Netherlands Strict Actions Of Noisy Independence Fighters In Today's History, September 1, 1919

JAKARTA History today, 104 years ago, September 1, 1919, the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum asked his staff to act decisively against the noisy movement of the natives. This desire was perpetuated to anticipate the fire of rebellion.

Previously, educated bumiputras were often a threat to the Dutch. They brought many ideas to release the shackles of colonialism. The recitation continued until the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies felt threatened.

The Dutch power to perpetuate colonialism in the archipelago could protest from here and there. The power of attorney is considered too long to colonize and suffer the natives. The Dutch were then asked to care about the life of the Bumiputra.

This wish was later realized through the policy of Political Ethics. The policy emphasizes the invaders to participate in increasing the lives of the whole archipelago. The space for the bumiputras to go to school was then widely opened.

All of this was perpetuated with the hope that the bumiputras would be easily controlled. In fact, it is far from burning. Education even sparked the natives to act against the Dutch colonialists. The awareness of the bumiputras realized the ideals of an independent nation to emerge.

Pioneers of the national revival also emerged from educated youth. High schools in the Dutch East Indies became the Rahim of struggle. Doctor Bumiputra High School, STOVIA, for example. STOVIA has produced many Indonesian freedom fighters.

STOVIA students then gave birth to the Budi Utomo organization and also the Indische Partij (Indies Party). This movement often made it difficult for the Dutch. His criticism and teachings were able to ignite the enthusiasm of the bumiputras. The practice of life angered the Dutch. Those who resisted were labeled as rebels.

In 1911, a political party called Indische Partij was founded by a radical Indo-European named Ernest Douwes Dekker, a distant family of Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli). This party announces a 'Hindi' nationalism and demands independence.

The two leading Javanese, Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo and Soewardi Soerjaningrat (later called Ki Hadjar Dewantara, joined Douwes Dekker. The government did not want to recognize this party. In 1913, the three leaders were exiled to the Netherlands," said historian MC Ricklefs in the book History of Modern Indonesia 1200-2008 (2008).

The movement of educated freedom fighters is getting more massive. The Dutch also chose to perpetuate the breakthrough. The power-owners no longer want freedom fighters - who in colonial language were considered rebels - to continue to interfere with their existence in the Dutch East Indies.

The narrative made the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum, invite his staff to act decisively against rebels who incidentally are freedom fighters. He did not want the rebels to continue to run rampant.

The breakthrough of national figures spreading ideas of independence must be stopped. The message was conveyed directly by Limburg Stirum in front of Volksraad (A kind of contemporary-era DPR) on September 1, 1919. He asked the security forces to catch the noisy fighters.

In order to find out more for sure than we know now, how a broad revolutionary movement controlling various associations has occurred. What influence this (revolutional) has on the population, what dangers will threaten the country, the people, and ultimately the authorities."

The Governor General of the Dutch East Indies announced at his opening in Volksraad on September 1, 1919, where movements that go beyond the limit will be dealt with firmly. In the same month, he decided to manage police land as a means of suppression of local excesses, and created the General Investigation Bureau (algemeene recherchedient) by functioning the attorney general, "explained Takashi Shiraishi in the book Hantu Digoel: Political Political Security of the Colonial Age (2015).