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DUTCH EAST INDIAN PROBLEMS,
NATIVE DEMANDS.
SOME RECENT REFORMS,
too much account of the 'actual state, of affairs in which, for instancs, "the naživo pays taxos on his land, the Euro- poan on his house; the native's" customs are valid in divil legal affairs, but for the European the Civil Coda prevails; the native stands under the direct authority of his own chief, and so on,”
REFORMS LOCOMPLISHED..
BY PROF. D. G. STIBES.]·· One of the greatest world phenomena
Desires ethically justided have actually of the time is the awakening of the native peoples of southern and eastern
been met; distinctions which formerly. Azia. This remarkable awakening of
existed in racial grouping "and" possessed national consciousness started in Japan, Thus, an end has been put to the cum no natural basis have boon, removed. made itself felt in British India. at the lone of the 19th century, spread subso-
brous passport and quarter system, which, quently to Farther India, and finally to
inter alia, compelled non-Europeans to the Philippines and the Dutch Easty a passport when travelling and Indies.
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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED;
43rd Jan., D'ight.
BAILINGS, SUBJECT TO ALTERATION THINGIAO VIR SWATOW & SHANGHAI WAISHING...Mon, HAIPHONG vis HOIHOW BANGKOK
SHANGHAI via SWATOW MANILA
YOKOHAMA & Karr
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93rd Jan Noom.
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25th Jan 3 P.X.
CALCUTTA LINE:This Lane affords regular sailings to Calentos, Penang D
STRAITS & CALQUTTA"
· Singapors | returning from Calentia stawzmars proceed via Fiesta and Hongkong to Japart, boontionally calling af Shanghai, Al steamers have" excellent passenger accommodation, are fitted with Busstric Light and Fans and osary a fully-qualidad LINE:--Bringa
appointed certain town-quarters as the domiciles of foreign. Orientals: again, the SHANGHAI administration of justice and the taxa- tion system have been made as equal as In the Dutch East Indies one of the possible for all inhabitants; and the first symptoms of the popular awakening beerendiensten" in Java (by which was the cry for more education, a cry natives were required to giva labour for whish, arising rather suddenly, has con-public works) have been abolished, fronted the Government with great di- culties.
MANILA
-HAIPHONG What is above all of importance is that the native has been granted a share in BORNEO the administration of his country with the object of extending his influence. Natives may be appointed to any offices of State, except only a very few of the highest posta. which local councils were formed in the
Since 1903, the year in TIENTSIN Fast Indies for antonomous arete (com BANGKOK rates, districts), natives sit in all such conneils, while half the members of the National Council (Folkarnail)-the Goy ernor-General's Advisory Board, csarok- ed for the first time in 1918-which visionally determining the colonial esti exercises the important function of pro- mates, are natives, partly elected and partly nominated.
Education in the Dutch East Indies di ring the 19th century had been adapted solely to the needs of the European in habitants, since the natives had, in g eral, demanded no instruction. There were
of course, schools for native children, but their number was extremely small. Suddenly there arose, shout 13 years ago, a demand, previously unknown, for instruction. It became more and more urgent, and came not merely from the better situated natives, but also from the middle classes of native society. was not feasible to satialy immediately a It demand coming from so many millions; but whatever could be done to meet it was done by the Dutch East Indian Gov- ornment. Notwithstanding every effort, pending in the Dutch Parliament This however, it is even now quite impossible will afford much greater independence to completely to fulfil all demands. "Java the native administration, and will create alone has
a population numbering new rural boards for regencies (0- 34,000,000; consequently the number of parable with the taluk of British India) children who would have to attend the and villages. These boards will consist elementary schools would be about entirely of natives, while in the boards millions. The task of building, in a few for the larger areas, the new provinces, rears, the "requisite Government schools greater influenes for so many children would surpass the native element-The Times-
is accorded to the financial capacity of the East Indian Exchequer, while it would also be im- possible to create the necessary, teaching staff in so short a time.
