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VOL III NO. 300

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1948.

DUTCH OCCUPY JOGJAKARTA

UN Security Connell Summoned

Parli, Dec. 20.—The United, Nations Security Council has been summoned to meet this morning" to discuss, the silua- tion In Indoneals where Dutch troops have opened what they call "police sciton" again Indonesian terrorists,

The request for the Counell .meeting was made by the United States, ⋅ supported by Australia: The office of the Assistant Secretary General of the Vulted Nailono sald, bow. ever, that it was entirely pon- alble there would not be a quorum available and that the ́mesling would have to be r A Jater.

A spokesman explalued t when the Security Counell recessed on Friday night there was agreement 1liat two or Shree days' notice would be given before a future Bestinul

ite said some delegates may be out of town.

The meeting was called for today nevertheless, In view of the urgency of the situation.

The Indonesian Republic delegallon here had asked the Courell to dlocuss the question on Friday, but the appeal was ignored.-Associated Press.

Birth Follows Flight From H.K.

San Francisco, Dec. 19.-Mrs Wong Lum Lai Jin, 21, gave birth to a 5lb. Goz. boy in the South San Francisco Hospital on Saturday, Just one hour after she arrived on a Philip pines Air Lines plane from Hongkong.

SEVERAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS CAPTURED

Soerkarno And Hatta Under Detention

Batavia, Doc. 19.-The Dutch Army tonight occupied the In- donesian Republican capital, Jogjakarta, and captured all the chief Republican leaders-within 24 hours of launching its “police action" against the Republic. Normally this would prove a paralysing blow but as the Republican forces are adapted to guerilla warfare, complete collapse of Indonesian resistance has not followed,

With the Republican Radio at Jogjakarta silent, the only information. available tonight came from official Dutch sources, and it was difficult to judge' the strength of the Republican resistance.

:

The Dutch Army Command has not disclosed its immediate objective and there was no indication if the advance of its police forces were going according to plan.

No linkup between the airborne troops dropped on Jogjakarta and Dutch ground forces has yet been announced nor any news of the progress towards a junction.

The leading Republican prisoners--President I. R. Soerkarno, the Premier, Dr Mohammed Hatta, and Dr Sutan Sjahrir, ex-Premier, among others were held in the homes of the President, Dr Soekarno, and Dr Hatta. A Dutch Army communique { The Identity of the crew and pas-Only one fro was seon, an official of Jogjakarta airfield announced that after the capture sengers of the plant-n Catalina Dutch statement said.

The Dutch, Army Commander, In plane flying boat-captured in Jogjakarta a piloted by an American landed remains a matter of speculation to Indonesia, Lieutenant General 8.H had been interned for investigation night, but the episode is thought to Spoor, watched the paratroops oc-

point to a last minute attempt by cupation sympathisers to evacuate tho Re- his own pubilean leaders.

leaders. was made during the para

The capture of the Indonesian troops occupation of Jogjakarta. Included among the interned persons were Air Commodore Socriadarmo, Wong Ho-tim, 24, who raid he was the Republican Foreign Minister, the husband of the new mother, was Haji Ações Salim, and the chairman taken into custody by the immigra- of the Indonesian Provisional Parlia tion authorities who questioned his ment, Dr Asaat. -assertions that he was an American

.citizen, He said he and his witc The Internees were taken to the ware en route to Bakersfield, Calif,- | Palace of President Soekarno, the, Associated Press.

communique added.

EDITORIAL

Much Talking, Little Done

THE

United Nations Assembly Farla has adjourned agenda

without Anishing. Its or without settling any. of 'the' major Issures which it debated.

it has been a session of unbroken falk,' with little achieved, and It is a fact be deplored that the prestige of UN is now

lowest. The truth is that the difficulties. encountered by the United “Nations" "Organisation have re- sulted principally, if not entirely, from the progressive revelation Busalası policy designed Somete Lho ascendancy of Boviet Communism in the world. · Instead of co-operation there has been on the

part

her

of Russia persistent obstruction, Inordinate : ule of the velo, and vilification. of countries from whose policies the differed. To such an extent have-thesNG tactics been pursued that A great majority of the members of the United Nations resolved to regard thembelves as a "Litlin Assembly" without Russia and satellite . states; group of and one of the miore' significant decisions

during the laken

**has been to Paris:

Deslora:** gamintais (ula "Lillie *. Assembly „for at-losst: another, 12 months, The declalon is, significant: bes cause it appears to Involve by Implication the posibility that the United Nailéng might face the unplmsant prospect ur be- coming "disunited nations" rather than submit indefiniiely 10 Savici otatruction, But if in point of positive achievement the

Ton has been sesaisti

- has not been un- Future developments alone can show whether it has brought nearer à folerable selfie- meni la Palestine. n = murder:

the: United

Maguwo Airfield, from Radio Batav

reported that Dutch troops were handing out pamphicts in arear to be mopped up..*;

Batavia has spent on uneventful Sunday. The only evidence of the candlet here is the presence of

The

Netherlands Government will large

numbers ct-armed servicemen make a statement of the Indonesian in the streets,

situation to the Second Chamber of The Dutch lightning swoop on the the Dutch States-General (Parlia Republican capital

followed last ment) tomorrow,

of Parliament announcement Members night's The Hague

have that the Dutch Government had received urgent messages to this decided to break its year-old truce effect. The Indonesian äituation will with the Republicans and start be given priority over subjects now a "purge against terrorising powers" being discussed.

