WHO would have imagined that the power of Samanhoedi in Sarekat Islam would turn out to be short-lived after all the time he spent establishing the union? The night before the Yogyakarta Congress on April 17, 1914, Samanhoedi announced his intention to remain the organization’s chairperson. Confident that it would pass undeterred, he was shocked to find himself derided by Dwidjosewojo, a member of both Boedi Oetomo and the Sarekat Islam.

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