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lS\ those who injured mothers -whö-'did not<.ofïéud -them.'. Recollect,, for in.
distance,’ the case$Br Jaing Rdrid of Surabaya, nttoi was put to deaths nn-
^Ljustly: washisldeathrnot avenged, and. for this one innocenïKfe wastere
ftndtiafterwawis-a ‘retrahutioh: of! sixteendivéb3&-i Mêrta Prfra-wasembar-
rassed^and knew« not swhat answer to make»£:.The Raden Adipati iaughed,
andwasdföllowed^by all the chiefs'; hé.afterwards said, “ refills is tlaeleffect
ff.*>f..e^5eiénce! Mêrta Péra is a young man,/and ndtiaye''io ;e>ph:t#!^^|h
fiiargument with.-. Adipati Jdya Ningratj hisxeldef.” ' . .^However, Raden
Mêrta Péra.taking.acUp-of tea, recollected-himself, and prepared tottaplyj
After drinking the-.tea,-and replacing the -.cup, he. im m éd lately: ad dre?sed
Adipati Jdya Ningrat: “ How can you -talk thus ? Is it not better to-fnish
‘.‘.ithebusiness 'al once, and.not by halves? .CfLwhat.u'sfetisjfi to.talk, of jpïë-
*?. cedents?. What wasithe?case:formerly is;. onefe»thing.y; the .present/-affair
is altogether different: . they, cannot, be compared, together. .W^hajjetnbw
“ ;our own master,- .whose, wishes we must.follow. . We.miJ^make i new
*5 .example, and leave othersi!tp!.act: up,,to &.” ■■? riSi®. i.tR4dmtjA;dipdti:
demanded of all the other Bopdtis theiivepinion in thisj affair, .|to/.whi£t),i£Mey
replied, * * ns advisethé/Jïigiitó^ to follow his. 05531^ inclin^fiori,''•either • to
assist the Dutch according to treaty, ori condition thatjthoy,*cai^el@lI#dbli-
ffgations^&c. on the part of the Susünan to the^jQötehj^Tjit^^^stMtó j
** Chinese in destroying_thè Dutch, apd^ after that-J|o; get', rid ,©&|h^Ohi-
‘Tnese altogether, or allow them to remain, as .the; dhtsiinam mayhthink
«proper.”—
• This, opinion was on the nèxt day carried :tqv%&Su^&?iad>'. by the* Raden
Adipdti,..who furthèb suggested, thatdit would beew^Upto ^epcourage r|4^'
Chinese to/act against the Dutch ; tha!t wfieh'4 h#7Watiiti&S,-fh*®/lB,i iH l l
be .easy to~perceive which was the best sidefto- assist, and .thatrthe Rusupuh
should appear to remain neutral for the present. Thé Süsénan - having
listened to.this advice! approved of . it. He in*, consequence (directed; that
WM* Piléa ^sdsdd/quietly.reftirn,to his province, and should lerhsouïagé the
Chinese, to act agaidst the Dutch, iand promise them, that in the^vOnt1-' i f
their, success the Sttstinati. woidd-joinrthem.. j He alsoAirected that the other
Popd/« should make preparations for collecting their forces.,
. I11 pursuance of these orders, Mérta Béra secretly .proceeded to Grobógan,
and communicated with' thé 1 chiefs who had been, elected by.the Chinese,
named: IncKiMdekarK andjMuda.Tile. The.:Chinese; ofifdrqbógah Immediately
wrote tö jSoigse/«, the chief at Tdnjung Welafian,. Who was equally
pleased
pleased :tyith this promis® of support. The: Ghin®e. from Grobógan then Kem Sara,
went and joined„%eÈê)at< Tdnjung Waldhan, fit being arranged that Mêrta À*à nisi
should.-meke a sham'attach' upbn,them,: from which■ :they, should Pakabuan» za.
appear fto-fly; *
Mérta Pûr'a then Wrote to the Dutch commander fit, Semdr'ang, telling-him
that, béffia;d/ô£5te jÿftoni] the minister to attack the Chinese,..and requesting to
be supplied with rammûnitionÿ < >Wbi’ch was immediately- sertt. The Dutch
were completely /_dec^ivA4w They;rfurnished ' Mér-taz Péra' with' twenty
touskets, eight: carbines and. e'igfrtjppistols, and eight barrels of powder:
they all^ sent,, thirty. Dutch soldiers.. Mêrta commenced the attack
before they came, and thus secured the retreat Q%fche Chine s ë. On this
Occasion he shot three"horses with ball, and showed them to the Dutch as
haying been wounded under -him.
j In'the mean time the commandant a t - - d e c e i v e d by the assurances
of Mêrta Pura, requested the officers at Kérta Sûr'd’to- call upon the
Sûsénan for assistance. He directed that Mérta Pttr&sbquld be reinforced,
but that the chief who commanded the party should receive .secret1 instruct
fions not to annoy the Chinesefin earnest, but to act as MértaPurahaà done.,
With respect to the. Chinese at Kérta Sûr a, he directed ' that they should» Be-
informed, that on the-next morning thé Javans would, make ' a sham attaclt
upon them, when they must retreat and join a party of Chinese assembled at
the Désà Sarója in Kedâ, to which place they Would be pursued/iand from
ifte Javan, chief was to return, saying that" on account’ <jf ^heir
numbers he- could advance no.iurther.
' Secret-orders to,this effect were immediately givenjto all thé chièfsr -■ Th®
Adipdtis of Pâti, Demdk, and Kedû, were at the same time, directed to go and.
make a false attack upon the Chinése. at Tdnjung Waldhan, and afterwards to
retreat to .Semdrang as if beaten; order that the commander might
believe that the Susûnan was determined to assist; the Dutch.
The captain and lieutenant of the Chinese at Semdrang having been pnt in
confinement by the commandant, all the Chinese,-at that place.joined their
countrymen at Tdnjung Waldhan, The Chinese then moved to Kdrang
Anyer, where they Were attacked. The Javans retreated to Semdrang ahd
were assisted by the Dutch. The chief, Singseh, in concert with. Mérta
Pdra, now laid siege to Semdrang.
■ . The commander at Kérta Sûra requested assistance against the Chinesê
at Aihbardwa, which was granted, with the same instruction to the chiefs as in
v o l . in , 2 F the