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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918
HOLLAND PREPARED TO WITHSTAND KULTUR DIKES READY FOR FLOODING DUTCH DEFENSM
HOLLANtfSAKMY
500,000 STRONG
HOLLAND'S EFFICIENT LITTLE ARMY PREPARED TO DEFEND NEUTRALITY
INUNDATION IS CHIEF
uemummxiijwummnmiegnaBi!Kr.
mmsmMiVflrmi'tmru-Mimujsa
DEFENSE OF HOLLAND
8
mmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmB
Formidable Body, 'Well
Prepared to. Defend the
National Honor
GROWTH OF FEW YEARS
Best Trained Fighting Force)
in History of the Netherlands
Only some two day1 mari.li north or
the battle arena In inlanders stands a
formidable arms', Intact, fresh and vigor
ous, that has not yet fired a phot In the
Kreat war. It la tha' army of ttio Neth
erlands. That army has been growing ever
alnce the work of ttalnlng began fever
ishly back In August, 1914, and has been
carried on without a break. A special
law was passed In 1913 greatly widening
the clrclo of those liable lo sorlce.
with the result that all tho men under ,
arms on August 1. 1914. were relieved . N tj -.y-j, R , j
by newly trained men and sent home. jiNcttlUU YV 111 IU. 5s Hal ULS
perate "Mailed Fist,"
Capital View
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jf '- '- in nmimrsiiasthsrim
Nation Enabled to Resist Trespass Withi
Flooded Tracts and Submerged Fortifica- '
tions Oceans a.iid Rivers Faithful Allies ;
I "VTO COUNTr.V, peihans had greater Holland would be protected, not i
1 jl l ucaire, oi- nieuier rrasuii, id rciuuiu "" fcci- uuc, out bv thi y,ij '
aloof from the Kuropean war than Hoi- ' the north and In the south I '
land As with all neutral Jiatlon. the estuaries of the JIaas and ScJi.M,71.'
unceaalnK aim of the Dutch was to I protectees area would Include bv f.
present a Kindly. Impartial face to eery ' most attractive and desirable i.iu ""
uruiBurriu. it ivai n urFLUli uuiuu-. wmmij iiif opulent nnirit i
i. : . . .----.- -- ,., . -:. - vuLiernam ,..
'enets of Mi let neutrality but" upon In- -niieraam iiolland'a two . B
,,. ; : " a
laled policy, which Included checks not ' provinces of north and south n.i,'
a'one upon deliberate departute from and Zeeland, The Haue RotleMim M
f enets of Mi let neutrjlitv but'tinon In- Amsterdam Uollatid'H -' .m'4
advertent acts which might Irritate one merclal centersthe ports of mu,m"
' or more of the Covertiments embroiled and Tlia Hook, not to wentlnn '
'1 . the conlllrt. Yet Holland's position i cities as Uoidiechf, T.eyden and u
iiea I ''
th? , .. J.'"!-," " P"!"o 'hat alter ,u xu
ami "-in iino miicni ue roiced bv lmn7.
WASHINGTON SEES
HOLLAND IN WAR
though they can be recalled to the color
Immediately should occasion arise.
That the country's military lcidei
had no Intention to rest on their oais
after the achievement uas shown by a
bill promptly passed by Parliament pro
vldlne for a re-examlnatlon of all men
of the Landstrum born since 18S5 whr
had been rejected for one reason or
another. The measure, of course, yielded
very substantial Increase to Holland's
Available military forces.
How large a mass of trained men
Holland could now place In the field Is
easily discernible. There Is first the
army that was mobilized In the days of
the war's outbreak, probablv not far
TENSION IS NOW GREAT
IVxtiincton, Apill 2 '
tlirinan Is holding the mailed list
over Holland to enforce sanction of
supply shipments through that countr
Into belglum.
In her desperate fffort to ilrUe
throuuh u decision in th (treat went i
front blood zoiiu, the Teuton diplomacy !
is onrn mum nhnuhn, tfa ,,,V,1iit, .lto .
n.iori. vi a. iiuaiiur i ii iiuiuuii luvu. i repgrrt ror the rlifhts of neutrals,
und later sent homo on indefinite leave. ' fho Situation appeared fraught ilth
Then there .3 the new army of a like nl. possibilities, but then, was n strange
slze I dearth of olllclal newn hem nnent the
Moreover, there Is a ery considerable doelopnients. while American officials
body of men, who, prior to 1914. had suggested that the press refrain from
finished their period of fifteen years In too much romment In the absence of
rntlltU, Landwehr and I-andsturm, but facts hire.
