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This is the background story of the events in the Pacific and the meaning to us and to the generations to come Sarawak and venture in statehood The drums in the jungle It is but two hours since the wireless drop the message and already tribal drums echo it to every corner of Sarawak The great white father returned to the The Japanese are gone from our land and the white raja comes soon again to Putin This is a Sarawak mother one of the deac whose first men have inhabited this strange kingdom on the west coast of Borneo as far back as their ancestors could remember but tonight. We are alone my son There is neither Japanese nor white raja in the palace and the voices of the night people and the bullfrog are heard only by deac like ourselves and Melee and cayenne Tonight the heart of our people beats as it did in the days before the first white raja came to the shores of Sarawak That was over a hundred years ago in the days of my illustrious grandmother Who stood as a girl on this same beach as her people what strange foreign both drawn near This was the schooner royalist of Singapore My grandmother ran to the edge of the shore look she cried these manners men who have ever come to Sarawak You are right tenor their faces are pale. Can it be that they are painted for war my friend. No tenor There is lost in their continent these men come as friends Help them with the bulls men of Putin These are friends to Sarawak That's a rash thing to welcome strangers of whom nothing is normal Did you not hear finger and quota would have them had said they come in team I heard Hannah Do not forget that I am governor to Sarawak Patience and get on my quota. We do not forget that you are governor But do not you forget that I am a raja mood on No further words my quota my smile welcome this they take off a Mr. Give me the word I'll cut him to ribbons. Give me the word Hold on Billy boy. They mean no harm They're trying to help you out of the boat. Oh, let's get him boys. It's the first boss in Singapore Strange tongue is this mood I have seen they speak a language we have never heard Yeah, Lida is one who laughs. We need not fear I look for my clothes. Oh, Mr. But I don't trust these candy boo. They just want to see if you're quite all over Billy boy Well, he isn't. I'll just let it pass late. Let him look and have it done with All right, all right enough now Which one of you is cheap? Chief head man can't understand Which one of you is cheap? The plot is just looking thin like it was for me. Where's the millie? Perhaps you can make them understand. Yeah, yeah, we're in traffic. Can't you see the stupid knees yet? I am here to one. No, Jenny's ready. I'll go it then now Jen. Which one is their leader? Yes, okay, which one you see the way master would know. I am the Roger Mooder This one's one is the Prince of Sarawak. Tell him I am James Brooke Master of the ships that is anchored in his harbor Tell him I've heard that there is war among his tribes and that I have come from far across the sea to offer my assistance The great white master comes to bring help in conquering those who are disloyal to Roger Mooder I have warned your mother Stranger means harm to Sarawak. Send him from our shores before it's too late. You are too anxious, Makota One would think you are in league with the uprisers Tell the white 20s welcome and that we will speak further in the council hall of the village This was how they came my son the first white men to set foot on Sarawak In a great ship from across the sea from Malia as a matter of fact Something like 475 miles across the South China Sea James Brooke had heard rumors in Singapore of a Borneo uprising that a certain Prince of Sarawak was helpless We are alone here white one and the truth may be spoke The plight of Sarawak is desperate and even I the Prince I'm far less Is my governor Makota? He is evil and he would stir the tribes against me I'm in need of your help white one Roger Mooder same Kota bank much trouble. He wants you stay here that skipper the blooming Prince is a fry Tell him I will put down the rebellion and protect him from Makota That I must be made leader in his place Tell him those are my only terms. He doesn't agree. We leave it once and he can help himself In can I Roger Mooder? I see that I am single to it. Thank you for he will be my life Makota, thank you for don't go white one I will give you even my country my government and my trade all this I will give to you and your generations after you if you do not desert me Now in my heart of need you will even be Roger of Sarawak And in this way my son the first wife Roger came to rule over our people and He learned our language and the customs of our people and made peace among the tribe punishing their own doers and Even as a father who taught many things to the people of Sarawak The hills were rich in minerals especially gold with Chinese miners who would come to Sarawak before James Brooks Had built into quite a profitable industry the white Roger became a friend to the CD at and Throwed him much that was evil was destroyed and what brought harm to the men and women of the tribes was forbidden Before then when a new house was built for the chief a post was driven through the body of a young lady in Order that good fortune would prevail in the house But the first white Roger stop this barbarous practice must stop at once Same you will instruct your chiefs that the spirits wouldn't accept so cruel a sacrifice Wrong and it is for me your wisdom is great white one and ours not to question You know skipper sometimes I don't know whether to take these books for fiends just children is don't know no better Well, it will take time bill, but we will put an end to these savages Little by little we will teach them. We'll get them to understand law and order and a government they could rely on Yes, my son the first white Roger did much to correct the ways of the tribe and The DX began to look on him as more than mortals as One perhaps sent by some favorable spirit and on the evenings when he sat among them They would sing in pensations to his fellow You are the long sword Sweeping off the long sheathen a bone palm You are the combs the champion fighting cook that never runs away You are the wall type of closely You are the tiger from the summit of far long with a throat and But all did not love the white Roger my son There was my coat Whom some called the evil one and there were Chinese traders and minors and There were the acrebel and pirates Far away in