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title: Zes maanden later (Six Months Later), De Tribune, Communist Party daily, with 'Indonesië los van Holland'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/de-tribune-zes-maanden-later-1927/
description: Front page of the Dutch Communist daily, Monday 25 April 1927, leading with 'Zes maanden later' on the repression of the Indonesian uprisings and ending…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Communist Party newspaper page quoting allegations of military reprisals against villagers and women in Bantam and West Sumatra in 1927, and calling for Indonesian independence from the Netherlands; contains partisan labels such as 'imperialistische benden' and 'afvallige'. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# Zes maanden later (Six Months Later), De Tribune, Communist Party daily, with 'Indonesië los van Holland'

Front page of the Dutch Communist daily, Monday 25 April 1927, leading with 'Zes maanden later' on the repression of the Indonesian uprisings and ending with a boxed call to protest at May meetings: 'Indonesië los van Holland'. The tells: opponents are labelled 'afvallige', 'society-man' and 'imperialistische benden' (name-calling), and the lead article announces it quotes only 'enkele gedeelten' of a Social Democrat's letter, those on military reprisals (card-stacking).

## Text on the object

Original (Dutch) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DE TRIBUNE — REVOLUTIONAIR VOLKSBLAD — ORGAAN COMMUNISTISCHE PARTIJ [...] NEDERLAND SECTIE COMMUNISTISCHE INTERNATIONALE
No. 147. 20e JAARGANG. MAANDAG 25 APRIL 192[7: partly obscured]

Jantje de Roode schiet uit zijn slof.
Een „deskundige" over de Chineesche revolutie.

Zes maanden later.
Van Indische „geuzen" een Stokvis - en een zee van bloed.

Om te doen zien, hoe het ter Sumatra's Westkust is toegegaan bij het neerslaan van den opstand, citeeren we enkele gedeelten uit een „Indischen Brief" in „Het Volk" van 22 April, van de hand van J. E. Stokvis: —

„In Bantam en ter Sumatra's Westkust heeft het leger ingegrepen, en dan als in de wreedste Atjeh-tijden. Vanuit Bantam verluiden schandelijke staaltjes, maar te onzeker nog om ze in de openbaarheid te geven".

„Men noemt die opstandelingen „rampokkers" (roovers), „moordenaars", „sloebers", maar zij waren dat dan te land, zooals onze watergeuzen het ter zee waren. Echte rebellen, niets ontziend — ook niet in eigen kring, waar [illegible]elijke doodvonnissen aan onbetrouwbaren werden voltrokken!"

[...] Toen heeft Stokvis gejuicht. Toen heeft het „Indische Volk" gejuicht. Toen heeft „Het Volk" — het „dagblad van de arbeiderspartij" gejuicht.
En dit is niet ongedaan te maken.
De verantwoording hebben ze mee te dragen.

* * *
Kameraden! Protesteert in uw Meivergaderingen tegen het optreden der imperialistische benden tegen onze Indonesische makkers, — protesteert tegen hun advocaten, die zich „socialist" noemen en niets anders kunnen doen dan de bende tot matiging en beleidvol uitroeien van de Indonesische revolutionairen te bepreeken, — en eischt met ons het absolute zelfbeschikkingsrecht voor de volkeren van Indonesië —

Indonesië los van Holland.

De Hoensbroeksche S. D. A. P. in rep en roer.
(S.) „Het Volk" deelt mede, dat de „afvallige" broeder K. v. d. Broek als eerste candidaat van de communistische lijst voor de gem. verkiezing in Hoensbroek uitkomt.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
THE TRIBUNE — REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S PAPER — ORGAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY [...] NETHERLANDS SECTION OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL
No. 147. 20th YEAR. MONDAY 25 APRIL 192[7: partly obscured]

Little Jan the Red slips up.
An 'expert' on the Chinese revolution.

Six months later.
Of Indies 'Sea Beggars' [geuzen], a Stokvis - and a sea of blood.

To show how things went on Sumatra's West Coast in putting down the uprising, we quote a few extracts from an 'Indies Letter' in 'Het Volk' of 22 April, by J. E. Stokvis: —

'In Bantam and on Sumatra's West Coast the army has intervened, and in the cruellest Aceh-days manner. Disgraceful incidents are reported from Bantam, but still too uncertain to make public'.

'These insurgents are called "rampokkers" (robbers), "murderers", "rascals", but they were that on land just as our Sea Beggars were on the sea. Real rebels, sparing nothing — not even in their own circle, where [illegible]ful death sentences were carried out on unreliable people!'

[...] Then Stokvis cheered. Then the 'Indische Volk' cheered. Then 'Het Volk' — the 'daily of the workers' party' — cheered.
And this cannot be undone.
They must bear the responsibility.

* * *
Comrades! Protest in your May meetings against the actions of the imperialist gangs against our Indonesian mates, — protest against their advocates, who call themselves 'socialist' and can do nothing but plead for moderation and judicious extermination of the Indonesian revolutionaries, — and demand with us the absolute right of self-determination for the peoples of Indonesia —

Indonesia free from Holland.

The Hoensbroek S.D.A.P. in an uproar.
(S.) 'Het Volk' reports that the 'renegade' brother K. v. d. Broek is standing as first candidate of the Communist list in the municipal election in Hoensbroek.
```

Selected passages only (headline block, the quoted passages of the lead article, the boxed call to protest and the first sentence of the Hoensbroek item). '[...]' marks omitted text; the masthead's middle words are partly hidden by a crease. The word before 'elijke doodvonnissen' is cut at a column edge in the scan; the date line is crossed by a crease. 'Atjeh', 'Isvestija'-style spellings are kept as printed. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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