the day's events optimism.

A Dominion

"On this historic

with

moment."

he said, "the Indonesian people will feel a great relief. Today it will be made officially known that the colonial regime over Indonesia with disappear and a new order come into being." The proposed union gives Indo- nesia a position similar dominion in the

to, a British Com- nonwealth. But trade, military, foreign relations and cultural agreements signed

today

leave her more closely tied to the Dutch apron strings than are the Dominions to Britain.

The Dutch promise to back the new stale for membership in the United Nations.

its external debt to the Nether- But it will not have to repay lands.

Its Micial name will be "Re publika Indonesia Serikat," which means "Republic of the United Statez of Indonesia." Its capital will be in Batavia, Java.

Both sides hailed the agree- ments as the dawn of a new era in the Indies--but the Indo- nesians tempered their enthusiasm somewhat

Dr. Hatta said: "New Guinea is still a matter of dispute and an endeavour shall be made to solve this question in 1950, the year following the transfer sovereignty.""

A New Erg

of

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1949.

Batavia Reaction To News

Batavia, November 2 Silent groups tonight gathered around radios every club, cafe and hotel in Batavia listening to The "Hague broadcast of the plen-

ary session of the conference called to decide the future of Indonesia.

In a few kerb-side cafes in the working class quarters small groups of students sang the Indonesian National Anthem and shouted “Mer÷ deka. Merdeka” (Liberty), ' In some hotels a few Dutch women wept bitterly and a group of Dutch, soldiers sang Netherlands marching songs outside barrack gates.

Unmoved by the event was Batavia's 200,000-strong Chi-

the

nese community. Night life

uninterrupted

quarter.

continued the Chinese

have sa

In

far

No incidents been reported from Jogja- karta, the Republican capital. --Reuter.

PLAN FOR

LIBYA REJECTED

United Nations Applaud The Hague Agreement

*

Lake Success, November 2

The announcement of the successful conclusion of The Hague round-table conference on Indo- nesia was greeted with applause at a speciòl plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly here today.

The Assembly met briefly to approve the transfer

of certain items, including that of Indonesia, from the Political Committee to the Special Ad Hoc Committee.

New Guinea

"We are grateful to Australia and India for having brought the Security Council and the Gene- Indonesian question before ral Assembly.

the

The Soviet Foreign Minis-Netherlands could only have been ter, M. Andrei Vyshinsky, M. solved by force of arms. Dmitri Mantilsky, of the Ukraine, and Dr. Vladmir Clementis, of the Foreign Ministry of Czechoslovakia, did not join in the applause at the announcement made by Dr. C.J. Van Heuver Goed- hart, Vice-Chairman of the Netherlands delegation. -

It was mainly through the efforts of the Security Council and its organs, the former Good Offices Committee and the pre- sent UN Commission for In- donesia,

that most of the controversies between the Netherlanda and Indonesia have been straightened cut. "But we should not forget the significance of the fact that the Indonesian question was included in the agenda of the General Assembly. Merely the fact that this was the case has served to bring about a quick conclusion of the dispute.

Mr. Warren Austin, head of the United States delegation, declar- ed. "A little less than a year ago, fighting

was in progress between the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia, but today a major step has been taken towards a peaceful political settlement.

"The agreement reached at the Council

is a tribute to the spirit

of the United Nations Which

inspired the parties, as well as the United Nations Com- "However, the question of New mission which assisted in reach-Guinea is still pending. We In- in this successful result.

donesians want to There is much more

have West

sharing i

Lake Success, November 2

The spokesman for the British delegation today said the plan for an independent done, such as the ratification of Libya, as drafted by the the agreement and the transfer sovereignty. This

sub-com- of sovereignty

op

Indonesia. to be New Guinea, which is part of

January

1,

The Indonesians had wanted to United Nations include Dutch New Guinea the new United States of Indomittee here, would in effect but today's heartening and con-

crete result giv set up rival administrations" for the future.

com.

Rather than permit nes:a. 10-week-old round table ference to fail, they agreed that New Guinea, should remain un- der Dutch control for another year, pending further discussions with the Dutch.

to

Rau

to

question

Our

is

now a matter of dispute between the Netherlands and the republic of the United States of Indonesia. It is only natural that the UN tor in this dispute. Reuter, and will continue its work as media-

United Press.