England they talked of all the battles fought here To answer this question the white Roger went back to England to the beautiful court of Queen Victoria The Queen asked him how he controlled all of our people whom he knew so little I find it easier to govern 30,000 mayleys and DX than to manage a dozen of your Majesty's politicians Sarawak must be a strange and fascinating land. It's a beautiful land your Majesty As you know it's situated on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo must be very near the equator Directly mum With the climate it will grow anything The interior is hilly and covered with tropical jungles accessible only by way of the mini-rivers The land is rich mum and the natural resources is yet untouched Full of lumber gold silver diamonds in the hills in the jungle cane Seigo pepper and all this is yours James Brooks belongs to By what right do you call yourself? Roger Farrow X the rate of transfer Right of this document which I beg of your Majesty to read Top for the government is far away Agreement made me Here it is It was a pure heart and high integrity Pangoran Muda Hasseen son of the late Sultan Muhammad Hereby transfers to James Brooker squire the government of Sarawak Together with the dependencies thereof revenue and all its future responsibilities And what in turn did Sarawak receive for its Dependencies and Revenue thereof law nor a mom in a civilized company Good who rules Sarawak is no concern of England, but Sarawak looks across the sea to Singapore Guardian of our lifeline to the east It is good to know Roger that his government is friendly to our own your Majesty I am Roger of Sarawak, but first I am a subject of great They've been acted up this way all over the country It doesn't count and then Chinese is exactly that and I make no bones about his eyes. I don't hold your tongue You can leave what is the grievance of your Chinese? Injustice to my Chinese brother we explore the jungle and develop minds. I know we are supposed to pay tax You Chinese control all the trade in Sarawak, that is good But you cannot continue to exploit the natural resources of the country without having to pay for the improvement Rubber and the gold in the spaces that are taken from the deox will continue to be tech But we are taxed also on what is important our machinery and rice Which we must bring from abroad to see the man workers You must understand the things are no longer as they were The government has come to Sarawak the taxes will remain What have you to say Do not approve of the changes one the changes are for their own good. What else you are up until it's one Who would rule after you tell the chiefs that those in my blood will rule My nephew Charles has been chosen, but motor have some husband the right to give over the rule of his people Who says this McCutter the chiefs or yourself? It is the speaking of the chiefs one and the Sultan of Brunei and tell them this and listen all of you Do you see this ribbon which I wear? It is the order of the bath It is a great honor and replaced on your Roger for the queen of the most powerful nation in the world a nation with many ships and many guns The English Queen recognizes the lawful right of your roger to rule The trouble came to Sarawak her ship and her guns will come to his aid remember this all of you Now go get out I don't like it skipper. They mean trouble getting pretty tired of all this wrangling number. Is that my counter? There's no difference in his oldest things, but I'm getting old And I think I'm getting sick. You know what? Yes, let me feel your head Wow, you're burning up and There's marks on your skin. Oh, you don't think it's smallpox bill That's what it's coming on You'd better go up river in the morning and bring my nephew Charles to kitchen Then trouble came my son My coat a home some called the evil one and the Chinese traders plotted against the white raja They stirred up the tribes of the jungle and the gold workers 600 of them Makota led them down the river in many books to set fire to the palace and To kill the white raja at midnight. They came down the river to cook There's something on the river Bill, where are you for something wrong up there? What's that noise I say? And that light bill coaching is unfair They tend to do it they dance a rebel against me Rebels they got guns and Mr. River from power Bill your heart I'm down skipper I'll never mind about me. What about you the palace is No way out I'll make it and I'll come back never wish they've never seen this My son with his knife held between his feet the white raja swam beneath the river and the return to put down the rebellion and He rolled in peace for many years I spoke link character this James broke the first but coaching was destroyed all burned to the ground and The beautiful coaching but you know my child was built in later years by the new raja Who came to the palace in my mother's child Anthony Johnston Rook? Matthew of James and father of the present raja governs Sarawak in 1868 To 1917 second the raja raised the great balustrade of stone upon the mud banks and laid out build on and the fountain there as you see it The great road which winds through the marshes was built by him and The pure white buildings would scatter through the city of coaching But though he brought much good to Sarawak and rolled for many years Strangely the second raja was not loved by the DS because his uncle had been No, no, no, I will not permit these formalities to take place in my kingdom There must be an end to this nonsense once and for all Yaks must learn that life is a serious business not just a matter of pleasure and with Irresponsibility but the natives have always been permitted a festival whenever the chiefs proclaimed one have always been permitted Hmm, you mean that in my uncle's time such nonsense was well I am my uncle if I may remark sir your uncle was greatly loved by the native and I am not you imply Actancy I only meant what you meant is of no consequence. I know what they think The coal in human machine Even for his own family Not the right Those things are not important to me. Let them get mad by my work. Let me be my monument in Sarawak Well soon my son will be rousal. That's he will be more than my uncle But when he steps to the throne, he will find a far different sort of life than I found 50 years ago And when the third white raja was installed at the palace in kuching our people were glad But he was tall and fair and his eyes smiled at his children and He spoke to our heart. This was 1918 when by their brook