In the following years trouble started for the Balinese; the
sultan of Surakarta, in Java, ceded to the Dutch " rights
" he did not have over Bali, but they took no steps to
claim them. The Balinese princes recognized Dutch supremacy,
but retained their local autonomy. In x 846 the question of
the ancient right of the Balinese to confiscate the cargo of
wrecked ships brought the first Dutch military expedition against
North Bali, which, after a series of battles, ended in Dutch
control over the northern states of Buleleng and Jembrana in
1882. The Balinese princes were made to sign a treaty in which
piracy, slavery, and the exercise of shore rights were forbidden
and in which they promised not to permit the establishment of
any other European power in Bali.
In 1885 there was a rebellion of Sasaks, the vassals of the
Balinese in Lombok, while in Bali internal wars broke out among
the various Raja. Sasaks were brought to Bali and forced to
fight During these wars the united states of Badung and Klungkung
annexed Mengwi and they all turned against the troublesome Raja
of Gianyar. The Sasak chiefs complained to the Dutch, asking
to be freed from the tyranny of the Balinese princes. The Dutch
were becoming alarmed at the friendly advances of the Balinese
towards the English, and officials were sent to negotiate a
peace. They were unsuccessful and even apologies demanded for
insults to the envoys were refused.