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Snow Sweeping The U.S.

21 PEOPLE DIE IN ACCIDENTS

Chicago, Dec. 19-A driving snowstorm pelted the East to day and the toll of dead In weather accidents. rose in the nation.

Heavy snow was swept into the East from the Mid-Western States, where it left a blanket- four to seven inches thick, and slowed highway traffic to a

crawl,

At least 21 persons were killed in accidents aftributed to the weather, including 13. who died in the colll- sion of two buses on a slippery, fog- shrouded highway near Bello in Ulna last night.

Weather forcasters here sald snow was falling from Virginia to the Southern New England States after moving aeroas Ohio and Pennayl- vania. In New York City, the fall began in the early morning and had reached 18 inches by 7. p.m. EST. It is expected to continue midnight at the rate of 11 inches hourly.

SNOW FIGHTERS OUT.

until

REPORTS FROM THE CHINA WAR FRONTS 25.8-inch fall fast December 20, senf

Reds Are Closer To

Nanking

Tientsin Is All Astir

The big city, mindful of its record

7,600 snow fighters out on the streets to handle clearing operations. »

Snow fell steadily at Philadelphia and delayed the championship pro- fessional football game between Philadelphilo Esgles and Chicago Cardinals for half an hour.

persons were killed at

Point, New Jersey

Wher

Sommers added pit a bridge into.a

car

stream, and there highway fatalities were counted in Illinols, where the snowfall was -28 much as seven

inches. Eleven persons were injured, four seriously, in Manhattan when a Nanking, Dec. 20. The Tientsin, Dec. 20-Tientsin

carrying 13 single auto

persons Communists edged closer to is all astir following reports skidded and bit a power pole. Nanking and increased their that the.

Only intermittent snow remained Communists have in the mid-West, but the highways pressure around Tientsin yes- moved closer to the city by were slick with ice and slush and terday, but only scattered many kilometres and, will strike motorists were warned to drive fighting was reported from any in earnest very shortly. China warfront

the

Security Council to give the new resignation of Kaden Adi Pura- and 50 miles northeast, of Nankingenelreling Tientsin äre being streng-.rivalling, the record. "big mow of

situation "most urgent considera- tion," the Committee's secretary.

Mr T. G. Narayan announced. recognition

COMMITTEEMEN STRANDED

State of Israel, that embittered Arab feeling and to that extent rendered a posl- tion which was inherently in- tractable more intractable sill, On the culier hand must be admitted that ventilatioit Jewish and Arab

claims before

an international forum may havo done more to promote ulterior agreement than could have been doua by secret diplomailo negoila- tion

between the Interested

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carefully. Forecasters enid rain was falling in the Southwest and Nationalist reports from Unofficial sources in this capital vicinity of the main airport are not The United Nations Good Offices

some mow falling In Montana and Dr Oetoyo, the Indonesian Re-

North Dakto. Elsewhere the weather Committee, which has been media-publican representative in Singapore, sald Communist bands were repulsed cheerful and the city is braced for

was clear-United, Press. ting between the Dutch and the said today that the Dutch-controlled in an attack on alennumico, only fateful events around the corner.

NEW YORK'S.17.5 IN. Republicans, sent a

a cable asking the Radio Bandoeng had announced the 15 miles north of the Yangtze River

Street defences and the outer dam New York, Dec. 10.--A knowstorm diredja, Prime Minister of the West

The Communist radio reported Java

with the participation of 1947" burled New York in swirling State of Pasoedan, following capture of Tienchang, 50 miles thened

ожд dofence the resumption of Dutch military north of Nanking and 35 miles Tientsin's

brigade.white drifts today and promised to action, against the Republic today. northwest of Helennumlud.

formed of local recruits.

disrupt the resumption tomorrow Pasbodan was set up as a separate

Brick While pro-Government papers in-

fences have been pulled

of pre-Christmas activity State in December, 1947, after the sisted the Sixth Army Group and down and reconverted into brick

p.m. the snow had reached Dutch occupation of West Java_dur- the 20th

Army had Joined at pillboxes.

