Emergency Declared In Liberia

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 February 1950, Page 7

Emergency Declared In Liberia

The Government of Liberia proclaimed a state of emergency today after rubber workers, armed with cutlasses, clubs, and other weapons, had staged riots at a plantation 50 miles from Monrovia. Riflemen and machine-gun squads have been sent to the trouble spots.—Monrovia, February 14. Indonesian Government The Indonesian Government’s determination to root out “treasonable movements” was emphasised today by Dr Achmed Soekarno in his Presidential address to the first meeting oi the Provisional Parliament of the United States of Indonesia. Dr Soekarno said the Government was convinced that it could restore orderly conditions in “a reasonably short time.” He urged that the activities oi the Javan guerrilla leader, Captain R. P. D. Westerling, must not be underestimated. Captain Westerling’s moves had been “planned by reactionaries long before the transfer of sovereignty on December 27.” Dr Soekarno said he was amazed that Moslems should associate with Captain Westerling’s “organisation of evil and treason.” The Government was pledged to settle the question of Dutch New Guinea within a year by peaceful means, said Dr Soekarno. The Government was also pledged to strengthen its economic political and spiritual relations with South-east Asian nations, and to seek membership of the United Nations. — Jakarta, February 15.