DUTCH EAST INDIES
PROTECTIVE MEASURES.. FLEET TO BE BUILT. LONDON', April 23. The Netherlands Government contemplates building a fleet to protect its possessions in the East Indies because of the “radical change in the balance of power taking place in Eastern Asia.” A Koval Commission has been considering a liil) which provides for the construction of a fleet to guarantee the neutrality of the Dutch East Indies. The Commission rejected a suggestion to suspend the passing of the Bill, pending the re-establishment of financial ecmilibrium in the Indies, and says that Holland cannot contemplate leaving its extensive archipelago undefended navally without abdicating its position as a colonial Power.
Holland cannot cl~se her -eyes to the radical change in the balance of power now going on in Eastern Asia, or to the problems the peaceful solution of which cannot be assured for years. The duty of providing a fleet cannot be delayed, and the Government, it is recommended, should do its utmost to assure the immediate passage of the Bill.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18856, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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169DUTCH EAST INDIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 18856, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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