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Wolf, at present a student at the School of Public Administration, was formerly vice-consul at Batavia...
...days after the Security Council ordered him to, the Dutch commander in Indonesia, Lieut. General S. H. Spoor, had told his troops to cease fire (except for "action against roaming groups and gangs or individuals who try to cause disturbances"). Pale, tired Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees flew to Batavia, to get Republicans to cooperate in a Dutch-sponsored Indonesian interim government. Queen Juliana promised Indonesia "order, prosperity, freedom, independence and sovereignty in a federal state...
...equal partnership in a Dutch commonwealth, but they could not agree with the tough little republic on the necessary interim arrangements or on the final blueprint. Last month, in a final effort to break the knot, a mission from The Hague under Foreign Minister Derek Stikker journeyed to Batavia. The Dutch claimed that the republic was waging a disruptive campaign of kidnaping, murder and arson. The republicans claimed that The Netherlands was trying to set up "puppet states" in some areas of Java and Sumatra which the Dutch had seized from the republic in previous fighting. On top of everything...
...enforced without military action. The Socialists were opposed to fighting (the royal family was said to be against it also); but the war party, led by War Minister Willem F. Schokking, had its way. A go-ahead signal was flashed to Lieut. General Simon H. Spoor in Batavia...
...Buffalo. And there would be great crowds again this week as the President toured the Middle West. Politicos and columnists seemed puzzled by the phenomenon. But the President himself, with a peculiar combination of frankness and naiveté, offered a plausible explanation. Said he in a speech at Batavia, N.Y.: "I think they want to find out whether all this propaganda that has been put out-about the President not being able to do his job-is true...