The Hidden Force

First published 1922
All rights reserved

Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh [5]

Translator’s Note

The Hidden Force gives a picture of life inthe Dutch East Indies in the last year of the nineteenth and the firstyear of the twentieth century. Conditions have altered slightly sincethen—Dutch ladies no longer wear “sarong” and“kabaai” so generally, and there are other minorchanges—but the relations between the Europeans and the nativesremain very much as they were.

I have translated nearly all the Malay and Javanese words scatteredthrough the text, agreeing with my publisher that the sense of colourthroughout the book is strong enough without insisting on these nativeterms, and I have done my best to reduce foot-notes to a minimum.

Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Chelsea, 20th November 1921 [7]

Contents

•      Page
• Translator’s Note     5
• Chapter One     9
• Chapter Two     19
• Chapter Three     26
• Chapter Four     39
• Chapter Five     46
• Chapter Six     54
• Chapter Seven     59
• Chapter Eight     69
• Chapter Nine     78
• Chapter Ten     94
• Chapter Eleven     102
• Chapter Twelve     111
• Chapter Thirteen     116
• Chapter Fourteen     123
• Chapter Fifteen     
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