Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-26
BY viseount Nor,hcline.

in the London Times.
ny viscoupt NorthcIinr
Torn between two anbi;ions-to
see the great BUDDHIST Sanctuary OF
the Boro- Budur IN Java. and to sac
the ruins OF Anskor In Indo China
! made q compromise. I would pay 4
very short visit; TO Java. leaving OUT
the Boro-Budur in Iudo-chiua
would travel AT greater leisure ana
examine. with the assistance @.
French savaut. the ruins OF Anrkor-
of which more hereafter.
Though my stay In Java was short,
] gathered a great deal of .n:ornla-
ton from British residents O: Ions
standing. All spoke well II their
treatment at the hands OF the Dutch
authorities. / Went convinced that
thirty years oc experience had taught
our friends tho Dutch how TO ad-
minister; and am satisfied on
British evidence. that they rule cX-
oellently well. But Was partlcu-
larry urged to press upon British
readers the great opportunities that
Java offers to British enterprise on
the Germans they need no pressing
German firms are full OF activity. and
are rapidly recovering los; ground
in Java az elsewhere.
.Jnvn l. Bcnutifui.
l was prepared 10 lind Java very
heautiful-aud very hot. and was
~ not disappointed Java is well known
10 be one OF the mos: beautiful ot
Oriental lands; but ! believe Il TO w.
not moro beautiful than Ceylon.
many parts OF Japan. Of Ind and
Maiaya, or tho Hawaiian Islands OF
Hollands other beautiful possessions
which include Rorneo. the Celebes
and Am hoiua-Some have visited.
others / have seen through 4 telc-
scope None tina, | have seen & so
beautiful rs our island of Penang as
YOU look on il from The Hill
1t is surprising how little IS
known today In England, or even
nearer "a; hand. about these Dutch
East Indies-1nsulinde IS the Dutch
name c1- ,itcm-Cf which people de
no; realize even the extent untl, per
haps they have been sailing aSoE:
.. them Tor Some weeks. The CONNER
cIaI LINKS between Britain and The
f.. talk Win British residents IN lava
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- happeas tEa- ,he beautiful OLD
stadhl!. IA Batavia r. Just Is busy
'oday az TIE adjacent 'aoae.n town
az Welteyrelen.
nuIit for rrrmun.nce.
have mentioned. wink. that
Java is very hot Old Batavia rs
hot even for Java 7; Is never cool
There .s 10 spring, no autumn. 10
winter The neat even during tne
rain. is always FAR beyond our sum-
'ncr heat. Lie is not easy !n the
hest OF the Far East despite all the
IN EN- devices ~ feather-yycignt
clothing. electric light, electric pun
k2hs, cold storage, artificial Ice and
what not. what must It have been
for those carly Dutchmcu2 They
voyag.d for fave Aur six months in
ships scarcely larger than ,hose used
by Sir Francis DRAKE dine first Eng
Nshman 10 set foot III JaYaJ Their
companies were almost always nalyrd
b. scurvey and sometimes wiped out
by Malay pirates. or captured by
Portuguese or English Ard rhos.
who reached Java must settle Go.rn.
clad IN their heavy European clothes.
AT their fort OF Batav!a close 10 Tho
water. where the mosquitoes rose in
mighty clouds and malaria took It's
toll Of all hut the strongest 40
wonder BATAVIA became known us