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SLAMET OETOMO
DHD 8 No. 077/IX/A/1945/1977
Penyobekan Bendera Tiga Warna
Sejak pagi hari, Kamis tanggal 19 September 2605 Sumera (19 September 1945), rakyat telah menyaksikan berkibarnya bendera Belanda “Merah Putih Biru” diatas Hotel Yamato atau Hotel Oranye yang terletak di jalan Tunjangan Surabaya. Bendera tersebut telah sengaja dikibarkan oleh orang-orang Belanda yang telah menempati kembali hotel itu bersama rombongan Palang Merah Internasional (Intercross) yang telah tiba beberapa hari sebelumnya. Sebagian dari mereka itu didatangkan dengan menggunakan pesawat terbang dan diterjunkan diatas Kota Surabaya.
Maka tidak mengherankan bila pemuda-pemuda Belanda Indo, yang menduga jaman keemasannya segera kembali, dengan berani mengganggu yang lewat didepannya seraya menyobeki lencana-lencana Merah Putih yang dipasang didada kiri mereka. Sementara itu pemuda-pemuda Belanda Indo tadi menghubungi Pembesar Balatentara Jepang untuk meminta agar Hotel Yamato yang telah mereka jadikan markas, dijaga oleh serdadu-serdadu Kenpeitai.
Pengibaran bendera “tiga warna” dan sikap congkak orang Indo Belanda itu, tentu saja memancing kemarahan arek-arek Surabaya yang telah mengerti benar bahwa Indonesia telah merdeka. Tindakan orang-orang Belanda diatas, mereka rasakan sebagai penghinaan besar terhadap bangsa Indonesia.
Dalam waktu singkat, di depan dan di sekitar Hotel dimana bendera penjajah Belanda itu berkibar terdapat kelompok-kelompok pemuda yang bergerombol tak teratur sambil menengadah kearah bendera. Melihat gerombolan orang-orang dan pemuda semakin bertambah banyak orang-orang Belanda Indo menjadi kecut hatinya dan buru-buru masuk kedalam ruangan dalam hotel. Orang-orang pada menggerutu dan saling berpandangan sebagai akibat kemarahan yang mulai meluap, tapi tak seroangpun diantara mereka yang mengambil inisiatif untuk bertindak. Dalam suasana tak menentu itulah pemuda S. Kasman keluar dari himpitan orang banyak dan langsung mengajak pemuda Sumarsono dan Ruslan yang baru datang, untuk berkeliling-keliling meminta bala bantuan rakyat. Dengan menaiki sepeda, mereka bertiga berkeliling melalui Jalan Praban, Jalan Blauran dan Embong Malang sembari berteriak-teriak mengajak orang segera datang ke Tunjungan.
Sekembali mereka di Tunjungan, dari sebelah utara hingga ke selatan jalan telah penuh sesak oleh ribuan orang. Mereka
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SLAMET OETOMO
DHD 8 No. 077/IX/A/ 1945/1977
Tearing the Three Colours Flag
Since the morning of Thursday, September 19, 2605, Sumera (19 September 1945), the people have witnessed the waving of the Dutch flag, red-white-blue tricolour, above Yamato Hotel or Orange Hotel located at Surabaya Tunjungan Street. The flag had been deliberately waved by the Dutchmen who had re-occupied the hotel with a group of International Red Cross (Intercross) which had arrived a few days earlier. Some of them were arrived by plane and being dropped off over Surabaya city.
So it was not surprising that Indo-Dutch youths, who suspect their golden age will soon return, bravely disturb people passing in front of them, while tearing the Red and White badge mounted on left side of the chest of the person they disturbed. Meanwhile, the Indo-Dutch youths had contacted the Japanese Army Authority to request that the Yamato Hotel as their headquarters, to be guarded by the Kenpeitai [Japanese Military Police] soldiers.
The raising of the “three colours” flag and the Indo-Dutch arrogance, provoked the anger of Surabaya’s youngsters or “Arek-Arek Suroboyo” who had fully understood that Indonesia had become an independent state. The action of the Dutch people above was a great insult to the Indonesian nation.
Within a short time, in front of and around the Hotel where the Dutch colonist’s flag was waving, there were groups of youngster clustered irregularly looking up at the flag. Seeing the crowds of people and youths growing increasingly, the Indo-Dutch people became discouraged and rushed into the room inside the hotel. The Indonesian youth grumbled and looked at each other as a result of an overflow of anger, but no one among them took the initiative to act. In the uncertain atmosphere, a youth named S. Kasman came out from the crowd and immediately invited the newly arrived youths, Sumarsono and Ruslan to go around asking for people’s reinforcements. By riding a bicycle, the three of them went to Praban Street, Blauran Street and Embong Malang Street while shouting to invite people to come to Tunjungan Street. On their return at Tunjungan, from the north to the south of the road has been crowded by thousands of people. They shouted threats and condemnation to the Dutch and made the frenzy situation.