man with at least normal pos
sibilities for a good citizen.
The second action was
brought on by an "eccentric",
Johan van der Steur, who as a
volunteer preacher for the
Seventh Day Baptists in the
town of Haarlem learned to
know about the bitter plights
of the veterans of the Dutch
East Indies Army. Investigat
ing the cause of the sorrows
of these soldiers he came to
Harderwijk, from where young
recruits departed for the
colonies. Here he found the
start of "Het Indische Vreem
delingen Legioen" (The Dutch
Foreign Legion)for just like
its famous counterpart in
France, the army of Dutch sol
diers for the East existed of
volunteers from all Europe:
adventurers and unemployed,
noblemen who had to fly after
a duel, etc. etc.
Following these soldiers
again to the D.E. Indies he
came to Magelang and came to
know about the Indo pariahs.
Johan set to work at once. He
took the poor kids from the
streets into his house and was
a father to them. Of course
there came no end to this work
but Johan persisted, begging
everywhere for money, for
food, for clothes, for beds
and for a good education. As
Pa (Dad) van der Steur he be
came more or less a legend.
The conscience of the Dutch
society stirred. More social
work elsewhere was done, bet
ter governmental actions were
taken
Slowly the Dutch society
in Indonesia awakened and
soon the first big social
movementsthe Indische Par
tij the Vereniging Insulin-
de, the I.E.V. came into
being.
But also the Indonesian
people awakened. In the last
years of the former century
and in the first years of
this century the Budi Utomo,
the Sarekat Islam, the Taman
Siswo woke up.
In our next chapter, this
"Modern History of the Indo"
will be discussed.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Vlak voor het uitgeven
van dit nummer bereikte ons
de ontzettende tijding van
de moord op President Ken
nedy. We weten zeker dat de
hele Indische groep diep
geschokt is en meeleeft met
de rouw in de familie der
Kennedys en in deze natie.
KERST-EXPOSITIE
IN HOLLYWOOD O
Van 13-21 Dec.a.s. zal in
het Brandall Park, Hollywood
Blvd., L.A. een internation
ale Kerst-expositie worden
gehouden waaraan door alle
Kerstfeestvierende landen
wordt deelgenomen. Ook de
Dutch-Indonesian group is
voor deelname uitgenodigd.
Er zal ook een show-program
ma zijn. De expositie is
geopend van 1-10 p.m.
