World Help for Javanese Sought
Received Wednesday 12.25 a.m. BATAVIA, Nov. 27.
Two hundred thousand people, including Dutch, Eurasians, Ambonese and Indonesians, face the danger of massacre, or - enduring sickness, misery and death from the effects of malnutrition and hardships of 3£ years’ internment, said the chairman of the Batavia Red Cross, Aron Gutwirth. He was appealing for the assistance of the world in helping to evacuate women and children from Java’s Rapwi camps Fierce fighting between Gurkhas and Indonesians continued at Ambararawa yesterday. Torrential rains at Bandoeng, which flooded part of the town, eased the situation there, which was becoming threatening A communique issued by the Indonesian Information Department following a meeting of the Indonesian Republican convention, alleged that the British in Java were using Japanese troops against the Indonesian Nationalists.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 281, 28 November 1945, Page 7
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