Indonesian Cargo Was
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Stolen Rubber
mHERE has been much howling in some A of the American newspapers because the Dutch in Indonesia seized an American ship, the “Martin Behrman”, and took her to Batavia and insisted that she be unloaded. They repudiated the suggestion that the cargo was suspect.
But the following statement was issued officially by the Netherlands Government on March 8: “Investigations have proved that the largest part of the rubber, delivered by Indonesians in Cheribon to the ‘Martin Behrman’, which was held up by Dutch authorities in Batavia, belongs to a British firm. Another British firm and a Chinese firm, claim ownership of other parts of the ship’s cargo.”