The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17

the eastern mart ~ the island ur
Sumatrt. II iH technically known us
Ga, DhmN iDeldcuHy u tuWI,u,y
bvinr % territorial unit provided hv
thr i'u'rh Fast Indies scheme ~ al -
miuiatreiou
pHwh then. covers IN area or
1N.tlp sVunrr uilps. which is equal
jo tho combined surtacca OF the
NuipH NJ Vermont aud New Ilvmp.
shire N tH about o 600 square
ullrs larger than the whole OF ipl.
land a pmnoc at the map dts,Ioacs
puum us situated a littlo below the
center ot Sumhth. the extent of tho
ls'aul ta,lf h"inE approximately
chat ut California The population
of Su'uVirt. according tu the lutvBt
government statistics, g. o,226.,li, ot
Whl.u liHH' auula lIo ,iNlultd
Wh'rs. practically all Europeans
2l.Nti foreign OIlrutals such nN
Chinese and Japanese and Arabs,
and 'ho remainder are natives. that
ts. NulHNa aud Japanese. Tho I,ri-
donDy of niaWni itErlf is inhabited
ly sot'ta p,t.uua ~ whom. ar
Dordur Go thus authority, ouly 100
are Europeans. 3gpH foreign Or.
,utla aud lU3.llC natives. DidmhL
therefore, hns less than a dozen per
SONS tu the square mile. II is ,uu-
trullcd, uS tag uy ,uu,uaiuuv arc
concerned, 10y the Dutch govern
mout. ou the uughhuriug island ut
Java.
"u3ambls oil story" to quote from
HOLLAND and Her colonies hcgiuf
as carly az lNSS, two years before
the establishment of the NJ. called
ROYAL putch Otl company when
mineral oil or petroleum was sun
L.. f... "A
subHitutc for the tAlluW candle. At
that time. contracts tor the develop
mont Of the hidden iosuur,,H ot
piamh were mad" with the sultan
Of the district. Npt until september
%. 1909, did the Holland government
attracted 10y the Tc,italH ~ DiHmhi'
oil possibilities. decide to open the
oil fields to systematic development
Accordingly, ON January =, 1903, tn,
government office was dclugod viii
a flood OF applications for conccS
Hlons numbering 2,03d. of which q
small number could be designated
by lottery AZ authorized 10 com
monce drilling operations. In 1904
on tho 10Th day OF November, th'
governor general of the Dutch Eas
lndlca decided whether because oI
fraudulent applications or FOR othoI
reasons to close the Dlambi ficldi
] indefinitely From that year unit
| 1919, government experts under DR.
/ 4. Toblcr covered every foot OF iant
| In the rcsidoncy Of Diambi To study
| It's geological composition, with th'
result that u report was brought ou
hy them OF the territory south ol
/ the TcmhcH ana liatnng Ilari rivors
/ Ey government decree Of Novombcl
| 20, 1911, this territory was agair
| opened for concessions, while by 4
| government decree dated May 20
/ 1908, II had been proclaimed tina
/ kocrinii and the districts SorDmpnl
/ and SunoR"i Tcnnng would be re
served, Tor exploitation by the gov
| crumont."
Tho government advertised fo
bids no aH 10 give, 30 tho magaZin
article sintos, equal opportunity T.
both foreign ana domestic capita
In 1912 the following six offers wer
made by;
%. The South pcrlak Petroleum
, company which offered 62h p,
cent To the government In Toyaltic
, ca. The Batavia OH company. o
. fcring 90 per cent.
, CD, Tho Java and Bornco oil an
Rubber syndicate. Offering 90 p,
cent.
f). Tho Netherlands Colonial l.,
trOlcum COmpany On subsidiary {