Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-14

taken down with a bad case OF pernl-
f'Vso, something like the Chagrcs fever
uad a native doctor who gave ma
rom thlrty to sixty grains Of uuinine
I,I a TIME and the quinlne | believe
Hlueu lhe organisms and saved my life.
Later on | met in Argentina one Of our
NohSuS, Dr. Ayres, who has been
stationed Tor some years In the city OF
taTa' at the mouth Of the malarlal
amazon told him OF my experience
WIN the fever and also that | was 90
ing up the Amazon. He tbereupon
warned me TO saturate myself with
Iulhlhe before / got there saving that
lhe FEVER germs could not live I'm cell,
when contain quinine ! aid so. and
lHoush ! travelled two thousand miles
among me mosquitoes Of the Amazon I
mad no sign OF malaria
A CHAT WITH THE RESIDENT
GOVERNOR.
During my stay here | have called
upon the resident governor of the
Treanger provinces Lord Van Benthem
van den Berg This man Is one of the
ablesI OF the officials In the Dutch East
indies and he has one of the most re-
sponsible positions Of this island. The
provinces over which he rules are ex-
ceedlngly rich and he has many mill
Mons OF natives under him De has
magnificent home here surrounded By
PAINS ana other tropical trees and Il
was ~ IL that he received me when |
presented my letters from the governor
general lie speaks English fluently
ana we chatted for some time about
Java.
Among other things I asked Lord
van Bethrm van den Berg something
as TO the land system Of the country.
Said he
The lands here nominally belong to
the government, and we really nave
control of most OF thom We take
charge of them 10 hold them for the
natives IN case the populau ton Increases
So that we need them TO feed the pau-
pie We win then dispose Of them 10
small propriet0rs or lon some wa give
them 70 The people We believe II & our
duty 10 take care of Java so that Il
viii support the natives. and 10 Do this
We must Keep the title 10 the lands out
OF the hands Of spectators. and eS-
pccIally Of the Chinese The Chinese
are anxious TO get the lands, and, once
In their possession they work them
solely for their own benefit, Disregard
ing that Of the people They do not
care II the natives are Impoverished.
They will estab lish stores on their lanls
and keep the laborers In debt by giving
them credit and paying them In store
orders. This would mean the practical
enslayemani Of the natives, You see,
the Jayanese are much Ike children,
They have no care for the morrow, and
no idea whatever Of accumulation We
protect them by holding on 70 the
lands. II we allowed them to have the
lands they would sell them 70 the Euro
peans and they in turn might resell to
the Chinese
HOW THE GOVERNMENT LEASES
LANDS
1T was a good deal OF o question with
the government as to how TO manage
the lands. continued Lord Van Bythe'n
van den Berg, "and think you viii
md it quite q problem IN he iaap-
pines When We took hold VI this lsl-
and there WAS much waists land, and u.
was undecided whether II sSlluysz 70
the government or the natives. ThSe-
upon the government advanced the the
cry that the lands originally came from
God to the kings Of Java ana 70 the
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