Though Sukarno softened his repeated demand for immediate sovereignty over Netherlands New Guinea, Indonesia’s government acted as if the country were already at war.

We don’t want to fight, but by jingo, if we do, We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, we’ve got the money, too.*

Indonesia’s President Sukarno, who sorely lacks troopships, trained soldiers and hard cash for his threatened invasion of Netherlands New Guinea, is banking on jingo power to…