Word: indonesia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although a lack of material was the main reason for last night's announcement, there have been other setbacks to cause the present doubt in the minds of the editors. Disagreement among the three board members about an article on Indonesia which one editor thought was particularly interesting was cited by Shafer in his explanation...
Equal Rights. The final Dutch-Indonesian agreement would set up the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, a federation with a constitution much like that of the U.S., in the general framework of a Netherlands Indonesian Union, much like the British Commonwealth. In this union the new nation and The Netherlands would have "equal status with equal rights." Queen Juliana, as head of the Union, would embody "the concept of voluntary and lasting cooperation between the partners." All Dutch forces would leave Indonesia within six months of transfer of sovereignty (to take place not later than...
Some Indonesian editorial snipers blamed the U.S. for everything. Cried the newspaper Nasional: "We demand an integral and undivided independence. But what do we see today? [New Guinea] was pawned for one year . . . America is going to defend itself against Communism, and Indonesia is on its way to be made the place for America's self-defense...
...agreement faced tough sledding in the Indonesian congress, which had still to ratify it. But, as a spokesman for Masjumi, Indonesia's largest political party, put it: "We are not very contented. Yet we will make the best...
...only people in Indonesia who were really contented were the soldiers of the Dutch army, who had been conscripted for unpopular service in a steaming, tropical land. Last week the sides of Dutch army trucks, filled with tall blond soldiers, bore chalked signs like: Tabeh, we gaan de rommel verlaten (Goodbye, we're pulling out of this mess) and Doe het self maar verder. Gaan naar moeder (Do it yourself. We're going home to mother...