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


through the military prison. II Is more
comfortable than Bilibid, our penitentl-
tiary in Manila. II IL made much the
Same way as the barracks. save that
there is great wall around it, ana inc
entrances are carefully guarded. inc
prisoners are forced to work saw,
Atty OF them making clothes for the
army In one OF the rooms, using AmeIl-
can sewing machines, In another de'
partment were two score shoemahels'
carpenters and workers In IRON Inc
prisoners are paid about 30 cents
week for their labor. They are well ied
and well treated. They have books TO
read from the prison library and their
wives are allowed to call upon them
once every week.
THE DUTCH AND NATIVE SOL
DIERS MIX.
The Dutch and the natives seem TO
be on an equality In the army, They
march together in the same battallons'
many battalions consisting OF TWO COM
panes of European soldiers and two OF
natives, or, more often, one OF Euro
peans and three OF natives. The halt-
castles are on footing OF perfect
equality with the Europeans, but at
least half the on-commisslOned officers
must be Europeans. All the higher
officers come from Holland. They are
fine fellows, well educated and Wen
trained. Together with the oiilclals'
they form the aristocracy OF the foreign
colony, and, as rule, live in fine style
There is military academy near Bata-
via, and the military clubs at Weltevre-
den would be considered fine In any
European settlement
| am told that the natives make very
good soldiers, although there Is vast
difference In them according TO the
tribes and the locality from which they
come The people of the Island OF
Ambolna are especially brave, and
there are now over 1900 of them in the
East Indian army.
All foreign residents are required TO
serve q certain number OF days every
month In the militia. The number OF
DAYS decrease with age, beginning with
seven days a month and finally falling
TO four days The drill is from p. m
| TO ID. m. Ii Is very severe, but II
| makes every foreigner, whether he be
| English, American or Dutch, a soldier
This regulation Is, suppose TO make
| the foreign population valuable in case
| of an uprising OF the natives. Th'
Dutch have had such rebellions In th'
| past, and although there Is little dan
ger OF II in Java, In Sumatra and othel
| places the foreigners must be alive fol
| such an emergency. There Is a TRIBE
known as the Achinese, In northwestern
| Sumatra, which has been In rebellion
| for generations. The Achinese hay'
about half a million people and thei
country is about half as big as Ohio
| They have always been noted for thei
hatred of foreigners. They fought tn
English and the Portuguese and the.
are still fighting the Dutch. 1t is estl
| mated that more than 10000 Dutch sol
| diers and natives have lost their live
In the war which is now going on witt
Achin, and that that war has cost Hol
land something like sS5,OO0,000
HOW A DUTCH OFFICIAL BROKE
UP A REBELLION.
There are other parts of Sumatr
which are very rebellious. | heard tn
other day how the Dutch resident o
Palumbang frustrated a plot in whic
the native chiefs conspired to kill hin
and seize the government. The schem
was to set the city afire in a quartz
where II would do little damage, Wit
the expectation that the residents an
soldiers would run TO It, During tn
burning the natives expected to captur
the fort and XIII the resident and hi
soldiers, including all the Europeans.
The resident, however. was posted b.
one Of his spies and did not go to tn
fire, Then the chiefs demanded an au
dlence expecting to kill him when the.
came to II. The resident consented
but the night before he powdered hi
face until II was a CHASTITY white AM
placed medicines beside his bed. II
then called in some Of the consplrator
and told them he was sick and that h