ides of the, Secstariat of jackie, Oxford, ingens te: of Pa tions This is an' extremely. important contribution 0 the study of. the overseas Chinese, who have played such, great part in colonizing and developing those territories called in China the South Sea Islands, among which the Netherlands East Indies are Included, and whose influence on lations, which at first were friendly, became estranged and in 1202 punitive force of 20,000 men wae gent Java. Although the army was defeated—the Chinese called ita "conquest" of Javaj—the Chinese element in Java_was undoubtedly strengthened and the expedition must have some bearing on the interest displayed in this part of the world by the people of Fukien, from whom the expedition was recruited, From that date on records are clearer and the history of the Netherlands Bast Indies during native rule and afterwards under the Netherlanders, who arrived in 1590, is largely the' story of the enterprise of the Chinese mer~ chant, shopkeeper and coolie living and developing under alien rule one of the richest territories In the world. At the present time, the milllon-and-ar halt, Chinese inhabitants coniltate tone of the most important groups producers in the Netherlands overseas empire.
Dr. Cater deals exhaustively" with his subject, describing the financial economic foundations of this group and the social systems involved, together with the political aspects, and elaborates his study with useful The "Survey of International Alfairs, 1936," by Arnold J, Toynbee, assisted by V. M, Boulter, is to be published in two volumes on December 10 by™the Oxford University" Press, under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs,
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