A radical administrative reformn is now
CHEMISTS AND FUTURE WAR,
To satisfy, so far as possible, the de
Members of the Chemical Industry manus for elementary instruction among Club held their third annual dinner at the great masses of the population, with the Connaught Room on November 18th, out making excessive inroads on the under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chas Exchequer, so-called village schools have ton Chapman, president of the Institute been started in which very simple in of Chemistry, when Mr. J. Hunter Gray, struction is given by, native teachers who K.O., proposed "The Profcasion and In many cases have themselves only Industry of British Chemistry The passed through Government elementary work which chemists, as scientific men schools. These primitive schools are did during the war, he said, made it pos arocted and largely maintained by the mible for the Allies to win. Our scientific native communes; some hundreds are added every year; they form the basis
men did not only da as well as the Ger- mans, but better-(hear, hear)-and when of general education in the country. these things were considered he was ap where illiteracy is as common as in Bri- palled at the attitude of the public and tish Indin; and they do not put an of Government departments towards altogether insupportable strain upon the scientific research. So far as war was Exchequer. Even yet their number is concerned, his belief was that there much too mall, and the desire for exten-would be no next war, because the first sion is very general.
going to prevent every other country, not country ready in scientific work was merely from making war, but anything that country desired to di. In his opinion the day might some when, by scientific methods, a chemist in any one or other" country might destroy other: nations Bat apart from war, he held that unless invention and research were mcouraged, there were going to be dif ficult times, not in the next generation, but within the next few days. *Hear, hear.)
Of the Dutch Indies the same may be said sa is remarked in the Montagu Chelmsford Report regarding British India-namely, India is still a country marching in uneven stages through a the centuries from the fifth to the twen tieth.
The ethnographic chart of the archipelago displays a motley assembly of peoples, scores of them differing in language, religion, manners and customs, and occupying almost every level of oivilization and development. It in obvious that the current of national con sciousness among these native populations, victory might have come at least two Mr. Muspratt, responding, said that has not been everywhere of equal vigour years earlier if chemists had been called It awoke first and most energetically into conference to deal with the prob among the most-developed peoples, such as the Japanese,
lema that arose, instead of others work- the Malayans of Sumatra, and the Minahasacrs of northing them out in watertight compartments Celebes, though it is also noticeable else ignorant of chemistry, and even the best (cheers)many of them completely
where.
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
of them only partially informed as to the great possibilities of the chemical industry. (Hear, hear.)
The leaders of the movement express their objects chiefly by means of various „native, aamolations formed since 1008, THE VALUE OF GOOD SIGHT the principal of which were founded, with cannot be over-estimated. Sight standa economic aims, but soon acquired for everything that is valuable or enjoy- noticeable political trend. In the main
to
| their objects are" to render the natives ) Able in life. You cannot tell if your eyes economically independent to put them are right; you may see well yet have constitutionally on a level with the Euro- poan and the Chinese, to attain the pali- defective eyes. If you wish to have your tical independence of the East Indica eyes tested, the Befracting Room of The
Naturally, despite agreement in wishes and aims, there exist here, as elsewhere, Hongkong Optical Co., successors all shades of opinion concerning the time Clark & Co., Refracting and Manu- necessary for the fulfilment of them facturing Opticians-the most competent wishes. Side by side with associations with moderate views, such as Boedi optiand establishment in South China- Oetome, there are others with extreme located in 53, Queen's Road, Central- notions, such as the National Indian is at your service. They have the equip Party and the Communists; while the ments to test your eyes accurately. great popular organization called-Sarikat
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Islam, which counts hundreds of thou-Testing the sight and fitting glasses in anady of members, though originally their specialty. —ADVE. moderate, has now altered its tendencies under communistic influence. A very re markable fact is that the lines of develop ment of this great organization, in which the national movement of the Dutch Indies is most strongly and extensively crystallized, runs throughout almost parallel with the trend of the national; movement in British India
anti-
As in British India the opposition party in the National Congress rapidly obtained the upper hand, so too, under the influence of the communistic element imported from Europe, the Sarikat Islam in the Dutch Indice became an Government party. This attitude is en: hanced by the accentuation of Mahomed- dan religious sentiment and the contest with capitalism, which is identified with Dutch authority
The final aim of all these associations is the political independence of the Enst Indies, either within or without the Dutch realm, while the abolition in de- manded of the difference of legal status existing in regard to Europeans, natives, and foreign Orientals (Chinese, Arabs, etc.), a political-distinction based-upon- divergence. of race which the nationalists refuse to take into account. They demand unity of treatment for all inhab’tauts of the East Indies in matters of government, jurisprudence, taxation, etc-in other words, a reversal of the long-standing- aystem which takes account-sometimes
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"FOOKSANG" will be despatched on or about Wednesday, 25th "Jas., at 3 p.m., for › SINGAPORE
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