Singing competition
De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon
Guerrillas want to form brigade
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1950-08-24, p. 1): MP Andi Lolo says the guerrilla question cannot be solved in Makassar; guerrilla leaders propose a separate APRIS 'Brigade Hasanudin'. Mrs. Salawati Daud, delegate of the South Celebes Council, has come from Makassar to Jakarta to talk with the President and Defence Minister
Guerrilla question in Celebes demands quick solution
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (24 Aug 1950) on the unresolved guerrilla question in Sulawesi: the guerrilla leadership proposed a "Hasanuddin Brigade" within APRIS. Mrs. Salawati Daud arrived in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi Council to present a motion to Sukarno and the defence minister urging a commission
Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta on the guerrilla question
Short item, Java-Bode, 24 Aug 1950, p. 1: Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi council to ask Sukarno and the defence minister to incorporate the guerrillas into APRIS and to set up a commission to study their proposals.
Talks (Salawati Daud in Jakarta on the guerrilla problem)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Aug 1950, p.2): Mrs Salawati Daud, delegate of the South Sulawesi council, arrives in Jakarta to meet Sukarno and the defence minister over the guerrilla problem, presenting a motion of the Dewan Pemerintah Sulawesi Selatan. The motion argues guerrillas and APRI share ideals and asks for
President Sukarno asked to decide
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Aug 1950, p. 3: South Sulawesi guerrilla question. MP Andi Lolo says no local solution remains; Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi council to ask Sukarno and the defence minister to incorporate the guerrillas into the APRI as 'Brigade Hasanuddin'.
Explanation requested: death sentences in the Madiun affair
Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950: correspondent's report that the Madiun rebel leaders (Amir Sjarifuddin, Suripno and others) were shot on 20 December 1948 and buried in a mass grave near Solo, with no official detail given. MP Mrs Mudigdo champions the relatives, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, to demand from p
Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950 (page): Madiun death sentences
Whole-page OCR of Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950. Relevant item: the report that MP Mrs Mudigdo, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, seeks an official account of the 1948 executions of the Madiun rebel leaders. The rest covers an editorial against liquidating foreign capital, the Sarbupri minimum-wage motion, a co
Difficulties expected from guerrilla troops in Celebes
Nieuwe Courant, 20 December 1950: Salawati Daud, who negotiated on the government's behalf with South Sulawesi guerrilla leaders, tells Antara there are about 12,000 armed guerrillas (Kesatuan Gerilya Sulawesi Selatan) in the mountains, unrelated to the RMS, who helped government troops in the August Makassar disturban
Insulting the Head of State
Nieuwe Courant, 11 May 1951: the editor of the daily Massa was summoned by the military police over an article by S.K. Trimurti on the 1 May celebration, said to insult Sukarno. Quoted passages mock Sukarno's May Day promises, 'we are used to that from brother Soekarno since the Japanese time'. Editor Soemaritoro accep
Indonesian miscellany (with item on Moedigdio and the Waworoentoe case)
Het Vaderland miscellany column 'Indonesische tjampoeran' (30 Jun 1951, p.12) with many short items. Relevant: an emergency meeting of parliament's home affairs section chaired by Mrs Moedigdio (Mudigdio) resolves to ask the government about Mrs Waworoentoe, dismissed as mayor of Manado and placed under house arrest by
Arbitrary execution in Sukabumi: Mrs Mudigdo asked questions
Headline fragment, Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: MP Mrs Mudigdo puts written questions about publications in Suara Rakjat on the execution of the village head of Surade, Sukabumi. Shorter than the companion item 'Terechtstelling', which gives the details.
Execution
Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: details of the Suara Rakjat report that a Sukabumi village head was beaten to death with a rifle butt in a public 'execution' without trial. Mrs Mudigdo asks what the government will do to prevent repeats, prosecute those responsible and support the victim's kin.
Suicide?
Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: Mrs Mudigdo questions the government on a Sin Po report that a detained police mantri in Banyuwangi died, allegedly a suicide, after violent treatment in custody; he was accused of embezzling Rp 47,000.
Mrs Mudigdo asked questions
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 7 Jul 1951, p. 3: MP Mrs Mudigdo puts written questions to the government about a village head in Sukabumi reportedly beaten to death in a public 'execution' without trial, and a detained police mantri's alleged suicide in Banyuwangi; asks for prosecution of those responsible and suppor
Discussion
Fragmentary Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item (1951-08-20, p. 1, beginning missing): an official invites party leaders to discuss a failed transfer of battalions; per Pedoman Rakjat, Mrs. Salawati Daud has left for the interior to try to resolve the difficulties. A one-line mention of a future Gerwani leader.
