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Show The rajah in the island of Bali lives in magnificence with many wives, dancing girls and servants, says tha Detroit News. A rajah is responsible-to responsible-to the Dutch government for the good conduct of the people in his district and the proper administration of the-laws. the-laws. Except that a Dutch controller now sits at the council table with him and his native officials his plan of government gov-ernment Is much like that of his ancestors. an-cestors. Ball Is still feudal. The majority ma-jority of the population are virtually -serfs, owing labor and a tithe of their crops to the rajah, who is the nominal ruler of the district. His demands, however, are not heavy, for his people are spirited and resentful of tyranny, and the Dutch controller keeps a firn hand on the reins of government. |