that sent to the Rajah of Sarawak I make known to you that as the white label and the Kundal fruit show fight where they are split So too is my heart I'm blenny staunch you My people rich and poor need never be afraid If you are in trouble or have anything to complain of I wish you all to tell me so that I can help you Therefore never be afraid to come to me Good to be alone my dear Facing a crowd seems such an ordeal for me. That's something you'll have to get used to vinyl for now You're Roger and wherever you go, there'll be great prong to the subjects waiting to see you and hear you speak You were splendid today. I could feel how much they love you. You are now there a twang twang Yes, but I'm no sooner installed. I have come to an expedition. Is it trouble again with the tribes in the interior? No, this time it's a peacemaking Now that you have settled this blood feud you recognize that all are of the same stock and have no further cause for this bill You're honest my companies are in a position to make a most handsome financial arrangement for your majesty's government Concerning the likes to cut and export lumber. I'm aware of your proposal, mr. Roberts But unfortunately the forest in question have been declared a national reserve, but surely a linus There's lumber enough in the jungle to last to our lifetime our lifetimes are not enough, mr. Roberts The forest must be held in trust the generations who come after us I speak for the Chinese We welcome the opportunity to speak with one who represents a so large a portion of our population We most respectfully question the restrictions recently placed on the production of proper sire The new order provides for a smaller quota than ever before Roomba has provided great revenue regaining for this reason as they can necessary to conclude an International agreement in order to maintain the present high price of Roomba This cartel will be a lasting benefit to Sarawak and Through the years my child Sarawak grew in the eyes of the world and Couching became a model for all cities and In the hundredth year after the first white raja came a great festival was propelled And flags and banners flew in the wind a hundred and one salute I counted from the cannon in the harbors and Great men in splendid uniforms came from far across the sea to honor the raja and the run Because of the extremely troubled times in which we now live It has become desirable to Sarawak in view of the military protection that would be afforded That's British participation in our affairs be increased Henceforth an administrative council of British officials Military protection was a might late around December 18th 1941 the Japanese landed First the Miri oil field and then at the capital to change Unresisted by even so much as a British frigate But the white raja had managed to leave Sarawak and now with the war ended and the Japanese expelled from his kingdom The raja met once more with British colonial officials this time in London two months ago indeed my dear raja The crown recognizes your rights in the kingdom is also aware of the strategic importance of Sarawak to the Empire For this reason it is desirable that there should be an extension of authority giving the resident British representative an effective voice in all substantial matters of policy and administration and Such jurisdiction as would enable him to legislate for Sarawak in our opinion The time has arrived and the territory itself should be seated to his majesty the king you offered to see it Sarawak to the Empire raja responsibilities have become too great for an absolute eminence your highness the representatives of your people agreeing I believe the other gentlemen and I may safely state that your proposal would be acceptable to his majesty's cup So you see my son Our country is to be part of the great empire of Britain the land of our white raja and There is talk that much money a Million pounds will be paid to the white raja to care for him and his family all their life When this word came out my son Many people came to ask questions of the white raja and your highness my paper wants to know if the natives of Sarawak were Properly consulted about this million pound trust fund Roger. Yeah, what about your nephew the person there to the gentleman Please one of the time Roger and I will be glad to answer your question, but not quite so fast Well from a woman's angle your highness Would you mind showing us the real reason for the session real reason why of course my daughter's that's really why We've got three gorgeous daughters. Thank God for them, but no son. No heaven knows we've prayed hard What about what about Parliament's demands of the Sarawak State Council pass on your right to the session Roger Oh the council agree because of change will benefit Sarawak Darling, don't they understand the Sarawak people agree to anything the Roger wants It's just the case of a few leading ones squawking on the friend and saying yes, Roger Is there any truth to the report that the melee and Chinese communities threatened to rebel? Peace in Sarawak and before the end of March the running and I'll return there In the meantime, I should like to read you an excerpt from a message. I'm going to send to my people In Sarawak all solace it arrives from the Roger. I am the spokesman of the people's will No one of you will question what I do in his high interest Your future happiness the lies in another realm There shall be no other Roger of Sarawak after me the people of Sarawak will become Dixitl the king and this is for your good my royal command Yes, the white Raja will come again to coaching my son and When he has said farewell new and different days will be ours but you are part of the past and You will remember all that I have told you and All that I shall tell you all the days of my life this you will never forget and One day perhaps when I am long since gone It may be yours my son To see that Sarawak truly belongs to the people of Sarawak To the DX and the Mailing the Kayans and the Moors and To all the other tribes who dwell in our land You have been listening to the Pacific story presented by the national broadcasting company on a affiliated independent station to clarify events in the Pacific and to make Understandable the cross currents of life in the Pacific basin for a reprint of this Pacific story program Send 10 cents and stamps or coin the University of California Pratt Berkeley, California May I repeat for a reprint of this Pacific story program? 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