Stebbing R. 1963 2/6 Asian Trip Kuching Feb. 10 from oil, the sultan had provided free school lunches, free education, pension system, etc. The cause of the uprising was not clear. The rebel leader wasn't even in the country when it occurred, hence it was abortive and was quickly put down with little blood shed. Suggestions have been - the communists were seeking power, the people were dissatisfied (yet the sultan was liked and had done well for the people), it was a camouflaged Indonesian attack. Some of the people in northern Sarawak became involved. Why did they help? Dickson went into the history of Sarawak a bit. There have been 3 English Rajahs, the first was a good man who gained great respect and whose influence to this day causes the people in the longhouse to be friendly with the white man. He stopped piracy on the highways, for which he was criticized as a meddler by the people in the home country. His son also was a good ruler. The last Rajah, who is still alive, and who finally decided rule by a single family was an anachronism, should have educated the people, but didn't. Dickson thinks little of him. Head hunting is passé. Formerly it was a way of showing bravery and there were religious connotations. The women apparently encouraged the men in head-taking. They