Disappointment in Makassar: battalion incorporation fails
De Nieuwsgier, 20 Aug 1951: Makassar ceremony to incorporate four CTN ex-guerrilla battalions into APRI fails when they do not arrive; Col. Kawilarang expresses disappointment and Governor Sudiro calls party leaders. According to Pedoman Rakjat, Mrs Salawati Daud left for the interior to try to resolve the difficulties
Talks (Salawati Daud and the CTN battalions, August 1951)
Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (20 Aug 1951, p.1): Governor Sudiro of Celebes invites party leaders to discuss the failed transfer of CTN battalions in South Sulawesi into the APRI. According to Pedoman Rakjat, Mrs Salawati Daud has gone inland to try to resolve the difficulties.
Renewed tension in Makassar: four ex-guerrilla battalions failed to surrender
Nieuwe Courant, 20 August 1951: report of renewed tension in Makassar after four CTN ex-guerrilla battalions failed to appear for their 17 August incorporation into the APRI, leaving with cash, uniforms and trucks meant for Kahar Muzakkar; Col. Kawilarang announces strict measures. The text ends with Pedoman Rakjat say
Vanished guerrilla fighters blew up a bridge
Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant (21 Aug 1951): about 4,000 ex-guerrillas vanished from Makassar on 16 Aug, blowing up a bridge; government announces strict measures. Salawati Daud, credited with an important role in solving the guerrilla problem, has gone to the fugitives' hideouts to mediate. Also notes ex-RMS
Statement from Defence on Salawati Daud's trip to South Sulawesi interior
De Nieuwsgier, 22 Aug 1951: the Defence Ministry spokesman comments on Mrs Salawati Daud's trip into South Sulawesi's interior to contact CTN leader Kahar Muzakkar, saying it suggests government efforts to resume talks, but deeply regretting people's leaders who still negotiate with Kahar and demanding compliance with
The ex-guerrillas of South Celebes
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (22 Aug 1951, p.2): a defence ministry spokesman says the report of Mrs Salawati Daud visiting South Sulawesi's interior to contact Kahar Muzakar should not suggest renewed negotiations; Kahar acted for his own benefit. A mass meeting of parties at the governor's residence in Makassar leaves
Defence's version
Short item, Java-Bode, 22 Aug 1951, p. 2: a Defence Ministry spokesman comments on reports that Salawati Daud went into the South Sulawesi interior to contact Kahar Muzakkar, regrets leaders wanting to negotiate with him and insists on strict compliance with government instructions.
CTN question: no negotiations
Nieuwe Courant, 22 August 1951: defence ministry spokesman says reports of Salawati Daud's trip into South Sulawesi's interior to contact CTN leader Kahar Muzakkar wrongly suggest renewed negotiations; he regrets that some people's leaders want to negotiate with Kahar, who acted for personal gain, and insists on strict
The government did everything in its power
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 29 Aug 1951, p. 1: South Sulawesi guerrilla question after failure to install the CTN as APRI units. Mass meeting backs the government; Ministry of Defence comments on Salawati Daud's reported trip into the interior to contact Kahar Muzakkar and rejects further negotiation with him.
Investigations in North Moluccas (column; Trimurti's Sumatra tour)
Brief news column, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 1 Sep 1951, p. 1. Only Gerwani-relevant item: Mrs Trimurti, chairwoman of the women's organisation 'Sedar' (Gerwis), is on an orientation tour of Sumatra, now in West Sumatra and due in Palembang at month's end. Rest concerns a North Moluccas research expedition.
'Committee of the People's Will' (Panitya Kehendak Rakjat, Makassar 1951)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (4 Sep 1951, p.2): at a Makassar meeting eight speakers, including PKI's Tular, Mrs Towoliu ('Gowani'), Mrs Salawati Daud and others, back formation of a twenty-organisation 'Comité Volkswens' to help the government and to send people to Kahar Muzakar, urging minimal casualties in any milita
To Peking: Trimurti and others invited to Chinese national day
De Nieuwsgier, 8 Sept 1951: Moh. Tabrani, B.M. Diah and Mrs Trimurti 'of the Gerwis' accept an invitation to Beijing for the second anniversary of the People's Republic on 1 Oct; Ki Hadjar Dewantara and another educator were also invited. Records S.K. Trimurti's Gerwis affiliation and a 1951 invitation to China.
Invitation from Peking
Java-Bode, 8 Sep 1951, p. 2: the Chinese government invites B.M. Diah, Tabrani, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Zachai and Mrs Trimurti of Gerwis to the PRC's second anniversary in Peking on 1 October; Diah, Tabrani and Trimurti accept. Same text as the Indische Courant item.
Invitation from Peking (full page)
Whole page, Java-Bode, 8 Sep 1951 (columns interleaved, some English items). The only Gerwis-relevant article reports that the Chinese government invited B.M. Diah, Tabrani, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Zachai and Mrs Trimurti of Gerwis to the PRC's second anniversary celebrations in Peking; Trimurti accepted.