Evening star., 1948-12-22

nesia which will last for years unless
it Is stopped Immediately" he said.
He added that the fighting would
result In instability in all Southeast
Asia, as well as destruction and
permanent instability in Indonesia.
Trade Restrictions Cited.
A Dutch military spokesman in
The Hague said today the main mill
tary action in Java and Sumatra
would last no longer than from
some days to some weeks" He
added that however, political police
action against single units could last
as long as four to six months"
Mr. Palar told the Security Council
the Dutch government violated the
Renville truce of last January long
before the police action" This was
done, he said, by restrictions on
trade, which the agreement limited
to those which had consent Of both
parties. He said restrictions imposed
by the Dutch caused serious short
ages of textiles, food, medicine,
transportation equipment, machinery
and materials for rehabilitation in
the Republic.
Mr.. Palar said the Netherlands
was trying to strangle the Republic
politically through creation OF pup
pet states in non-Republican areas
of the Netherlands Indies. He re-
ferred to the Dutch plan for an
interim federal regime in the Indies
without participation by the Re-
public
Battle Formation Seen.
"The Netherlands is trying to play
off these states she occupies against
the Republic" Mr.. Palar said. The
Dutch have made tremendous ef-
forts to line up these newly formed
states in battle formation against
the Republic"
He said Dutch claims that the
Indonesians were planning an at
tack on Netherlands forces were too
ridiculous to- be taken seriously.
with our poorly equipped army
made even poorer by the impossible
ity of replenishment of arms because
of the total Dutch blockade, it is in
conceivable and a complete contra
diction of logic to assume that wa.
could possibly be in a position to
send our troops into an offensive
war against any army equipped with
the best possible heavy modern ma
terial," he said.
Mr.. Palar called the Dutch action
against the Republic sneak at
tack"
Withdrawal Demanded.
The United States, in bringing
the case before the Council, insists
on immediate cease fire, withdrawal
of troops to lines held before the
police action" and release of In
donesian leaders now held captive
by the Dutch.
Jan Herman van Royen, repre-
senting the Netherlands, told the
Council the Indonesia Republicans,
in suppressing recent revolt by
followers of the trained
Communist leader Musso, had called
in a Communist faction led by Tan
Malakka, Trotskyist.
Mr.. van Royen said Tan Malakka's
followers intended to establish a
Communist state in Indonesia hos
tile to Western democracies. He
said the links between Tan Malakka
and Communists of Malaga and
China are strong.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. van
Royan's speech, Indonesian officials
accused the Netherlands of attempt
ing a filibuster in the Council to
allow time for more military oper-
ations in Indonesia.
The Arab League came to the aid
of the Indonesian Republic with
message to the Council appealing
for a cease-fire order in Java and
Sumatra. ~t1'
Denies u. N. Jurisdiction.
Mr.. van Royen held that the con-
flict is out of U. N. jurisdiction be-
cause the Council can deal only with
conflicts between sovereign states.
He said the Republic Is not SOW
ereign.
Mr.. van Royen said the alleged
secret Republican plans were for
military action against
the Dutch in January, 1949.
He said the Dutch were deter
mined to give eventual independ-
ence to the United States OF In