The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-23
Chapter 80
Tie Final Break

Tie Final Break
LIE stayed at BaIingong four
n days. When van der Donggen
let he presented a gift TO each Of
Us. To the ra5ah and rance he gave
each an ivory EgurIne, very beau
tifuHy carved. Christine's was Of
the Chinese goddess Kuan Yin
Although the presentation was
made with great grace, | thought
his fat fingers fingered little Dit
caressingIy. on the ivory as he
passed them over. Il was as II he
hardly likesl 70 leave these lovely
things here in BaIingong. 70 be
looted BY bunch Of Dyaks after
we all were destroyed.
He had not neglected 10 provide
a gift for me-. tao p some black
looking STAFF ma bottle. i.Etenaed
fer pauring IN SlaSe. bites : ilai
man could show a strong grasp
upon essentiaIs ~ @ sas -
BESIDES bringing US the relief Of
4 Breath 81 ar from outside. van
der Dungeon accomplished Two
thing lie inrgecently INSPIRED the
Rajah Clyde with a tremendous
new burst Of ambition. and he
frightened Christine
During van der Donggen's stay
Clyde kept the man up most Of
the night. drinking Dutch brandy
and smoking long Dutch cigars.
both Of which van der Donggen
supplied. He was gettsg some
thing from van der Donggen that
Re had never got from him before
News q the island trade. Of ship
mems ard rates Of exchange. had
always been Of vital interest to
Clyde. bat what he was getting
no. vas q viewpoint
Il was automatically a part Of
van Ger D8zggens mind 10 think
ahead. IN terms Of not only his
Own lie. but those Of his sOnS and
his grands0ns. He had almost
nothing 10 say about future plans:
yet the outlool. Of years ahead IN
conscsously coIored almost every
word he spsise. When van der
Donzgen was gene. Clyde got out
his maps
re vas looking beyond Balm
gong noH. be 10 longer considered
that lis development would be
enough for his ultimate purposes
If he could develop BalIng0ng he
could Develop Sumantang Once
We col started. he declared. every
year would. see our borders ex-
tending. In the end ne would
retire the fat Sultan Of Saremba
upon a pension. and keep him as
a show piece. Once fully devel-
oped. Sumantang would produce
more rubber than Java. more
hewD than Luzon
I'll this he planned while We sat
without income in that sinking
river. surrounded by increasingly
hostile Malays. and our own sick.
grunbling seamen. with nothing
% show except the paper which
gave Us a kind Of rented authority
70 ran this iurrah nest II we could
That's wonderful" said
Whist you really need now is
sore large flags Something that
viii lCok tasty when we tow you
aroand on a barge
'.Yes-l suppose we viii need
one. That'l come later.
I stared al him: it seemed 70 me
he was out Of his head. Z have the
flag already designed I said. -.
disniays tWn apeS. one pursuant
and one fieeant On a Geld Of boiled
rice. IN the upper corner. a postage
stamp. With simple directions for
fnaiilns" ns' .a1e
He er6ntea. you tax IKE a
Spheres OF influence
GHRiSTINa was bewilderea as
- I was By Clyde's attitude. She
kept worrying about van der
D0ngEen- THAT man Is astonished
and alarmed. she declared. HE
didn't believe you when you told
him that you have no connection
with any power. except the Sultan
Of Saremba He thinks you're
working for the British East India
Company. lie may even think that
you're employed IN some indirect
way by the British Foreign Office. =
~Let him said Clyde.
But he'll make representations
20 his government You know how
sensitive the Dutch are about their
sphere Of influence. Those people
are looking leo years ahead They
have a hold on things thai they
can't possibly use. and even be
yond that they are trying - keep
other countries from getting .
foothold where they cannot They
see plainly what We can't make
England see - that the nations
must get now What they're going
20 use laier-oF when they car
use Il they went &c able 90 Get IL :
That's Just the point clyde