Show N Ho ITo IH Is tho Hio Nabob of at the FAr Rn I Than Our re and 4 Wields More PO Power lowel w er Thin hun An UT C fI 1 I I J About Hl Army and Hr Ur nules Natives attres Through Their A L Dutch Lords Lors Und and Their Javanese I COL Go L 0 AlA 11 Ii What Natives May and May ay Not lias Ifa Best D J Civil Service S of the Government Clerks CM Oct High and anti Long Lone Vacations and ond i A II Call CaI Upon the Governor General of Asiatic Holland In 1 With Holland Got Oot Java and Increased Its 1 Population to und and Made In It tho the Ills Palace at Java Jav Garden Spot of ot tho t e 1 I lANK G CA j I j Java spent un on hour h ur hero ero this morning With Gen Uen W V tho thU ruler of ot the tho Dutch Butch l In Indies ioN dies He has hall been a of at In tho thu Dutch army nn It Is only n a year or so ago ngo that ho was vos sent Bent here to bo 10 governor general of Pt the ast posses possessions IOS C Ions which Holland owns own In Oils part of tho the world The words eral RIo IVO but bul n a small Idea of at the extent of ot his lilu power He lie Is in reality a n king Kins his lila sub subjects he halt moro more power over than thon any ony ruler of Europe Ho Ito J rules more Wall than people sent scat than thon three i over ft a territory more times ns os great grent ns as a Germany or ronco greater than thon any ny country In Europe except He lie has thousands of 0 I i under him lihu his standing army is Ia more than half as a large largo aa os our own und he lie has ha for or years yearn been Leen carrying on Oil onn OilI n war with some gome of at the tribes of ot Su Sn I ns as serious us Ul our war wor with tho the thoA thoI It I Filipinos t A A CHAT WITH Ol NImAI I The governor general lives in great groat state hero here In Java Ho lie Is allowed GO 60 i a n year for entertaining and his hU an all annual ant t nual salary Is larger than titan that of our President Ills His palace is 19 as big us as the tho White House and all oH it is situated In a I great creat paik park a n part purt of which contains the botanical gardens said ald to bo lie by b far tar the finest In the tho whole world It was In tho the Palace 11 laco that I met his hIli excellency The Tho audience was held In the tho morning but notwithstanding this I 1 had to go goin goin 0 in full tull dress umi In un an much state as though to visit a II z king I was Willi wn met nt at atthe the palace door by soldiers and of officials o 0 4 in uniform and ond his m I secretaries passed mo me In from tram ono on t to 10 an another another anit it other until I was at itt last ushered into tho the audience room of or tho the governor His III excellency addressed mu me In III Eng ng and we chatted together for tor some sonic time about the tho Dutch colonial and how matters are arc handled In Java The question of or th the Philippines caine i up and he ho Intimated tell that we wo had a big bh t job jo on our hands but suggested that we WI might learn something from Hol liol Hollands lands experience in handling the peo people Ii 1 10 He lit approved of ut the Ih Dutch meth methods I of treating the natives and ho says it Is the tho only one by Iy which they can clIO be Ie made contented and ond happy Upon Uvon leaving le ho hu gave me mo notes to om some 1 of k his and nn then has had luul forwarded me mo n a general letter to the tho resident governors of or tho the various pro iro provinces vinces the thu officers of or the military nid 1 others In III nil parts of or tho the Islands Inlands dl di directing I them to n aid Id mo me In III my m Investigations 1 In every ever possible way wa TIlE THE CIVIL OP OI JAVA JAYA 1 1 The civil service of ot the Dutch East Kast 1 Indies Is III the tho most moat remarkable of tho the world There IH Is II no colony where the tho lire are so well welt educated und and of such euch a II high standing In III every ever Tn TIll rne system Is 18 based upon the th government tho the native nathe nobles und chiefs ruling till the people by b their own laws with the tho Dutch ns IS advisors advisers be hu behind hind them Tho native rulers are art mere merely ly h I the tho tools In hi tho the hands of the Dutch w they are the strings which tho the latter t pull to Influence tho the people In Java thero there are provinces or resi residences Io l deuces dences Each Ench I of these thelle hits hils its lis native assisted by L u a Dutch resident I 2 1 who ho III In known ns as his elder eider brother Tho elder brother lives Ihus In flue fine stale sin Ie He lie has a n magnificent house and a n fund for forI I entertaining and his hili salary Is a n year ear The fhe native chief Is also paId A n aTh Th salary and an nn allowance Under th thio 1 residents there are arc assistant residents control rs and clerks nil all of whom have their th lr native subordinates or younger p i brothers The IhO native rulers are nrc of or tho the theY Y nobility and anil the tho nil all conic come from rota the Lest best families m II 18 The TIll common people therefore feel that they the are ruled by bythe b It the th Javanese nobles tho the 1111 iut of them do not know kno that tho the foreigners are In actual control Somewhat tin same prevails I In the Dutch East Enst Indies outside Java although some of ot the Islands Inhabited v by hy savages have havo