Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-11
THE DUTCH IN BoRNEo.

Gus amusement OF head hunting, thus
Encouraging Immigration and lnvestl-
cation.
THE DUTCH IN BoRNEo,
The extreme northern and northwest
ern parts Of the island alone belong to
the British, the remainder being the
property OF the Dutch. ! learned much
about the Dutch possessions during my
stay in Java and at Soerbaia was With
In a short distance by steamer Of
BandJarmassln, the largest city IN Bor-
neo and the capital Of the Dutch part
Of the island, The Dutch Steamship
company has a service which goes there
three times a month, and Il sends
steamers once month from Singapore
to all the ports Of Dutch Borneo.
HOW WE LOST NORTH BoRNEo.
The British possessions now comprise
British North Borneo, Sarawak and
Brunei, which lies between them, All
" these countries are merely under
British protection, being governed by
companies or proprietors who have arr
rangements with the natives outside
Of the English king.
The Sultan Of Brunei rules that little
country, which Is about twice tas large
as Massachusetts. He once owned
much of British North Borneo, he and
the Sultan OF Sulu having II together
We once had consul named Moses at
Brunei who obtained concessions OF
the sultan of this great property OF
North Borneo and had our government
ha a "a ha VntQ lob
now own what Bismarck lost and what
The British North Borneo company now
possesses. This American consul, hav-
Ing obtained the property, organized
The American Trading company OF l3or-
neo and made settlement on the KIM
anls river His company set out PLAN
tations and imported Chinese cheap la
Dor to work them, but for some reason
or other they were not success and
the company failed. The property then
went back TO the sultan and the Brit
lsh got II under a new lease from him
and also from the Sultan Of Sulu.
Today Brunei is still ruled by the
sultan under the English. He has a
capital city built upon piles in q bend
In the river about fifteen miles from
the sea. His capital Is surrounded by
hills, and standing upon these you can
FEE the houses apparently floating upon
the water Brunei Is the greatest water
city OF the world. II Is all water and
houses The boats anchor among the
houses and the market IS made UP Of
stalls each Of which is q canoe, and
among which other canoes move about
carrying the purchasers from stall TO
stall, The sellers are women, each OF
whom wears an enormous hat.
THE DOMAIN OF RAJAH BROOKE.
The most important of the EngIishpos- J,
sessions In Borneo Is that which nov
belongs TO Sir Charles Brooke, nephew /
Of Sir James Brooke, who became IA
nous the world over under the title OF
Rajah Brooke. The country Is known as
Sarawak on the map II Ia about as
large as the state of New York, and
has n coast line of 400 miles. II pro-
duces diamonds, gold, silver, qulcksil-
yer, coal, India rubber rattans, cam
phor, birds nests, sage, pepper and
gambler. II has q number Of navlgabe
rivers, and It is indeed q valuable piece
Of property.
The story Of how the English came
into possession OF this country is curt
Gus, Sir James Brooke landed In Sara
wax IN his own vessel IN 1899, He
found II In state Of instruction. The
people were composed Of different
tribes, who we're fighting each other.
There was q rajah named Mudh Has
sin. who was the nominal ruler and
head hunting was the principal bust
y -,
lcigned.
Sir James Brooke united his forces
with those Of the rajah, and In a short
lime was able to reduce the people 10
order. After three years Muda Hassin
abdlcated In his favor, and he became
the supreme governor. He at once be- !
gan to organize his administration af-
ter modern methods, az the same time |
paying respect 10 the superstitions and |
beliefs OF the natives. He learned the |
Malay language, and tolerated the Mo- |
hammedan religion, although he intro |
duced English missionaries. For more |
than a generation he governed the state |
in a way perfectly satisfactory to the |
people, and in 1883 he brought It un- |
der the protection OF Great Britain. The |
government " an hereditary monarchy, |
being now ruled by his nephew, but 1t
Is governed like one Of the crowned
colonies under the British.
The capital Of sarawak Is KuchIng,
a town OF 10000 people. situated on the
Earawak river about twenty miles
from the sen The place is well forti-
fed. IL has public gardens, good roads
and many comfortable homes. The
English live IN bungalows and they
have all the surroundings Of civillza-
ton. Among other things there is a
lady's club a gentlemen's club and
newspaper, which Is known as the
Sarawak Gazette. There are Roman
Catholic and Protestant missions, a
reading room, and museum and sew
raj factories. There are coal mines not
far In the Interior and timber is being
shipped from Sarawak to Hongkong
and elsewhere. The country has now
D revenue approXimating 81 100000, and
rs annual exports amount TO more