DUTCH LANDINGS AT BATAVIA
i violent fighting STARTS | I i Received Tuesday, 12.45 a.m. BATAVIA, March 11. Mr. Sjahrir, tne Indonesian Prime | Minister, has iodged a written protes. ' with Generai btopford, declaring thai the Dutch landings had violated tlm j sovereignty of the indonesian repubiic. j ' ' The presence of new Dutch troops can in nowise improve the atmospheeo i ot* teasion and wili not fail to inliuenee 1 harmfully the conditions and form oi tiie negotiations," he said. '•The JJut.m military forces in the past have showi. coiisiderable lack of discipline. Uniess the Dutch Government has hostile 111-1 tensions, it is oeyond coinprehensio.. | why reinf orcements v/ere necessary. ' ' The 1110s t violent fighting in Java fo. ' many weeks is reported by the 'As i sociated Press correspondent. The ' fighting occurred in the Soekaboemu j area, 1U0 rniles south of Batavia, lasu j mglit when a large convoy was at- ; tached by iixlonesian extremists. Thc ; fighting continued throughout the nighc, and this morning, for the first time tnis , year, the R.A.F. went into action. Thunder ooits strafed roadways aua assisted to clear road-blocks.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 March 1946, Page 5
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