FAO ENDS LUCKNOW MEETING

gives us high hopes in the former Italian colony, "This agreement should streng- and he served notice that then the forces of peace and pro- Britain would ask a revision.ess throughout all of Asia.”

The Libyan proposal, together Chairman of the Indian delega

Sir Benegal Narsing with recommendations on Eritrea tion to the United Nations said, and Somaliland was completed is an exclusive Dr.

interview by the sub-committee, yesterday the

with and may be debated in the full agency tonight, "It is a matter of Netherlands Indies Dews Political Committre later this week. The

special satisfaction to India sub-committee re-

bear that there has been a set- commended a six-nation advisory tlement of the Indonesian ques- council to assist in carrying out ton. the independence plas..

The British spokesman said

New Delhi, November 2. Britain felt this provision, as now drafted. might

The FAO conference at complicate the "As everybody knows, India Lucknow closed today after problem of administration for took a prominent, indeed a lead almost unanimous adoption of which Britain is responsible uning part in the Asian Conginning resolutions designed to speed in New Delhi at the beginning of this year, and the delibera- the growth of co-operatives tions of the conference material in Asia Only two absten- ly influenced the

subsequent tions were recorded as the course of events.

delegates approved a long list "India may indeed claim that of recommendations they marked the starting point mitted by three special com- sub- of the negotiations that Cul.

mittees. minated in the present settle- ment

T'ae

In his opening address, Frees stressed the historical im- portance of the day to the Dutch" and Indonesian peoples

and the world.

Jubilant Dutch and Indonesian delegates said the new, agree ment may herald a new era of prosperity for South East Asia. It was hoped that the emer- The revolutionary war has stag- gence of the Republic will nated development of the islands silence the guns of revolution resources-rubber, off, in, sugar, which have stirred the islands spices and other raw materials. since the Dutch returned after Four year

rears of chaos in the Indies tia local government is estab-i world war two. Inspired by had denied

the world much of lished. fame for independence. Indo- this

Wrangling and intrigue might nesian Republicans have waged A Netherlands spokesman said: result, which would postpone sporadic war against Dutch forces

a view to reaching an achievement of independence, for four years.

The statute creating the union both sides, the Netherlands has provides for withdrawal of all made every effort to meet

He emphasised that Britain ap- Dutch forces within the first six months of next year, if shipping, way. In this

Indonesians even more than half proved the proposal in principle

and considered the

question of endeavour We permits,

found understanding and a

the powers to be given the ad- A one-year limit was set. for operative spirit with the

visory council merely a detail, withdrawal of the Dutch Navy. party."-Reuter and Associated although a somewhat important The great naval base at Soura-Press. baya, Java, will remain provi- sionally under the Dutch. When indo Indonesia finally emerges ડ completely independent, the base

will have a Dutch commander responsible to the Indonesian Government under the Indonesian Hag.

Foreign Policy

The partners will maintain their own foreign relations and define their own foreign policies, but will try to co-ordinate them.

Manpower Crisis In Mining Industry

Threatened with a new

London, November 2.

manpower crisis in the

mining industry, the British Government is considering the removal of the “ring fence" round the industry, which prevents any man leaving the pits until he is 50.

Mining experts have sug

gested to the Government that this restriction is a deterrent to young men who might otherwise become coal miners, The question is at present be- ing examined by the Ministry of Fuel and Power.

With only two months to the end of the year, for which

target Agure of 136,000. miners

has been fixed, the total man-

ATTACK ON NEWS AGENCY

London, November 2 power today is lower than at any today that the Government Lord Vansittart demanded

curb the activities of the offi-

time since the spring of 1947,

The pre-war manpower force in the mines was 778,000, of whom 818,000 were underground workers.

A full-scale recruiting cum paign after the war brought the total to 727,400 last February, but

by July it had fallen to 720,- by September to 714,713, now to 709,500.

cial Soviet news agency Tass,

A Court of Appeals ruled. Last June 27 that Tass has diplomatic immunity and cannot be sued for libel.

forder

Lord Vansittart, diplomat, described Tass as "2 scurrilous news agency and said he will ask the Government in the House of Lords on November 23 to take "appropriate measures" against it:

The serious aspect of this drain is that the more experienced men, many of them key men at the coal-face, form the biggest The libel action was brought part of those leaving the indus by Vladimir Krajina, a former professor at Prague University. They do either

because of He claimed that he was libelled ff-health or because they have in

ina Tass news story in 1948 reached the age limit.

