Gang leader Lot Salawati arrested in a cave (full front page)
Whole front page, Java-Bode, 8 Nov 1949. Lead article repeats the report that Salawati Daud led the Masamba gang, took the mayor's car and was arrested in a cave, framed as exposing a party. Other articles: Dutch RTC ratification, UNCI, Nehru on Indonesia, ECA aid, Stalin and Chinese communist news, Greek women's prote
Nieuwe Courant, 8 November 1949 (page): Salawati Daud arrested
Whole-page OCR of Nieuwe Courant, 8 November 1949. The relevant item is the NIT report on Salawati Daud's arrest at Masamba cave, accused of leading a gang. The page otherwise covers the post-Round Table Conference settlement (UNCI, KNIL future, ECA aid), a US article on China policy, and Poland's defence minister.
Loyal (on the origins of Indonesian nationalism)
Het Parool (6 May 1995) continuation of the feature on the Indonesian road to independence. Francisca Fanggidaej recalls first hearing the word 'Indonesia' from a cousin; historians Harry Poeze and Pieter Droogleever and veterans Gondo Pratomo and Aky Djoehana discuss early nationalism, Perhimpunan Indonesia, ethical p