Evening star., 1949-01-23
Asia Farley Asks End
OF Dutch Military
Rule Of Indonesia
By the Associated Press


NEW DELHI, India, Jan. a.
Asian nations demanded In confer
ence today that the United Nations
call a halt on Dutch military rule
of 1ndonesia.
The Asian conference called for
immediate end of Dutch military
action in the Indonesian islands,
and swift steps to give the people
elf-rule
The member nations agreed to
leave behind them foundation on
which they could build permanent
Oriental bloc, and to reconvene ii
they don't like the way the United
Nations handles the problem of
Indonesia.
Final Session to be Open.
The resolutions, adopted in closed
session today, will be entered in
conference records at tomorrow's
final meeting, which will be open.
Officially, the conference stopped
short of a spoken call for economic
sanctions to back up U. N. orders
to the Netherlands. Delegates said
they did not want to seem to threat
en- the world body, but that their
desires are clear anyway.
Obliquely, they phrased a resolu-
ton which referred to Article 80,
which does not deal with sanctions
but does mention the article under
which sanctions may be imposed.
One resolution called the Dutch
conquest of Republican areas of
Indonesia in December fragrant
breach of the United Nations Char
ter 1t said the Security Council
had properly seized" the case.
Specific Demands Made.
Specifically the conference de-
manded that:
/. The Dutch release at once all
political prisoners seized in the ac-
ton, including Republican President
Soekarno.
2. The Indonesian Republican
government be restored to power
March Is in the areas it held In
Java, Sumatra and Madeira before I
Dutch troops toppled it.
8. Jogjakarta be restored to the
Republicans as their capital.
4. The Republicans have full per-
mission to move about their own
and other areas of Indonesia.
5. The Dutch complete by March
IS the withdrawal of their troops
from conquered areas, and that this
be supervised by an outside agency.
6. Dutch-imposed trade restric-
tions be removed, and the Republi-
cans have free access to communica-
ton with all the world.
7. A timetable for granting self
rule to United States of 1ndonesia,
the same as that now pending be-
fore the U. N. Security Council, be
met by January l, 1850.
Freedom by January Asked.
This calls for Holland to estab-
Hsh an Indonesian interim govern
ment by March Is: free election OF
an Indonesian constituent assembly
by October l, and transfer of COM
plete sovereignty to an Indonesian
government by next January l.
The conference wound up with
a demand that the Council use its
powers to compel compliance with
it's orders if U. N. observers find
violations.
To back up their resolution. the
confereeS agreed to ask participant /
ing governments to explore feasible ,
ity of a regional organization of /
Asian nations, created within the
U. N. framework, and to urge inter- .
nation consultations through diplo-
matte and U. N. representatives to
keep track of what happens in In /
donesia
The conference pledged it's support /
to the Security Council If it applies
the recommended measures.
Indonesia Unrest Grows.
The developments here coincided
with official Dutch acknowledge
ment of growing unrest in Indonesia.
The Dutch army at Batavia. Java,
announced it has taken over law
enforcement in the federal state of
Pasundan, West Java. The terri
torial commandant, Maj. Gen. E.
Engels, reported peace and security
have deteriorated more than they
have progressed" in that area.
Trouble also was reported from
East Java. Newspaper dispatches
said seven employees of the Soera-
baja naval base were ambuShed and
killed; sugar factory manager was
slain so miles east of Malang, and
a Dutch planter was killed and three
planters we're kidnapped in scattered
incidents of Java's continuing guer-
rilla warfare.
India is the conference host. Other
nations represented are Afghanistan,
Burma. Australia, Iran, Ceylon, PAX
istan, the Philippines, Egypt, Syria,
Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen,
1raq, Lebanon. Trans Jordan, New
Zealand, China and Nepal. Siam
and Turkey declined invitations.