In 1942, the Japanese surged through the Dutch East Indies, conquering territory at an incredible pace. By February, Japanese ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.

The white man had reoccupied Java, richest and most densely populated of the East Indies, with such weak forces that he had been forced to call on armed Japs for police help. Now Dutchmen, Eurasians ...

THE German invasion of Holland and the flight of Queen Wilhelmina's Government have thrown the Dutch East Indies largely on their own devices. Indeed, as these lines are written there are indications ...

All the open spaces around the great naval airfield at Surabaya, Java, are set with bamboo stakes, about waist high, their tops whittled razor-sharp. A visiting journalist recently asked what they ...

The government of the Dutch East Indies has appointed F. C. van Lier mayor of Cheribou, a city on the Dutch island of Java, according to word received here today from Batavia, the capital of Java. Van ...

THE Rubber Research Institute of the Dutch East Indies a Buitenzorg, Java, has recommenced publication after the delay of several years caused by the Japanese occupation, and a number of its recent ...