Java Holiday Tour Through Batavia to Soerabaja
The article recounts a two week exploration of Java from Batavia to Soerabaja with rail travel and steamer links. It highlights volcanoes, Krakatau's historic eruption, a famed botanical garden at Buitenzorg, and abundant flora including many palm varieties.
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Japan
China
Philippines
Singapore
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Boera- Baja
Natare
Soerabaja
Wallace
Salak
Gedeh
Bultenzorg
Boro Boedeer Temple
Gronemen
Krakatau
Strait of
Sunda
Way
Saar
Holland
England
France
Royal Society of Great Britain
Watera
Famoug Botanical Garden
Thamous Botanical Garden
Buitenzorg
Netherlands India
Ives
Tropica
Gar den
Herr Wigman
Herr Wiman
Europe
Tropics
Blutenzorg
Java Gardens And The Great Hindu Temple At Borobudur
The traveler describes Java's lush gardens with banyans and papyrus like a tropical Eden. He visits Borobudur, a vast Hindu temple near Yogyakarta, praised for its labor, architecture, and historical neglect after 15th century Muslim invasions.
A Bulwark in Time of War and Wonders of Java Temples
The piece discusses Britain's wartime defense ideas inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling, advocating mobilized motorists and rifle ranges. It shifts to a travelogue on Buddhist temples in Java including Boro Budur and Branbanan, noting vast terraces, Buddha images, and ancient ruins near Dijoki Marta and Jaya.
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Sola
Java
Hindoo
Boro Boedoer
Dickjakara
Bora Boedeer
Archaeologie
London
Rudyard Kipling
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Kipling
Britain
Gerard
Hindhead
Oest
Stamford
Jenen
Great Dagaba
Buddhig
Branbanan
Dijoki Marta
Stamford Raffles
Bis
Higland
Jaya
Doyle Plans for England Defense Stir Public Interest
A column discusses Dr. Doyle’s idea of organizing motorists into a defensive force to boost Britain’s security without taxing railways. It notes Doyle’s appeal to automobilists via the Legion of Frontiersmen and compares wartime anticipations by authors on both sides of the Channel.
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Dr. Doyle
Great Britain
Legion of Frontiersmen
Sherlock Holmes
Britain
Germany
France
England
London
Scestern
Moriturua
Peace in the Philippines From Harpers Weekly
A War Department official recalls a man seeking reliable updates on the Philippines asking if there is peace. The source notes the question reflects concerns about conditions and stability in the region during that period.
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Philippines
Harpers Weetly
War Department
Mad man holds up church during Good Friday service
A dramatic incident occurred at a church near Luwee on Good Friday when a man escaped from a nearby nestle burst into the communion, leveled his rifle, and forced the lion out. Parishioners fled behind the de pillara and choir as the attacker faced the crowd until authorities intervened and took him to an asylum.
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Horn
Luwee
de Pillara Ang
Vicer
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