to be held hehl with a n firmer litmer rein DUTCH AND AN TIm The native officials are also well edu educated educated educated There are lire tnt tor them In all 1111 parts of the tha country and the higher class cluss natives often KItak HIeak Dutch l French and as liS well ns III the Japanese s They are arc treated just like the and the chiefs cIet vIt him has the name standing ln as the wife ife of the governor fhe The resident re and chief sit ell at state slate dinners and they are us as equals The fht Th salaries paid to the native chiefs vary ar according to tl the province and the state slate required I d Some Seine So ne native n I chiefs ch et have I v I I I Hl 1 H l i I I oI I house built buill for them at ot a 11 cost of front from to apiece and they re receive salaries of MOO 1400 a month I nm am that the Dutch believe bellee that they can cun easily control the natives It they can control the chiefs but at tin eRnie time they the arc nrc careful to let lot the th chiefs chief know that they the themselves ar arthe aro the lie rulers They The make It a principle to tobe be he with the tile native and to pro uro protect teet them theta III In their rights There are aro courts held helt by LY the Dutch and In lii quarrels between bet wren na nn natives tires tives and the tho natives native ar nr given the benefit nf the doubt I nm um tolo tom that It will be ho much lillich safer for Jor me 1110 to Iv strike nn In l here than a 1 native lIale for or the thc native will be sure to 0 land lanel me meIn meIn mein I In prison ACCOUNTS AND TAXIS TAXI S SAt At the Ih same time the government Is I Ivery very It strict In keeping its lis accounts account are arc levied l and must be hI honestly paid laid Every and every Ier house In tn tho the whole island Isla nil Is numbered and overy piece fliece of ground Its Us tax fax Isery horse and every cart pays n a tax Tho The has hall Its tax Inspectors who see HOP that everything Is III properly col eol collected collected It Jt has ha Is its I s accountants who gu go through the of the provinces ex examining examining lh lit book books II tie HIP cash and the th of or doing business There ThEft in Is ti rL law fi i everything l and the Ing Is enormous Thero Thore are Irrigation civil en on en ana alto all the machinery of or a va vast t TIm DUTCH AS BU II INGS The Dutch endeavor to Impress upon the natives natle that they belong to a 1 order of or creation than the Javanese They The Insist tbt nil of or the Dutch 1 rials dale shall Khali be III treated l with tim same HUIlt re respect shown the noblest of tIn the Javan Javanese ese chiefs chief This f III u iS very evident In districts III 1 I have hae trav tras traveled tra for tor miles through h the country where whore every eer man malt woman and child i a met would squat down on tho the ground Br r and fold told his hands lIans In an nn attitude ol ot prayer until I passed I J have met Jay Jav Javanese anese on un horseback myself riding n a ni nithe the tame caine time anti ond the tile Javanese a n noon soon coon as Os he saw Inc me would jump down from his horse houe In order that he from his horse In order that he hc might when I passed by I have had women with great bundles on their backs ba ks lift them down and sent seat themselves 01 0 oh their heels putting their hands together er or In my honor or and I believe that tho th rank of ot superior and ond Inferior Is III no nowhere nowhere nowhere where greater than here According to III the thu old customs of Java which still pie vail those of lower rank must not lOt io sit all above aboc those of higher rank There art arc H Hj I T I j 1 f t 1 lL f J l 1 j j I e 1 V 1 1 4 ti I j jf 1 f f 1 I i iJ J I r r f f 1 y t tI I GENERAL W nOOSE OOM 1 Governor of the tho Dutch East Indies te t e several native sultans In central Java In und hen the th resident governors were sirs hoen to rule with them there was quite a II discussion n II nu to In the sultan should not be Le a 11 little higher than tItan his elder brother The rho Dutch In tilsted on absolute equality but It l It h said that for a time the sultan had Ml sll vcr vor er dollars nailed to the legs of his hla hi chair chah In order that he might bo IQ a trifle higher up than the Dutch resident when the tho two to sat t together I SERVANTS AND AN MASTERS I have hao n a native servant a II swell Jav Jar Javanese anese who speaks broken English l ana anu who acts for tor me both as boy lIu and ni as lie He whitens my any shoes and my lay m helmet nail amI sleeps In front of my iU door dour at lit night aught He lie never neer smokes a II cigarette when I 1 am attn present and he h never comes before me without his tur ban uan It is 18 etiquette lIquette hero here for the servant to keep his head covered and anel It would be quite as Impolite for my any boy to rome come In without his turban as ns It Ic would could be for your our hired man to 10 keel keep Ills his hat on when he lie enters enter your par lor br A native natle hould not smoke In the thu of or a European and If It he l I smokIng on the street treet be lie should take lak the out of his lib mouth and hold it behind him while Europeans pai a Tho The Dutch official never neer requests hl hi servants to do things he commands command them The Inferior Is Ia expected to ue ue