The sun., 1919-07-02
JAVA HAS CHARMS
TO LURE TOURISTS
Country Full of Modern Sur
prises as Well as Relics Of
Ancient Times.
DUTCH RULE Is KINDLY
Glimpses Into Hollands Spice
Islands Reveal Curious
Sights and Customs.

Sights and Customs.
Specially t1ritten for the Far Eastern
Department Of THE Sun.
II is very easy to enter Java. Tour
lists are welcomed cordially and the GUS
toms OFFICIALS are efficient and polite
about It. so that the first impression
OF Java Is pleasant. Some say that It
is Just as easy to get out of as into
Java, limiting that the Dutch resent
mlsbehavior and unfair criticism, and
that undesirable visitors are sometimes
requested to leave forthwith.
Most visitors land at Tandjong Prick,
the harbor for Batavia, about seven
miles from the city. This harbor was
built between 1877 and 1856. and was
considered one of the finest colonial
harbors in the world until some of the
British harbors excelled and now the
Dutch are reesta blishing their claim for
this distinction with the harbor con-
struction at Soerabaya Despite the fact
that there are two harbors. outer and
inner. the commerce OF Batavia has
the present harbor works.
The outer harbor has a depth or
twenty-six feet. and Is protected by two
breakwaters, each 5000 feet in length.
The inner harbor is some three thou
sand Ave hundred feet long and over
five hundred feet wide, with quays on
each side. The east quay has coaling
sheds. The piers are of concrete con-
struction. with spur tracks from the
railway. The cost of this harbor was
over s10.500.0o0.
Protected From CrocOdiIes.
About n quarter of an hours drive
from Tandjong. in one of those funny
antiquated hacks drawn by ponies. IS
Petit Trouville," where sea bathing may
be enjoyed. The bathing pool is in
closed to keep out crocodiles. and is
probably perfectly safe, but l have seen
fences on land give way before rush
ing bull, and convenient tree pro-
vided the protection which the fence
failed to give. So | refrained from en-
\ joying the security of this fenced in
pool. A crocodile IL fully as powerful
, and as fast as an Infatuated bull, and
he is Just as immune to reason. The
Dutch have not provided convenient trees
as an extra safeguard. but most OF
do not seem afraid of them. 1t is diff
ferent with strangers.
The drive from Tandjong Prick tc
| Batavia is a fitting prelude to tour oil
Java In this short drive, seven miles
or go. Is found the happy combination OIL
| good roads, an unsurpassed luxuriance oil
| tropical vegetation and a Kaleidoscope
| whirligig of peoples. native and foreign
| dressed in their own peculiar manners
and going about their business in theil
| individual ways.
All the way TO Batavia the road run'
along the canal, and along the canal are
rice fields. cocoanut groves, native set
| Elements and a new Surprise at ever,
| turn Of the way Tan cocoanut palms
reach out over the canal from the grea
| groves along the banks. Nestled amont
them are the picturesque native houses
| with their bamboo woven sides ant
matched roofs: overhead is the turquoise
| blue sky so peculiar to the tropics, an'
| to intensity it's blueness are the cotton
| clouds as motionless as the palms.
! The Goat an Institution.
All this beauty Is shown both allow
and below, for there in the canal Is thu
| reflection of the whole scene, even TO thu
| cattle the sleek bumped kind, the buffal'
| and the goats. We must not forget tn
goats. They are as inevitable as the!
are innumerable. Goats are to Jaw;
what dogs are to America, They run a
| will--are everybody's friend
| II there is a fight or fire, the
scamper about on the edge OF the crowd
lIf a tire blows out, there they are
eagerly awaiting any scraps OF rubhe
or cloth which may he thrown away
They are the comedians OF metDpolita
Java. In the provinces there are tn
monkeys as funny as at the zoo.
i Well. this finds US in Java-and wha
OF this land to which we have come
Was II Stubbs who said something to tn
effect that we must know what the pas
was II We are to appreciate the present
Java contains so many relics of tho pas
that even "A drive through Batavia in
dicates passed centuries.
For hundreds OF years before Columbu
discovered America Hindu influence wa
dominant in Java, and then the Bolshe
Wiki came over from Arabia and messe
things up. This was in 147I.
| The Portuguese peeked in at one O
two of the ports in 1911 and said
"Sh-h-h! Quiet now, fellows. We won
do n thing to this place" But they die
They carried tremendous cargoes c
spices TO Lisbon, giving the native
| J. o. US in payment. The Spanish Cor
sui there bought disgruntled sailo
from one OF these spice ships some Bev
one night and then took him TO Sc
Charlie Chaplin. The COB waxed lc
quaCious during the ceremony and toll
of his travels. The Consul took the eS
press that night for Madrid.
How Spells Were Divided.
From then until 1929 it was nip an
, tuck between the Spanish and the portr
guese as to who could rob the native
: the more efficiently. The contest ende
in a draw and a treaty gave rights {
robbery in the Indies to the Portuguese
and similar rights in the Philippines I
! the Spanish.
E The Spanish got the best of the bal
, gain because they we're not disturbe
until 1898, while the poor Portuguese
! were kicked out of their territory by II
I Dutch in 1896, before they had half tin
| to skin the natives.
( Then the Dutch took over the mob
work and drew up trading treaties Il
presentation TO the natives. To all que
4 tons raised by the party of the secon
= part one reply was used-"sign here
. When the natives showed reluctance, Il
: hlunderbuss or long sword made the fai
2 ness of the treaty perfectly clear. as VIZ
B customary among all conquerors OF tho!
early DAYS.