REPORTED REJECTION OF MEDIATION

Chronicle (Levin), 28 July 1947, Page 5

REPORTED REJECTION OF MEDIATION

Received Suinla.v, 9.20 p.m. NEW i'OHK, -July 26. Dutch sources reported today that the >.'(•1 lierlauds Uoverunient had rejeded all suggesliuns for outsiilo inedialion in the i ndonesian dispute, says the United 1'iess s corre.spondent in Xanking. The suiirces added that in Ihe Xole which the Dutch Ministry of Internal Afl'airs deli\ered to the Chinese Government the Xet herlands took the view that the jiglituig was purely an internal adair. 'J ne Aute is reported to have expressed aj)|>re*iation for China's expressed coueeni over ihe conflict, hui added tliat the X'etlierlands did not want tliird party medialion at this lime. Copies of Ihe Xote were .sent to the representalives oi' Dritain and Ihe LTiited iStales. Oliservers in Xanking helieve lhat the Dutch Xote has doomed any l'urther attenipts to eud the (lispute witli out ide help, except possibJy tlirough the United Xations, hui it is pointcd out that its (-barter forbids the l'nit"d Xalions J'roiu iuterfering in so\ ereign nations' internal afl'airs. liedji Salini, the Indonesian Republic's i-oreign .\i i nist er, announced that he is going to (Jairo to eonsult Arali Leuguo offieials on a solution of the Dut ch-lndonesian confliet and seek support for lndonesia from the Arai) (States, says the XTew York Times' correspondent cahling from Aley (Lebanon Hedji Salini said a verv strange gatne was being plaved in lndonesia. The Dutch were suddenly demanding the return oi' sovereignty thev had eoncedcd to the Itepublic while Ihe Bri tisli, who teclinicaliv exercised militarx connnaud over the Dutch forces, were professing that thev were powerless to halt the Dutch troops' actions. , A reporl l'rom (Sun l'rancisco says tlie national exocutive oi' tlie Doard of luternational Longshoremen 's and Warehonsemen 's Union today asked the Security rouncil to act on Dutch "aggression" against tlie Indonesian Itepublic.