REVOLT OVER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 151, 12 April 1950, Page 5

REVOLT OVER

CAPTAIN AZIS A PRISONER TRIAL BY MILITARY COURT IN.Z.P. A.-Heuter—Copyright). (Rec. 10 a.m.) JAKARTA, April 11. The revolt at Macassar is over, and the leader Captain Andi Abdul Azis, has been fyken prisoner. An official spokesman here said tonight that the Republican battalion, 1000 strofig, landed south of Macassar and marched on the capital. The troops had surrounded Macassar by dusk, and when Captain Axis realised this, he confined his men to their barracks, added the spokesman. The Indonesian Defence Minister, Sultan Hamengku Buwono, said in a radio broadcast that all nationalist troops imprisoned by Captain Azis in the revolt on April 5 had been set free, and their weapons returned. He said that Lieutenant-Colonel Mokoginto had resumed his post as territorial commander of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia forces in East Indonesia, and that Captain Azis would be brought to Jakarta on April 13 as a prisoner and tried by a military court. • One Dutch and one Indonesian soldier were killed and another Indonesian wounded in a clash in Bandoeng last night, according to an authoritative report. Uno Support Sought Captain Azis, who seized military control of Macassar, six days ago, has sought the support of the United Nations Commission in Indonesia, says an earlier message. He declared in a letter to the Commission’s representative that he had found documents at the staff headquarters of the Federal Army when he occupied Macassar which “definitely proved that the true intention of the Nationalist Army command Avas to liquidate systematically the East Indonesian State.” Captain Azis added: “This is in complete contravention of the solemn promises made at The Hague roundtable conference. I beg you to leave no stone unturned to pre\ r ent these intentions and purposes and further violations of agreement of the roundtable conference. I have given you my assurance that I and my men will continue our fight with determination up to the moment that this State is a free, definitely democratic State based on legal principles and not welded to colonisation outside.”

The correspondent states that the Federal reinforcement battalion from Java Avhich has been standing off Macassar in ships for five days and “forbidden” to land by Captain Azis, sailed to-day. The ships badly needed fuel and food, according to vtfellinformed sources who termed the development a dubious first round win for Captain Azis.