. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . li llhrt GRIMMS RESTAURANT, SURABAJA. -M^.. THE OLD SIMPAXG CLUB, SURABAJA. To face p. 68. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 69 Merbabu, is merely a fortress, originally intended tobridle the Sultans of Surakarta and Djokjakarta, andto prevent their making raids upon the Dutch posses-sions on the coast. It is, above all, an example ofDutch tenacity, its utility to-day being practically about 1837, it was built of human lives,for the builders had to fight three enemies : the marshfever; the treacherous, muddy water, which wou
. Java, Sumatra and the other islands of the Dutch East Indies . li llhrt GRIMMS RESTAURANT, SURABAJA. -M^.. THE OLD SIMPAXG CLUB, SURABAJA. To face p. 68. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 69 Merbabu, is merely a fortress, originally intended tobridle the Sultans of Surakarta and Djokjakarta, andto prevent their making raids upon the Dutch posses-sions on the coast. It is, above all, an example ofDutch tenacity, its utility to-day being practically about 1837, it was built of human lives,for the builders had to fight three enemies : the marshfever; the treacherous, muddy water, which would sud-denly sweep away work and workers; and finally aneruption of Merbabu, which in July, 1867, when thework was apparently completed, cracked or destroyedthe whole structure. Worse still: at the end of nume-rous periods of forced labour, to which the unhappyinhabitants of the country had been compelled, a terriblefamine broke out, as the peasants had been unable tosow and to cultivate their rice-fields. Ambarawa, createdby the will of the metropolis, according to the plans ofthe metropolis, in obedie
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