Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-19
Prince SECURES
Home RULEFOR
Dutch INDIES
Brother of Sultan on Soerkarta
Passes Through After Mis-
sion to WIIheImina

Having secured home rule for the
Dutch East indies as one of the big
gest results Of his visit to Queen
Wilhelmina Of Holland, Prince koe-
SOcmOdiningrat. brother Of the reign
ing sultan Of SOerkarta, passed
through Honolulu yesterday, on
Dutch liner. returning home.
Other members Of the commission
are expected to pass through this
port on the next Dutch liner bound
for Batavia, Java. They left Java
for Holland last January.
The leader Of the party, D. Van II.
Iabberton Of Batavia. professor OF
Indonesian languages in the govern
ment college, acts as Interpreter for
the prince, whose conversation is
limited to Dutch and to his native
tongue.
People to Form Council
The Dutch government will grant
the people Of the East Indies self
government next year, said the
prince Under this form OF home
rule a peoples council will be formed,
consisting of SO members, ~ to be
elected by the municipalities and ~
TO be nominated by the governor-gen.
eral. There will also be a president
of the council. appointed by the queen.
This peoples council will direct
the colonial budget, both as to means
of raising revenues and their eXpen-
diture. Its acts will be subject to
approval by the Dutch parliament at
The Hague, but it is a long step IN
the direction Of complete self-goV-
eminent.
Our deputation asked the govern
ment of Holland to make loan OF
$20O,000,0OO to start industrialization
of the East Indies, and from the as
surance of the minister and OF mem
bers of parliament I believe we will
be given it. There is no loan to the
Dutch East Indies, in spite Of the fact
that they are the richest colonial pos
sessions in the world.
University Gets 100000
"One of the greatest prizes result
ing from our mission to Holland was
the gift by private individuals of 81
100000 for the purpose of founding
great university. We have this
money and the university will be built
next year. The queen has lent her
name to the enterprise, as result of
which it will be called the Royal
Technical Union. 1t will be situated
at Jogjakarta, in central Java. This
munificept subscription resulted from
our pleas for better educational IA
cilities.
One of the chief objects of our
mission was to assure the queen Of
the loyalty of her East Indian sub
jects, but we asked her for education
that her subjects might be better fit
ted to support and work for her.
There is not a high school in all the
colonies.
Among other things we sought,
and which l think we will obtain,
were facilities for developing our ma
tural resources. We grow cotton, and
We want to make our own textiles in
stead Of sending raw materials to Hol-
land.
we have iron ore, and We want to
make steel to build ships and ma
chinery. We have oil and gold and
rubber and other things that are not
turned to account by our people. Our
country is one of estates, lacking in
dustries. We need factories, which
means capital"
The prince stands next in the line
of succession to be sultan over 12,-
100000 people, as his brother. who
now rules, has no heirs thus far.