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Netherlands Military Forces Attack Indonesia Republicans

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BATAVIA, Java, July 22--Netherlands planes blasted Indonesian airfields in Java and Sumatra today, and President Soekarno of the Indonesian Republic said Dutch military might was attacking by land, sea and air.

The Dutch, claiming their military forces were taking "police action" against the Republic, urged Indonesians to lay down their arms.

Republican officials accused the Dutch of starting a full scale "colonial war." Indonesian troops were ordered to "counter-attack" wherever they were attacked.

Jogjakarta, the Indonesian capital, situated near the center of rich Java, was blacked out following a raid by four Dutch planes on its airport.

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