CALL FOR HELP TO INDIAN PEOPLE

Chronicle (Levin), 28 July 1947, Page 5

CALL FOR HELP TO INDIAN PEOPLE

Received Sundav, 8.50 p.m. NEW DELHI, July 26. •"The Indonesians will continue to flght with all they have," said Mr. Sjahrir in a message to tlie people oi ludia. "From a military point of view the Indonesians are not well off. Thev tried hard to prolect their national in terests by peaceful nrethods. Tlie Dutch forced an armed conflict on us and thc alternatives are contiuuing tlie war or a peaceful settlemeut ensuring the independence of lndonesia before 1949 witli an interim period of trusteeship. " Mr. Jinnah (^Moslem leader) in a statement after meeting Mr. Sjahrir, said he was sure 'the eivilised nations of the world would not tolerate the Dutch actiou in dvdaring war against lndonesia, ignoring arbitration and ruthlesslv using armed I'orce. "indi:i and Pakistan will eonsider this as an unfriendly action on ihe part of Ilolland calculated to crush the freedom of the new and deinoeratic Mosleni nation of lndonesia. I have assured Mr. Sjahrir that we will support tlie Indonesians in every way jiossible. " Mrs. Rain Dnlari Sinlia, a niember of tlie All-India Congress Committee. has askefl Pandit Nehru to summon an urgent meeting of representatives oi Asiatie countries to discuss lndonesia Stating that tlie myslerious silence oof tlie western I'owers is liiglilv signilicant, slie suggested that India should initiate resistance against Dutch aggression. Slie added that unless the Asiatie countries presenteu contbined resistance other countriemiglit be faced with a similar situation.