Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — DUTCH SLAUGHTER JAVANESE [ARTICLE]

DUTCH SLAUGHTER JAVANESE

Take Revenge For the Death of Fifteen of Their Soldiers. Batavia, Java, Aug. 31.—Sharp punishment has been inflicted upon the rebels of the island of Flores by a Dutch detachment, fifteen members of which were killed in an ambush set by the natives. The Dutch sent for reinforcements and attacked the rebels fiercely. The natives had 117 men killed.