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 THE DUTCH AND THE NATIVES 71 Dutch to the best sites in the enclosed island world. The positions which they took up were either strong for war or rich in trade, and eventually passed into the A CHINESE 8TREET IN BATAVIA, JAVA. (Copyright by Underwood and Underwood, New York. ) Dutch power by conquest from the Portuguese or by treaties with the native chiefs. Almost everywhere we find a defensive alliance with the natives against the Portuguese becomes the basis of the Dutch power. Thus