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got under way. On December 25, 1912, he es
tablished the Indische Partij. Douwes Dekker
offered a solution for all who were excluded
from the Dutch citizenship. They could con
sider the Indies as their definite fatherland
and all (Indo's, Chinese, Indonesians) could
consider themselves as "Indiërs" the citizens
of this fatherland. Prominent co-leaders of
the Indische Partij were Tjipto Mangoenkoe-
soemo and Raden Soewardi Soerianingrat.
There were at once 5000 members, most of
them in Semarang.
The Dutch Government considered the
Indische Partij revolutionary and dangerous.
Legalization of the statutes was not granted
and when the Indische Partij continued to
exist anyway the Government acted swiftly:
the organization was declared illegal; Douwes
Dekker was deported to Timor. Tjipto ond
Soewardi were deported to resp. Banda and
Bangkö. This happened in 1913.
The greater part of the members success
fully moved over to the Vereniging Insulinde.
Also Soewardi and Tjipto, who returned to
Java in 1918, became members of this Party.
Soon new thoughts developed in the
Vereniging Insulinde, which name was al
tered into Nationaal-lndische Partij (N.I.P.)
with the Indonesian name of Sarekat Hindia,
1919. This Party was admitted to the
People's Council (Volksraad) with three rep
resentatives: J.J.E. Teeuwen, P.F. Dahler
and Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo.
So about 1918 we find in the Dutch East
Indies a number of Indonesian and Chinese
organizations and one "European-lndonesion
organization but no Dutch organizations,
strongly behind the Government.
Something had to be done, the way was
paved for the establishment of the Indo-Euro
pean League.
(to be continued)
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