THE German invasion of Holland and the flight of Queen Wilhelmina's Government have thrown the Dutch East Indies largely on their own devices. Indeed, as these lines are written there are indications ...

To see the real Jakarta, take a wander down the alleyways, in the kampongs,” says coffee shop owner Reza Adhiatma, who was ...

Latest is a diminutive, 21-year-old Javanese named Harry Lim, editor in chief of the Batavia, Dutch East Indies magazine Swing (Officieel Orgaan van the Batavia Rhythm Club), circulation 800.

Until last week Japanese-Dutch negotiations on the Indies were as different from Japanese-French “negotiations” on Indo-China as black and white. The Japanese just walked into Indo-China in ...

WE are indebted to the Royal Observatory of Batavia for the following valuable publications:—(1) meteorological, magnetical, and seismometric observations for 1906, and (2) rainfall observations ...

The ‘unlucky voyage’ In 1629 Batavia, a three-masted sailing ship bound for the Dutch East Indies, ran aground on a coral reef in the arid Houtman Abrolhos Islands off western Australia, which ...

The Dutch East Indies, in the late 19th century. Capt. Hanson of the "Batavia Queen" is preparing to embark on a salvage expedition. His mistress, Laura, knows the location of a ship belonging to ...

Eleven German-Jewish refugees have been refused permission to land at Batavia, Dutch East Indies. It was reported here today, the immigration officials contending that they were not bona fide ...