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Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1946, Page 5

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LANDING ON BALI Received Sunday, 8.55 p.m. BATAVIA, March 3. ! Withont a shot being fired, Dutch troops lahded on the island of Bali yesterday mo'rning, joining the Japanese garrison, which had reported ali • quie't. rwo battalioiis of Dutch soldiers were ehgaged in Ihe landing. They followed a small British reconnaissance party, which crossed from Sourahaya a J week ago and had reported that the Japanese force, numhering 3400, was ready to assist a Dutch occupation. Though the military force was entirely Dutch, it was an Allied under- 1 taking. Royal Navy and Dutch craft 1 carried the troops and the R.A.F. supplied observation planes. Extraordinary precautions . were taken to prevent incidents which migkt have had political repercussions, and nad there been signs of . any imiucdiate opposition by the Balinese, the landing would have been conceiied. The land ing force had no tanks or artiilery. Not only were the Dutch soldiers under orders not to shoot, but they aiso had to land with tireir weapons un..o,ideu. There was no air cover and only oue rxitch destroyer accoiupanied tne convoy of landing ships from Sourabaya. The AustraLan Associated Dmw: correspondent says the Baiinese m Doupasan, where the landing was i.irue, received the Dutch troops cnvibLigi.,, jut it was learned thr.t r iresfc and terrorism prevail in many parts of the island. EROADENING O? CABINET. Dutch soiuces report that Mr. Sultan Sjahrir, the Premier of the "Indoilesian R-epublic, ' ' resigned yesterday. Jtixs resiguation was tendered ai'cer a vcte of the centrai connnittee of tke Indonesian Nationalist : 'Moverient nu xuvolu- oi oruadcihiig the CaLuiiet. Re ports said the vote was not drrectea against mr. Sjanrir. Shortly after the announcement oi Mr. bjc.in.ar s roSitonatiCii i alist radio statej ne was asxed to .torix, : a new Gaoia.eo, s^ys oue j. i^e : Batavia corieSjjoUuent. Mr. bjaiiri. j tnererore win co^u^ac as Prmie , ster of the reconstructej. oaoxnefc, u. ; wnich tne prinmpai p^tu^ai paiT-e | will be represented. une pnvate was killed and i'oui Indian soldiers anibuslied and woundcu near Buitenaorg on Friday. Indonesiuiis actaekiiig a position southward of Semarang on ± nda> ilight were repuloed by artiliery. The British report tne arress of the extremist ieader Mohamed Jasirn. The Nehienantls Uevs Agency reported that a Dutch destroyer, in attehiptmg to land a party to lree hcst ages heid by extremists on Banua isiand, inet witn neavy shore fire, to Which it replied with shells. it reseueu : 23 hostages that lay and took oll a second party tne I'oilowmg day. The occupation of Banka Island is progross inf. j A strike of dockworkers at Macassai j when Dutch sentries, claiming tuai • soiuebody snot at the_a lirst, fired on a dockside crowd. The acting Director of the Nether lands Easc rndies Lhternal Aannnisrxa oion Deparmient, Dr. rroveii, deciareu that the yuisuanans and Jjutan u.i/o ueunite proor tnat tne disturoances in 1 tne Ge.eoes and New G-uinea are ; J#apanesc-inspired. j WITHDjcCAWAL OF 1NDIANS. An Ailied iieadquaiteis spo^esrnan I according to Dutcii sourceg, saia no | order i'or tne evaouation ur tioo^s tro_. j oava had yet ocen received. ne w;n I commenting on oeneral AuchuneoK .. ! statement of i ebruary 28 tnat tut ' v/ithdrawai of the mhan troops woia.i { begm. | The spokesman added that any order j ior the moi/e would couie irom Lor.. I Mountbatten, Oornhiahder-in-Oiue^ I bouth-East Asia. The departure oi tn. | Indians, who formed the bulh of ino troops under the British Commanci :n java, would involve their ininiediam repiacement — obviousiy ' by DU i troops — but no replacements had j arranged so far. j It is reliahiy reported that desertio is ; of Musliin and Indian troops from t.n. : British Forces have reached scrious | proportions. bome of tne men have I written to their commanders expiain ] ing their reasons for going over to thc rndonesians. A t)utchman who escaped from tu: Indonesians after being kidnapped at ' clared that Japanese oiiiccrs. weri | directihg the training of the Indon,.s I ian reguiar ariny behind the lines. rlc said he saw soufch of Bandoang 10 J( Japanese, avprrently fully ecpurped and Japanese manned tanks on thc road.