high Javanese JIl In speaking to his hll su IU superior and an the superior speaks S eaks low Jav mv anew aneNt In speaking to him A Javanese should not speak In Dutch to a Euro European European Penn without the European especially requests it Such treatment seems ridiculous to Americans amongst whom all ull ore are jual The Dutch J say sa that It Is Ii a ne tie necessity 11 In this part of at the world and that tha t It Is III only oni by hy mean of upholding the lie old customs that they the can maintain tho the respect of the people e One of or the richest of the planters planter u Il Dutch Dutrh baron who has charge charse e of a n property proper several millions and who employs hun bun Melts of ot natives tells me mo that hat the pea ICO peal pl l do not look upon uon such action as degrading They do It a liS as a II matte of lit politeness s and respect to their super superiors sup r tore tors The Che customs have prevailed i l r mind tho the employer who flow flown n nub Insist upon them theta will vilt Mil ln lo lose ns cute with tile his people Thoy rily will vIIi think hunk him an oar and he can do GO nothing with them In the nume flutie utes tes Ies tho the servility of the common people to their native su suo superiors is so to Treat reat that uno on JW would hardly h believe It Jf Jt he did dl not experience Once ence It himself I 1 have seen kissing kIR ln the feet of their fa r iJ HI crawling cr along blong to them on knees und at nt one time I saw a II thousand thu und nib squatting down on heels In Iii honor of ot one native nathe chief EVERY CLERK A SCHOLAR 1 have spoken utho tho of or the Dutch but blit I almut lm J t if f making tankIng you ou understand how hew w ll l dl they ore are Every I ver line Is n it college graduate The Tue hal hao u n university rit nt Delft In lit Holland for or the education of their colonl I Every r ry clerk has to be lie II a of lit the th Public schools and iuso II O of ot this uni university V where he takes a II C llUU to lo lit himself for the c iio 10 o wl iiI MI vice He lie must be able ablo to peat CUI man and English unit nn at tO of It the tue naU natt yf If ano ni of t r which must bo be the Malay There an nr four languages spoken in itt Jav hut but the he heMilia Milia f t In itt common ii Ii V h lucre lo IM those who act in nl judges of ot any Ony of the court 1 Ijo be atile to speak ree must also to be graduates In Ouch Duh Ou h law Inn la ns as well as thoroughly posted po tell on or tin irm laws customs and 1 uC of Java The of the cerk W IS I looked after and an as a 1 ruic only men arc are io en Tm SERVICE 1 14 JAVA J VA After graduation the thu gov gor Is sent out here on Ho lio lb must pass an for or as its aspirant and it successful it 11 assigned as ns an assistant w to It a 11 or minor official of one of the ls He lit now receives about ao J I n a month and anda a house but ho he Is as on l only orly on tin prow proba lion 1011 and Imd lit lie must taunt str r years vears boron before he can In an be tI for the po pe position p of ot of th Ih seron cliss chiss cl ss If It he ho pushes hisses es this he to mc a month and Inter on gets J ts to be of the Ort class dl with n a better hou e and anI higher salary salar Jf JC lie proves prots his efficiency here heie h hii becomes an nn assistant ind md then thena a resident with a n palace and n a year The fhe duties of or the IJ nr are by L no means light The Th aspirant goes about with native to ou RU the th roads roods to collect tho the con cen aie the thc VIce rice fields and amid crops crop and arid to 10 do nil all sorts SOl Is of other lither cleri cieri clerical den dencal cal work His Hla is position po Is that tru th of df i a 11 cloak cr or private secretary ani he lie Is a II sort son of clerk of at all work The flue cm ern are the police officials Thoy itile I through the tha but are uro re N for tor or the Iho good food conduct o of Uw l tt district dl The This assistants nit lilt tIt native priests ts aol and rt and nIl net as judges and the aro lit tie tle kings who govern gorn their provinces telling the native governors what to do and how to do It PENSIONS FOR Joon OFFICIALS The Tho Dutch treat their colonial clerks very ery well At the end earl of every en ii h years ears each clerk cleric gets ets two years ealS vaca vt CI ion tion with half halt pay pa or one year with lull luil pay pa and at the ame same time a trip to Europe with his fatally family on passage mousy money paid by b the Ih government He lie has ho hie his government doctors and If it they the I say SO en he Is b not well ho he is III allowed sick leave leae and a trip to 10 Europe and at the I cloy clone of years service he li Is retired ll on pension and sent ent home nt government expense Tho The pension how eVer ver IB Is only anI one third hi hl his salary and on oil this account many clerks prefer preter to stay slay The are not allowed to engage en ae In In Java while in office although nit hough many mnary mar settle there after retiring COULD HELP lIELl US IN THE TIlE PHILIP PINES The result Is that there thero are today hundreds of or retired Dutch officials who isho have hn had to do with all sorts of the colonial work of ot this country who wh might be ed by Ii y our government 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