Evening star., 1945-12-09
British Reported Set
For Big Reinforcement
OF Troops in indies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 3. = The
British were reported by high
sources today to have decided to
bring In whatever, endorsements
are necessary to restore order and
guarantee Dutch sovereignty in the
Netherlands Indies.
The plan, disclosed as new clashes
f1ared in three Javanese cities, was
said to include bringing In Dutch
troops as well as more, British
forces.
This decision, which apparently
rules out any consideration OF Indo-
nesian demands for complete inde-
pendence, was said to have been
reached at the Singapore conference
Thursday between Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten and British,
French and Dutch commanders.
A high British spokesman said 1t.
Gen. Sir Philip Christison, Allied
commander in the Indies, was en-
powered to restore and maintain
border" to permit constitutional re-
form and measure Of self-govern-
ment for the Indonesians within the
framework Of the Netherlands king
DOM"
Door Still Open for Talks.
The Indonesians already have re-
jected Dutch offer for local self
government and are insisting on
complete independence.
The Dutch news agency sAneta
quoted DR.. Hubertus j. van NOOK,
acting governor general, however,
as saying the door still was open
for discussions with Indonesian
leaders.
Van Nook, who headed the Dutch
delegation at the Singapore Con-
ference, said: II see a much greater
possibility than last week, or weeks
ago, that new and direct meetings
between the Dutch and Indonesians
will materialize at an early date"
An informed source said the new
plan called for use of a large number
Of Dutch troops as well as British
reinforcements, with the Dutch as
signed the task of holding the vari-
GUS objectives after the British have
taken them.
British Bomb Concentrations.
These developments came in the
midst Of new outbreaks of fighting
at Batavia, Bandoeng and Ambar-
ava.
Six British Thunderbolts bombed
Indonesian concentrations south of
AmbaraWa, destroying several small
buildings. In Batavia, intense
fighting took place around Tand-
jong Prick Harber and IN suburban
Kramat. In Bandoeng, British
forces clashed with both Indone-
slams and Dutch.
A British statement said two In
dian soldiers were killed and II
wounded in Bandoeng in skirm-
ishes with Indonesians, while
"rioting Dutchmen set two houses
aflre" after two Dutchmen, accused
of looting, had been arrested by
Indian Soldiers.
A British statement reported ad-
ditional kidnapings of Europeans at
Buitenzorg. Indonesian sources at
Buitenzorg said Indonesians plan
ned an all-out attack on the British
from next Sunday to Thursday.
Famine Danger Increasing.
Meanwhile, the danger of famine
was reported increasing in the
Istrife-torn islands. An Allied
spokesman said the situation in
Soerabaja, big Dutch naval base
was very critical" with only enough
rice on hand for four weeks.
Red Cross authorities announced
the receipt of a large shipment of
relief supplies from New York City.
The shipment included $4,000 FAM
lily kits, plus several hundred indi-
vidually addressed parcels from rela-
tives and friends of East Indies in
ternees.
Three Americans escaped unin-
jured when unseen marksmen pep
pered their truck with automatic
weapon fire.
The driver, Pfc. Harold E. Wright,
Is, of Philadelphia, stepped on the
gas and did not stop until they
reached safe area, although the
engine was ablaze.
With Wright were Corpl. Eldon T.
Torgerson, %, of Black River Falls,
Wis, and Charles Osbourne, for
merly of Baltimore and a cafe owner
here for more than 20 years.
The soldiers termed the incident
"a case of mistaken identity"