ia u , ▁A . L . ▁Van ▁Hass elt ▁ad vised ▁the ▁Governor ▁of ▁Netherlands ▁East ▁Ind ies ▁that ▁the ▁Sultan ▁was ▁an ▁oppon ent ▁to ▁the ▁Dutch ▁and ▁imm ers ed ▁with ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁hard core ▁ver zet party . ▁Later , ▁on ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Col onial ▁Res ident ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁Dutch ▁flag ▁was ▁not ▁being ▁raised ▁during ▁his ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁royal ▁palace . ▁In ▁his ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁governor ▁he ▁wrote ; ▁" it ▁seems ▁that ▁he ▁( S ultan ▁Abd ul ▁Rah man ▁II ) ▁acted ▁as ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁so ver eign ▁king ▁and ▁he ▁ra ises ▁his ▁own ▁flag ". ▁Based ▁on ▁several ▁records ▁in ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁National ▁Archive , ▁there ▁were ▁some ▁reports ▁that ▁the ▁Sultan ▁then ▁apolog ised ▁to ▁the ▁governor ▁over ▁the ▁" flag ▁incident ". ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁reply ▁to ▁the ▁e heim ▁letter ▁number ed ▁ 1 0 3 6 / G ▁ 9 ▁August ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁Ind ies ▁Council ▁agreed ▁on ▁the ▁proposal ▁put ▁forward ▁by ▁Hur gr on je ▁and ▁author ised ▁action ▁against ▁the ▁national ist ▁association . ▁Non eth eless , ▁advice ▁to ▁the ▁Sultan ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁first ▁to ▁put ▁forward ▁a ▁military ▁action ▁towards ▁the ▁kingdom ▁and ▁association . ▁The ▁council ▁also ▁ad vised ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Res ident ▁in ▁R ia u ▁to ▁avoid ▁entering ▁contract ual ▁agreement ▁before ▁ach ieving ▁cons ensus ▁with ▁the