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THE TROUBLE IN JAVA.

TO THE EDITOB Of THJ PEISS. .Sir,—With reference to the cable in your paper of this morning's issue alxmfc tho sentences on the revolutionaries in Java, I was under the impression that death sentences were abolished in Java. I arrived in Java about 7 a.m. on the morning of the levolution, but beyond seeing military moving about, and during tho nest week having my ear constantly stopped to see if we had firearms, etc., I saw nothing of it, though I passed through the most afflicted part of the country. Java is about the size of the South Island, has a population of about 10,000 Europeans, chiefly Dutch, and getting on for forty million natives, divided into three tribes.

The chief causes of tho revolution, in so far as I could gather, were first the taxes, in that the men whose wages aro ridiculously small have to pay ono month's wages each year to the Government. Second, tho restriction on tho land they occupy. The areas aro very small and they aro not allowed to plant any tree without the consent of tho police, and no production tree such as rubber. Third, the delay in the Courts, in that a man may be arrested for somo offence and may be innocent,_ yet lie is kept sometimes for months in prison beforo he is tried. Tho natives are very poor and during our first few days looked very sourtempcrcd, but wo had no incivility.— Yours, etc., C. H. TRIPP. Timaru, Dec. 30th.

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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 17

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THE TROUBLE IN JAVA. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 17

THE TROUBLE IN JAVA. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 17

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