The nationalist movement seemed to be getting out of its leaders’ control. At Surabaya 1,600 British troops were attacked by large Javanese forces. Soekarno appealed for a cease-fire.

Fighting flared anew in The Netherlands East Indies last week. The nationalist movement seemed to be getting out of its leaders’ control. At Surabaya 1,600 British troops, attacked by large Javanese forces, well armed with Jap equipment, including tanks, had some 100 casualties. President Soekarno of the “Indonesian Republic” flew…

The white man had reoccupied Java, richest and most densely populated of the East Indies, with such weak forces that he had been forced to call on armed Japs for police help.

The white man had reoccupied Java, richest and most densely populated of the East Indies, with such weak forces that he had been forced to call on armed Japs for police help. Now Dutchmen, Eurasians and Japs were being killed in skirmishes all over the island. Hardly any of it…