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Show SULTAN OF JAVA TO GIVE UP HIS THRONE THE HAGUE, Feb. 13. Tho aged I Sultan of Jokjokarta. one of the two powerful and wealthy potentates of the Dutch East Indies, has decided to ; abdicate In favor of his eldest son. .the crown prince of Jokjokarta, who I has been trained In European ways The crown prince has spent months I at the court of Queen Wllhelmlna and Dutch officials look forward to his rule over the Mohammedan natives i w ith much favor. Before leaving for the Indies, a few weeks ago, the oung man informed his father that he would neit Lake the I sultan's throne unless tho abdicating I potentate, with his entire court, re-' l moved to another town than Jokjokarta, Jokjok-arta, and tho father consented, rather i than cans? trouble. While Bolshevik agitators in the; IKast Indies have had much success In many sections of J;iva and Sumatra.1 they havo had very llttlo influence In. Jokjokarta and the new sultan is ex- pectcd to maintain this situation The Sultan Of Jokjokarta is a vassal of tho Dutch and has his headti.irtors at Jokjokarta. on the southern side of the Island of Java Jokjokarta has ai population of about 60.000. The sultan's sul-tan's water palace or citadel is described de-scribed as the chief feature of the city It covers an area of about one square mile and is a small town by iiseit with1 separate buildings for tho occupnncvl of the women of the Sultan's court and for workmen. The sultan divides his authority to a certain extent with a quasi-lndcpen-1 dent prince. Paku Alam |