Dato Sarong is a subject named in General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943) by M. H. du Croo, in connection with the history of Atjeh and the governorship of H. N. A. Swart.
Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)
From Teungkoe Moet
He had instructed both the district head and his two sons in Qoran recitation — “that instruction creates in Atjeh a lasting bond of particular significance between teacher and pupil.” On the ground of “an otherwise contestable interpretation of Muhammadan law” he became a fierce opponent of vaccination, started an action against it, and refused to appear when summoned to Koeala Bhèë. A marechaussée patrol was sent to bring him in; “on his arrest Teungkoe Moet offered resistance with some followers and… was killed”, one marechaussée being severely and three lightly wounded. His death led to the klewang attack of 25 April 1918 and to the coconut and sugar-cane excursion; the two sons of the loyal district head Dato Sarong had been much attached to him.
From Boven Wòjla
In 1909 the pacification of “the troublesome Boven Wòjla” under Scheurleer, operating from the bivouac Tanòh Mirah, produced the submission of two hundred resistance men, who were helped with rice and seed-padi. In April 1918 the killing of Teungkoe Moet during arrest and the klewang attack of 25 April on the bivouac of the commander of Koeala Bhèë prompted a report that the whole of the Boven Wòjla was in revolt; H. J. Schmidt marched with six brigades and found instead a wholly peaceable population offering coconuts and sugar cane. The loyal district head was Dato Sarong, whose two sons had been much attached to Teungkoe Moet.
From Coconut and Sugar-Cane Excursion (April 1918)
Although patrolling and bivouacking were conducted very cautiously to avoid further losses (the report indicated heavy resistance to be expected, since the two sons of the district head of the Boven Wòjla, the loyal Dato Sarong, were much attached to the late Teungkoe Moet), it appeared very soon that there was no question of general resistance: everywhere the gampong dwellers appeared with their chiefs, offering the customary gifts of coconuts and sugar cane, and made it known that it was by no means their intention to make common cause with the — in any case already fallen — resistance men.
See Also
- Teungkoe Moet
- Boven Wòjla
- Coconut and Sugar-Cane Excursion (April 1918)
- H. N. A. Swart
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- Atjeh
Source
Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), passim.