The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13


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fsf hsipw ~ RafMai psise, fhs OgvesAasae
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Datsd tn8a ~ hfty gsaes . suAa eseseds
ne eHts ~ ~ go eeartsfl ifuss ths asttVea
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bslgs ~ nlaFhst pfies
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CleVasuanaFi aTgl9le4 Increasing sfitisiaHs
au4 ~ aufhsgltss Nefs ~ i4st elNfHllss
" sAaasB lhasg meiHa9s
fhSm ees ttagsg thgpt6B Javs afs aaaHl-
ms14 N tkaly ptaius ~ No tsaHlisut tossis
aNa ~ asbssaaflal bFldasa thaf apah TIE
sreaWa thgy aslmifs tbg e~ysAnlDile'1s
elsAsatlea kesaaa, ths agleudbi - aall egHeg
laefas and tha eel kuilt awt vel sept
oliss, aaNf they ars iasllnsf ~ eacuss TIE
masns suetsyud ~ ~ N~efsiansss w ths
Asvsfopmast ~ me iaiaNts " hHsiat Ne
eeg~uamhefed. however, that ne ne hsltss
Whlea ere moss atifastivs, ealesed hefofe
ths Eafrseaaas 81 lssa ueea thg eSiis efAe
thas me sFteSe, iRsseaEf ~ bstna iattUsiuese
~ ths Daseh, we're ths pscdUcts NhseM fsae
attracted tneis esteAsloa
ire Dutch have ebMsesd Q hieh pFics
for the GeFvises Tendesed SD bave sven
iietls attention N ne lntellsetuai n moral
-lmpsevsmsnt u The peopss.
Being surprised that ths Javehess nae .
we'll d~svstopsd systsm u aafiethtuFp and
lrfiaatiea before the EuFopsana arrived,
aahad en- lntslliVsnt nollaDdsSi what,
thsn, have che Dutch tsueht ths J~eVasessf'
and he Fspllsd, isuehlnely.
sws have tauehe thsm n pay 90 thsiE
money
HseaET nnvoaMs.
The fact that the culture systpm has,
after fun ~dlscusson, been Abandoned
l. q sufhcisns condemnation Of 10, and tho
fact that reforms are being introduced
Ia q confession that they we're seeded. ]
had the pleasure Of meeting the present
Governor, osa. Van Heuisz, and found him
Interested In enlareiBe The educational
sys.em and IN tightening the bazrdsns upon
tho people.
He has already reduced the labor require
mont ons-half, 20 that tho patives now give
ons day In fourteen 30 the Government, In
stead Of n day In seven.
The Governor Of Netherlands india re-
ceives the same salary o. a Pfestdent,
and the President receives q salary which,
including allowances, mounts 10 nearly
$1,000. The EXPENSES Of the colonial
Government are paid By tbs natives n by
tho foreigners residing there, but tho Gov
ernment Of Holland no longer draws an
income from the islands.
Her advantages are at present indirect
ones and o~onsist. first, Of profits earned by
her citizens In trade with the islands; second.
Of rsnts collected by her citizens from
plantations, and, third, of salaries drawn
by her citizens for civil or military servicei in
the islands.
but for q great many years 1t has boen the
policy OF the Government to sell no land
whatever TO either Europeans or Asiatios,
but TO lease II for seventy-fye years or less.
I wal much surprised TO find that the natve
own considerably more than twice as much
as foreigners hold under lease or deed
and that land the product Of which must
DO sold to the Government at q fxed price
has been reduced 70 800 900 acres.
Ore Of the benefceut reforms about to
be inaugurated Ia tho establishment Of
Government pawnshops which will loan
money TO the people at O low rate OF In
terest and thus rescue them from the ex-
tortion which has been praotised upon them.
The Governments has already established
savings banks In which the deposits are con-
stantly increasing.
JAvANEsE WANT MORE RECOGNITION.
There IL a growing demand in Java for a
greater recognition Of the people In the Gov
ernment and this demand 10 being yielded
to In tho cities. The colonial authorities
nave encouraged the soldiers to marry
native women. these marrias es terminating
when tho soldiers return TO Europe.
As o result there is a half caste element
which has been given better educational
advantage s than are accorded to the ma
tives. This element considers itself az
native, although counted In the census
as European, and 10 already organizing with
q view to securing more civil liberty.
Whatever may DO said Of Dutch colonial
ism In the past a new era Ia dawning and
the present rulers recognize that their
administration must DO measured by the Inn
provement In the people rather than by
the profits drained from the land by Euro
peans.