Battle For W. New Guinea

Begins - In Sydney

A Lecture on “Indonesia’s claims to West New Guinea,” by the First Secretary of the Indonesian Embassy, Mr. B. Übani, at Sydney’s University of Technology led to a brawl on July 13. (Six members of the audience tried to assault Mr.

Übani.) This led, in due course, to much apologising on the part of Mr. Casey, Australian Minister for External Affairs—Mr. Übani’s sacred diplo matic immunity, Australians were given to understand, had been tampered with.

While violence seems uncalled for, it would be more Diplomatic if First Secretaries did not give public lectures on controversial subjects.