"The Indies have also realized that for the time being the bond between them and occupied Holland had to be severed. No matter how painful we must accept the consequences of the fact that the Netherlands is in the hands of the enemy. The hard of our loved ones in the mother country incited us to do our duty, each of us in fils own particular place, "From yet another point of view foreign relations occupy a much larger part of our thoughts than before the war, Dark clouds have risen above the Pacific Ocean and its adjacent territories, There is tension in the atmosphere now which did not times, exist before.
"This tension we also feel around the Indies. Tt urges pre poredness. We want to live in peace with everyone but not all at any price, We are in no way aggressive \d"never a move which threatens others can be expected from our side. But what we shall do most certainly to resist unreasonable demands and above all to fight if against our hopes we are to be threatened also in theee parts with armed force.
"There can be no room for doubt about this and T believe that by this time the world at large is convinced of it, The manful spirit with which all the armed forces in this country. fare imbued and the dogged attitude of the civilian population, in which Besides, our position should not, be regarded apart from that of other territories with which, by the mere fact of the geographical. position of the Indies, it is closely linked up.
Part of Unit "A few days ago the British Commander-in-Chief in East Asia, whom 1 recently had the pleasure of meeting anew at Manila, pointed out in a ress conference that from the politi+ cal and military point of view the line' which runs" from Singapore across the Indies into Australia must be considered as a unit—an attack, from the outside on any point along this line must be regarded and treated_as an attack on the whole. This seems to be a sensible view which should be taken to heart.
"Far be it from me to use challenge ing language. "That is not a Dutch habit, but neither would it be Dutch to let any doubt remain with regard to our firm resolve to ight if neces-Sary and about our preparedness to {do this if circumstances and the concurrent determination of others warrant it, with Allied ce-operation, "That something similar to this—Bs appears from the utterances of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, whom have just cited—is also felt on the Monilo, May 0, Pointing out that the trend of fqvents "seems. to point "strongly to the possibility of United States entry Into' the present World. War," which ulomatically and directly: Would Me volve the" Phiuippines," 'President Manuel Quezon today asked the sembly to appropriate 10,000,000 pere {0 provide for civilian deforce ahd to extend the emergency powers act, "Ho stressed that the' protection of the Philippines against aggression was the primary responsibility of the United states, but the duty of safer guarding Philipping eltzens "against Hunger, pestilence, lawlessness. and other dangers of warfare would the responsibility of the, Commons President, Quezon asked for the appropriation In.order' to make. the Philippines self-suleiont in food sup plies and. also to. store up essential Imports and acquire reserve supplies of medicines, The funds also would be used to work out plans for eWvillan evacuation, housing, feeding and establish emergency" communteations procrartne pravisuny ppt the United States authorities, gramme previously appro Meanwhile the "Herald" reported that the Asiembly was expected lo approve the. resolution authorizing President Quezon to negotiate a 400s £00,000 "peso foun from. the United Sates Bxport-Import Bank to Anan "Philippine. trade, ineludin, exchange of commodities In-order to Prevent the collapse of Philippine Economy as a result of the war, The loan, the "Herald" added, also apparently would be used to effect the, adverse effects from application of export control over Philippine raw materials such as copra, coconut all, fron, manganese and chromium, Japan, it was emphasized, recently had become the largest importer of Philippine copra and coconut all and was suspected of transshipping these products to Germany, via Rustio, Most of Philippine iron ore also exported to Japan,—United Prose,
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