Defence lawyers presented The present regulations per- certificate from the Soviet Am- mit a recruit to withdraw from bassador that Tass is an organ of the industry at any time during the Sovet state and thus in- bis initial three months training, une Lord Vansittart cited the but after that

case today. "is 50.

offices in most The men in the mines are pro- of the world's leading capitals, It ducing more coal each shift than distributes to various clients ever before-104 per cent of the stories which follow the officia! 1887 averageBritain is the only Russian propaganda line. It is tre country in Europe to exceed, prequently quoted by Moscow Radio, "war, productivity-Beuter.

Associated Press.

•ITE Finding fully acceptable to he said.

the

Co-

other

texe.

Germany Backs Free Trading

areas

India's Influence

French

PTO-

delegate, M4: "We should like to congratulate Moreau, abstained from a resolu both the Governments of the tion urging governments to Netherlands and Republicans and

vide

lands to co-operatives for He said Britain also question-Federalists of Indonesia on this collective farming. ee the provisions of the re- satisfactory conclusion."

Moreau claimed that the pro- solution which call for a "uni-

In a statement issued today, posal Was fied" Independent Libya.

more a political mat- He the Secretary-General of the

ter than co-operative." contended that this might not United Nations Trygve Lie, said:

The United Kingdom's R..B. be in accordance with the "The UN

Surridge abstained

on four of six wishes of the people.

nesia has mission for Indo-

of the parts He urged that residents of the ance in helping valuable assist-

resolution concerning to bring about the industrial of Libya-agreement reached at The Hague datione

co-operatives. three major

The approved unani- Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica today. I congratulate all

parties -be given an opportunity to say concerned.

Once thore. the Les should be pro- Bonn, November 2.

whether they desire to unite, United Nations' way of concilia-

moted for ses and inland fisheries. federalise vr perhaps .sel Western Germany is ready

tion and mediation has proved

2. Cheap co-operative insur to take an active part in free-

separate" states.

its value to the world"

ance should be made available to ing international trade, Pro-unity to the three areas," he add to the

"The plan at present dictates The Chief Indonesian delegate protect farmers against crop fail-

United Nations, LN. ures and other risks. fessor Ludwig Erhard, theed. "We feel the principle of Palar, said: "With the conclu- 2. Welfare co-operatives should West German Economic Min-unity should not be imposed sion of the round table confer be formed in villages where multi- ister, told Reuter today..

arbitrarily."--United Press.

ence, an important step toward purpose societies proved success- our independence has been taken ful. This is a reason fo great joy on

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Professor Erhard, who is leav ing next Tuesday for a week's visit to Paris, added that Western Germany expected to be granted the same conditions at the outset as other countries.

FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS

Hamburg, November 2.

up

4. Co-operative joint farming

my part. As soon as the fral should be encouraged

step is taken, that is, the transfer 5. Paral housing shortages of sovereignty, we will celebrate should be tackled co-operatively our independence. We had to wherever

possible. carry out wars and negotiations The Chairman, V. L. Mesat of with the Netherlands to order to India, praised the delegates for obtain this independence. With their tolerance, friendliness and out the intervention of the United co-operation Ehown throughout

conflict with the the meeting-United Press.

He said that continued dis- mantling and the artificial limit-

The West German Chan-Nations, our ation of the German industrial capacity did not conform with cellor, Herr Konrad Adenaur, the principles urged by Mr. Paul said today that the hereditary Hoffman, the Marshall Plan Ad-enmity between France and ministrator.

Germany must be erased.

In an interview with the Eam- Professor Erhard, who is ex-burg weekly "Die Zeitung." Herr pected to meet French, British and Ad

Baid he was "deter- American economic and political

to make improvement at

leaders, industrialists and bankers Franco-German relations the pivot | in Paris on his visit, said that of my

be regarded the free convertibility He said: "A Federal Chancellor of the Deutsche Mark and of all must at the same time be a good currencies of the Marshall Plan German and a good European. As countries as the goal of all I wish to be both I must strive economic and trade policy mea- for Franco-German understand- sures. Reuter.

ling."-United Press.

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