of 17.0 inches. The Weather Ing last year's fighting-Reuter,

Pengpu, Seymour Topping

Asso- All outlying areas memwhile are Bureau predicted that the stormt ciated Press correspondent in under serious threat from the ad- would become.

the third worst in

In the Government forces vancing Communiais Pengpu, reported

who are re history of the city, ranking only be had

retreated south from that city ported just outside Poltaang, only had the 25.8 record of last Decem- of Foreign Affairs,

The Hague, Dec. 10. The Minister 100 miles northwest of Nanking, 10 kilometres west of here. told a press conference today that Huat River defence line

D. U. Stikker, Pengmu was the anchor of the Holland hopes that action in 'In reported the Government was forced Topping donesia will be over

"in a couple to abandon it after the Reds pierced. of days", but added that "some guerilla fighting might take a longer both sides.

the line and by-passed Pengpu on time." Mr Stikker called newsmen to his office to read three-pare

The Australian and Belgian mem- bers of the Good Offices Committee, together with members, of the Com-. mittee's staff, were today stranded 'in Kallurang, near Jogjakarta,

1

The Committee's headquarters. In Batavia had been unable to contact Kaliurang since the Dutch began.

the Dutch were using ', extensive forces.

|

NO VICTIMISATION.

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snow began at

Tashed

bei 26 and the Blizzard of 1888.

The Bureau sald the snow, LOCAL TRAINS STOP

by strong Northeast winds,

would train which left continue until early tomorrow morn- An armoured Yangtsun, 29 kilometres away from pling up to 20 Inches. The

at 0.20 0.th Peitsang, failed to reach its des-

Unlike last December, this storm lination after three hours, though the normal rum takes half an hour. The Sanitation Department, which

{did not catch the city un

city unawares. NEW HEADQUARTERS Now government fleld head- Local trains from Tientsin. Jo- quarters were set up at Chuhsien, wards Peiping have been cancelled removed 00,000,000 tons of snow Jast year, threw 18,000 men and only, 30 miles northwest of Nanking and railway persons withdrawn 3,200 snow-agating machines · Into

from Peltseng.. on the railway from Pengpu.. .Dutch paratroops landed at Ma- tured Indonesian officials, sald, "We will try to treat them with all honour

There was no further government The rallway to Tangku was the fight to keep open "the city's guwo alefeld, eight miles from

We do not want

word concerning the encircled 12th sabotaged yesterday with rails ze-5,000 miles of streets-United Press. Jogjakarta, early today and cap-due to their tank. tured the airfield practically unlike them to stay at their homes for

Army group, which the Commu-moved and a bridge blasted between to have any victimisations. I would

nlats have listed as destroyed north- Changkucichung and Chunliang- damaged.

west of Pengpu, or from the two cheng, 11 and 23 kilometres east of Airborne troops landed shortly

Government, army groups trapped

Tientsin.. Mr Stikker said the only military southwest of Suchow afterwards and began to move

information he could give was the against the Republican capital The

The Co

reach Communist radio said General When a repair train attempted to the scene, it came under Republican Radio went off the air capture of Jogjakarta and landing

Huang Wel and General Wu Shou attack, consequently there were no operations on the north coast of Java

Chow for a time and was believed to be

Cominander and vice-Com-repairs and no trains for Tangku, 60 miles fom Sourabaya, about

Now. York, Dez. broadcasting

19-Dr Ralph from programmes t

mander of the 12th were among the Additionally, the telephone wire Bunche, acting A

United spokesman of the Overseas

Nations Batavia when it resumed later.

between Tientsin captives. Ministry announced that a temporary

Tangku, mediator in Palestino, today declared Dutch ground troops were report government has been established h

Harold K. Muks, Associated Press hitherto reserved only for military that the war in Palestine was over. reached Karanganjar,

correspondent

fromuse, was cut around noon yesterday, who flew and Jogjakarta

the

Dr Bunche arrived from Europe about 40 miles west of Jogjakarta, government and Parliament are Felping, radioed that he passed over where

Republican Nanking to Communist surrounded presumably at Changkuelchuang and said, "I'd say the war in and a few miles on the Republican considered to have ceased to exist."

the Tientsin airport la Palestine is at present over, Any sido of tho Dutch-Republien

fighting golag' on there is only focal border.

Incidenta. The problem of Palestine PRICES SHOOT UP

is well on the way to final solution.'

