Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-28

could not possibly meet the hppvosns
mont He asked them 10 have the chlfts
come to the palace Instead on the w
lowing day IN
The chiefs then planned to start Ihe
revolution at the palace, but whell 'nss
arrived they were admitted one " ny
and received at the point OF rllies lil tne
hands Of the soldiers. The resluen.
came out and ordered that they De put
in prison. There were just enough
chiefs 10 flll all the cells except one
whereupon the residents major uonlVi
native OF high rank, who had secret
ly been In the conscpiacy said Ilyre
Is one more cell your excellency, "Ho
shall that be for2'
THAT Is for you, you rascal was
the emphatic reply. He thereupon eaYe
a sign 20 the soldiers and they COOK
the man to prison. .'
THE DUTCH AND THE CHINESE
| have spent some time studying the
Chinese question in Java. The lsland
Is full OF Celestlans II has been about
three times as many as we have IN the
Philippines, and you find Chinese quar-
tiers in every town and in every city
The Chinese own property to the
amount Of s55,OOO,OO0. They have some
of the richest plantations OF coffee and
sugar. and of recent years have leased
out 80 900 acres of land. They own more
than 100000 acres of land which was ac-
ouired Years ago. and would increase
their holdings II the Dutch would allow
them TO buy.
THE MIDDLEMEN OF JAVA,
The Chinese hold about the same po-
sltion here that they do in the Philip
pines They are the middlemen OF the
country, the medium Of communication
between the natives and foreigners
They go about over the island and buy
up the crops and they engage In every
business which furnishes considerable
profit.
The Chinese quarters are set aside
for them by the Dutch officials. The
low provides that they must live In
such sections and prohibits them from
doing business outside them without
permission Of the officials. The other
day the Standard Oh company at Ba-
! tavia wanted to employ a Chinese as
nlghtwatchman but they could not do
so until the governor gave him permits
sion to leave the Chinese quarter
| In Buitenzorg, the Chinese section,
J Is one Of the best parts OF the city. II
Is fully a mile long, and Is lined with
one-story buildings heavily rooted.
Each building has a Chinese sign at
/ lts side, and the merchants within are
! Chinese. 1t is the same in Bandong,
Soerbaya, and In every Javanese city.
HOLLAND HAS TO PROTECT THE
NATIVES.
The government restricts the Chinese
to their own quarters in order to pro.
tect the natives for the Chinese are
much better business men than the
Javanese. They are called the Jews OF
the far east, and they are everywhere
money lenders and money makers. II
Java was thrown open to them today
and the natives allowed to sell their
lands they would monopolize the coun-
try and enslave the people, and It Is
only by careful restriction that they
mess In q talk with one OF the res
ldent governors, man who has many
thousands Of Chinese under him, | was
told that It would not do at all to al.
low Chinese immigration without Ger.
tain restrictions, and that In this mans
opinion we had done right in excluding
them from the Philippines Here the
Chinese pay twice as much taxes al
any one else, and they are clogged In
other ways. They are subject 10 pc.
lice duty and must take their turns al
night watchmen on the roads.
MARRY JAyANESE WOMEN.
The Chinese here intermarry with thu
natives. They seldom bring theil
wives with them, and common sigh
is a Chinaman dressed In European
cloths, with his queue tucked inside hi
coat riding along In carriage beside
a brown Javanese girl gorgeously
dressed They treat their wives wei