No, it doesn't suggest a Dutch East Indies connection, but it does suggest a plot in which foreigners are involved, which would have involved plenty of English nationalism and xenophobia regardless of the foreigners involved. To be honest, I looked up 1894 and Dutch steamships and saw what came up. The rest of the story followed from there.
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Date: 2004-01-02 05:47 pm (UTC)