Last week Sukarno energetically tried to boot out all westerners of Dutch citizenship in his country, with never a backward thought for their rights or their properties.

Only last year Indonesia’s handsome, personable President Sukarno came to Washington, talking largely of Abraham Lincoln, the rights of man, and his devotion to democracy and the West. Overwhelmed by his sentiments and his charm, Washington’s National Press Club gave him a standing ovation. Last week Sukarno was displaying his…