“MUDDLED THOUGHT”
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT Reed. 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 12 The "Daily Telegraph,” in a leader under the head ng "muddled thought." declares that the alternative to action against the Indonesians would have been lawlessness, in which the island population would, for an indefinite period, be at the mercy of the self-styled Indonesian Government.
“Despite so clear a duty to maintain order there have not been lacking in Britain individuals who blame the government for allowing British forces to he used against the Indonesians.” says the “Telegraph." The strange ban Imposed bv the Australian Trade Unions on the shipping of Dutch troops and materials to Indonesia. the Australian Government’s recent order forbidding Australian AT
Force personnel to proceed to Java, although a good number eagerly volunteered, appears equally strange. Victory in war involves responsibilities. It is only muddled thinking which makes their evasion seem possible.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 268, 13 November 1945, Page 5
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