The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-13
WHITES FEAR A
REVOLT IN JAVA
Trouble Seems to Be Brewing
Among Islands Natives

New York. Nov, lS-The taking q.
Tripol and Cyrenaiea from Turkey by
Italy has had an echo in farawuy Java,
according To u. de vries representa-
tive OF the big mercantile house If
Stokvis of Rotterdam. Brussels and
Paris, who Just has returned from a
three months stay in that island. Mr..
de Nr!es says there is considerable APP
prehenslon among the 10000 or ST.
whites who live i'm the colony lesr
among the 4O,OoO,oO0 natives things are
brewing which may have serious con-
! sequences. The Dutch authorities.
/ however, according To Mr. de- Vrics.
anticipate nothing in the way ~
| trouble.
You zee the natives of Java are ct
! the Moslem faith" said NIr. dc Vrics.
at the Astor since the Tur,o-Italian
war associations of various kinds have
sprung up. The most important nf
them is called the :. l.. which are the
initials of Sarikat Islam. As near
as ! can translate this it means the
association for the regeneration of Is
lam. ltS purposes are supposed Ia ~
partly religious partly social. Al
though everything seems quiet and
peaceful In Java, that movement has
taken in all the Islamitcs in the coll
ouy.
Europeans in the island are very
much alarmed, but the government
thinks 1t has the situation well i'm
hand, that there is no ground for
fright. that no uprising against au-
thoritv is contemplated, and that the
breadth of the movement comes from
q better feeling among Islamites. or
the other hand, the Europeans say
that when something is going to hap
pen among Mohammedans. YOU cannot
always say when it is going to hap
pen. ar what it will be.
IN the island much of the business |
is carried on at points remote from
the big towns. The sugar and tobacco |
factories, for instance are mostly !
hours from towns. and are surrounded |
usually oy a community of something |
Ike 100000 natives. ! heard that many !
Europeans had taken the precaution 10 |
turn their houses into arscnals.
The natives have changed They |
are still polite, but politeness is natur-
II with them. The change. however. |
is big. Thc native Europeans tell YOU.
is beginning 10 feel his Importance. |
People cut there tell YOU that history |
shows that when an Islamite move
m"nt begins, there is no tellingIwherc
II is gcirg to end
Il went out to Java and Sumatra To
make an Investigation for my firm of
The possibilities of creating "A market
IN That part of the Far East for Amc!
ican machine tools. I took with me ~
number of the latter, and dcmonstrat-
ed their operation all over Java. and
while my main purpose was not To-
sell. J nevertheless took many orders
Our trim has it's own Organization
here IL the principal towns WE have
been selling German made tools but
would like to do business with Am
'rican mar ufacturers because of the
better qualities Of American machine
ools and the more satisfactory way
he American manufacturers have Of
lOing business.
'of course, i'm Java the workmen are
}ttives. II has been thought that
modern machine tools could not be
used by them. ON the other hand. |
howed that many such tools are made
or unsfillcd labor or half-skilled Ia
'or, such as tn" Javancsc have In any
luantity, and my demonstration WAS
no, S"ssful"