Jewish State... Es The

Armly endeavours to bring established

and the Immigration

.:

their action shortly after midnight. A Dutch communique said Ma governments. If the samt

rines had landed on the north coast -hardly be said of the efforts to of Java and had crossed the status

bring about a lifting of the

quo line in Central and East Java Rumlan blockade of Berlin, those and Central Sumatra. Observers statement explaining the Dutch clarta have

considered these reports indicated Government's policy on Indonesia. undoubtedly helped to clear the minds of not a few

Mr Sukker, answering questions delegations upon the reacons for

on what would happen to the cap Western resistance to Ensan actics. The argument which is 'sometimes used, that conlinned membership ať the United Nations is valued

Russla by for purposes of

pro- paganda, overlooks, the

con- sideration that, publiélty may

be no feas valuable to those countries spokesmen whose balley Soviet

In the appeal to denounos, world opinon It is by no means certain that the Paris Assembly the effelency of Da enhanced Communist

propaganda. Yet 'bo- hind this appeal the anxious question remains unanswered whether the world is in reality moving towards a less unsettled

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ed to have

the time being

ALLEGED VIOLATIONS

OVER

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the tw

two encircled groups. 35 miles located. southwest of Hsuchow on Friday. He saw no signs of any effort to

Despite Milks said the Nationalist armies

Milks and

and

Palestine War

Over Says Bunche

Bride Killed Hour After Wedding

• Bydngy, - Dec. 10-Less than an

Vice-Admiral AS. Plnke, Royni of thines or towards

Netherlands Navy Commander t

Mr Sikker sold the Federal break out. Inevitablo conflok Germany · Is Indonesian waters, appealed in a Interim Government which the Dutch divided, Korea' is divided - and Urden of the Day to Dutch naval had announced ́· they would' create there, as in’Peiping,” seemed to have vegetables from the hiriterland Into problem also well on the way to unrest prevails in

kanny

forces to do their duty against "a regions. On the comparatively

formed. Mr reached: a stapo „of... silting, and the city, prices rose over 100 per solution.”—United Press. been had not yet merciicas enemy."

of cent overnight. party Stikker sild that sovereignty and subordinate issues, such as the

Usually well informed circles in Stu

U.S.-military In beleaguered Pelping. prices remain futuro

of former Hallan colonies,

Singapore believed that Dr. L. R. responsibility

with the correspondents and agreement may in sight On

One hundred and five Soorkers, the Indonesian Repub- Netherlands, although we hope to attaches were cut off temporarily in have risen on average of only 50 ilcan President, was sill on. Repub-oor

them „many others

to. the Indonesians Peiping by Communist seizure of per cent.

Pamusement establishments, affected.

by the closure" order, Hican territory, and that an Indian.

that city's South CALM

contemplate than peace seems the

MESE PEIPING rather

slates in

w petitioning the authorities possibility. Eve

plane, which was to have taken Ho said. the Federal state Even this major

för per him to probability does not necessarily

conference in India, had cluding the state of Pasundan on A small emergency field laid out mission to stage afternoon shows hour after her marriage, a 10-year- been turned back. Before

Western Java and the state at inside the walls was considered too only. prove the United Nations futile.

Nanking authoritiese old bride was killed instantly today ure while riding with her.blisband on a lio very existence compels potenilal

PRESS CENSORSHIP I Warm Borneo would probably go for londod plane to The ths; determinatio

(or motrial)

welcome the Dutch action to restore take of North China Commander. 6onding Air Force planes to bring motor-cycle to their wedding break OFFLOTTAL BEEressors fo

More to reckon the” Assembly to make are

Two-yL7 China, out of Peiping leading party - ad- fast at Warwick Queensland, [day, the police arresting: 45 people Ho ald the "police action" was promise to recapture tan South ministrative and educational offi-The cycle skidded right of the Als herois and self-serifleing

delers

them from incurring Ifa "were, anot" i la vall. Inumata condemnation, Onso.

made necessary by violations of the field the American could leave. cials stranded, Lord, according to members of both familet) who wore Dutch' authorities « have imposed a

** Ringed" by Communists, - Peiping | Chinese, press reports, posed following, by cor. - 'The bride's skull {taal":"had"; been again; doubters and Hoëption-are

truce agreement by fores against remained calm, with its high, thick pre With the historic capital well in- war fractured and bar 21-year-old consorship on premfo "compllested – by:lasty) Zdonstrained - to -nak "theziwofres:

non-Republican Indonesians and vlow wally where General Fu huy coolde the range of Communist bal-husband, suffered severe cut," and vin, the, párt of the “Would - things be boiler ? the?

havs Tent threats against anyone who centrated ahir 100,000 man. There teries, the Peiping authorities have shock, done: during the: and Russis, of the United Nations, did not exisir.

Nations

"Conni Bernañolte, sem lodia

with "Ila umoral judgment -ana Batavin was completely calm to- | órder. L.

In the city during the night. The

Po Littia:diamages of desired to récept honesty and loyalty were some inipor pattól dëllons-oute" directed residents to prepare shelters whister, who married & their

Jozakazla by Dutch paratroops, or the miton note in favour of alde, buz Abandonment of number against heling in courtyards. whit offciate at the girl's funeral according news reaching, hur de

Indoneristy

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