''Tjahaja Timoer'' (

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: Light of the East, EYD: ''Cahaya Timur'') was a

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newspaper printed in

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, from 1907 to 1942.

History

was founded in January 1907 in

, at around the same time as its more famous counterpart '' Medan Prijaji'', with funding from a

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firm, , or as it was called in the pages of the newspaper. In its early years it was a supporter of

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, then popular among elites in the Indies. Despite its Chinese ownership, by the 1910s the paper was noted to be very sympathetic to the

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. Before long it was also expressing sympathy for the ''

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'', an anti-colonial mass organisation. This was due to the influence of its editor, Raden Djojosoediro, who supported both movements. By 1914, while still editor of the paper, Djojosoerdiro even joined the central committee of the . In 1916 W.A. Kailola, former editor of '' Perniagaan'', a conservative Chinese newspaper from Batavia, became the editor of . In 1922 the owners of entered into a business deal with the '' Soerabaijasch Handelsblad'' to allow their printing presses to be used to print a new

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newspaper in

, , with journalist Brunsveldt van Hulten as its new editor. This was apparently done in a move against Jahn's Advertentieblad, a newspaper which had a monopoly in the city. Not long after it began to be printed, this new paper (the ) started to circulate (via the national wire service ANETA) allegations against a former editor of . It alleged that this former editor, Andanjomo, in collaboration with

leader

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, was terrorizing the populace of Malang and forcing native servants into a clandestine organization called (

: Resistance Union). It is unclear whether this allegation was factual because this organization was not mentioned subsequently. continued to publish in

until the

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in 1942.

External links

WorldCat holdings for Tjahaja Timoer

Digitized issues of Tjahaja Timoer
(1914-42) in the

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collection

References

{{Reflist Defunct newspapers published in Indonesia Malang 1907 establishments in the Dutch East Indies 1942 disestablishments in the Dutch East Indies Malay-language newspapers published in the Dutch East Indies