who are subject to call should occasion I If war roivis. (Jermanv would tin- '
rOulre douMuIly seek to Plow through Holland,
This should hi Ing the number of opening n ii.ith to Itelglum which she
trained men aai!able to half a million i wants for tmops and supplies. Hol
men and possibly well o-er that num. land's border Is well protected by highly- ,
tor, constituting a far more formidable trained troop-. but It Is doubtful if
and probably better-trained fighting the Imtch could withstand lonu ary
force than tho Netherlands has ever be- berious attempt at Invasion. "
fore possessed In her history. ' Germany's feveilsh ha.i now in
In equipment, too, tho Netherlands pressing Holland led rome authorities
army has made great strides during tho here to believe the Teuton war lords are
last four years. The ammunition In- J anxious at the result of tho Itrltl.sli naval
dustry has been reorganized and enor- i offensive on Zeebrugge and Ostcnd. If'
inously extended. The artillery arm. In the Allies could demolish thtre bases It
which the country was notoriously weak. would necessitate Uermany looking else
has been re-enforced In so far as ma- j where for a base on tho i hannel and
terlal was obtainable. Thn delivery of j Holland offers th only possible point
nntl-alrcraft guns Is also in courts of It Is held certain here that Holland
execution. wil not agree to Herman) 's demands un-
Serlous efforts have been exerted to lc!.s slw is willing to Ktcrlfliu her,
Improve Holland's aerial service. A re- neutrality.
organization Is estimated to cost be. ' Uermatt designs on The Netherlands
tween J7.200.000 and n,800,000. The are if long bUndlng. Somn ye.irs be-'
new scheme provided for fifteen airplane fore the war, Herman Influence sought'
"iiuatyiio, uuiitpwsiiiH niij -eiKui. uHiuu irj urivo a measure tnrough tli" Dutch
"as delicate to a degree not appreciated i 'em
v those who have not studied
politics of thn situation . farters
"Oi.dlt'ons which, perhaps, did not exist .nosui' Dutch enalneeru t..j ."'"
1 m the case of any other Kuropean touu- While the possibility exists u i, ..m"
ti v. might combine a I any time to over-i more than a possibllit) If thl, y
throw the plans of those who are steer- pened the Hollanders' would IiVY"
.nr the Dutch ship through the deWous utterly at loss. They would fill in t
il.anncls of Continental diplomacy. once more. and sacr.nce a stilt ,.
How well. In tills eetif. Holland could area of countrj, would saciiflce t ik
protect herself against Infringement of Inflowing flood. Indetd. all of Hllt I
her neutrality was a matter of opinion, i except the territory wh.eh Inclojei ji
Some believed she rould defend It no sterdam In a clicle, on ths circumfrf.'1''
I more successfully than her neighbor of which Is Haatlem The irut.r5.
i Kclglum did. while, on the other hand, Water Mne, It Is believed, rinderi tktl
there are assettlons of those familiar ' flty virtually impregnable It i
iw.lh their subject that Holland could , guarded by a line of strons- ,... -i..
CTADfTETi 1I7ITU Uf AD i I"ovlde ,no'6 tioublo for an armed tn-(the iear is protected b the iimi !
OlAIllLU Willi VVAlihanaer 1,,an ou,d be accpetable either Zee. Tho flooding of the Xnif.rjJ.
i to Germany or the allied nations at this Water I.lno would nuan the brlnru.
. time . inlo being of the old Haarlem.. .! !
This lako existed a.s late as 1!0, C
HOLLAND'S TROUBLES
Disputes Constantly Arising,
First With Germany, Then
Great Britain
irWu'lmina the Only
(Jui'cu Against Kaiser
The piosppct of Holland's en
trnncf Into the war on tho side of
tho Hntcnto brings shnrply Into
view tho possibility of the Kaiser
having1 arrayed agalnsi him In Ills
nKgresslve plan of world conquest
the first woman yoverelgn to take
up the eauntlet thrown Into the
face of humanity. Sho in Queen
WilhPlmlua Helena I'aullna Maria
of tho Netherlands, tlilrt) -eltrlit
years old. who succeeded to tho
throne on tho death of her father,
Klnis William III, In 1S90.
Her liuMHiiu! Ik n, Cierman piinco
who has novel- been popular with
the Uutrh people. The heir to thr
throne 1m their dauhtir, tlie 1'ilti
cess .luli.m.
Has No lllr Fori l"" ""nl " 't ai 1S10, bd
Thete is no thought that frontier fort- c'l It thlXi'f "V"d "
fosses could hold an enemy at bay or . f,J Hf ihlvlnd P st n- , ExpSM4
more than a few days at most. Holland ' ?u?"tov the Utle vessel tyJ?1"1
has no forts of the strength of I.lege, i 'fla" i01t hl',e., .i"V?f ifnh. at'rM,r,,d
Namur. Huy. or Dlnant. The Dutch. I"; V ?4 nV'SrHS
facing superior numbers, must Inevitably j th h,m hi,i, .... ''
retreat from the frontier and railway iwir ne.N of wpUta cat "',1
centers, and fall back upon Amsterdam ""WB ". ' wasnltI "aft
and territory beyond Ihe famous water- iormer J.vperlfncM
line, wheieupon Hollands chief ally I The confidence of the Dutch in their
would be Invoked inundation. Water , water lines Is strengthened bj the fut
not connon. rifles, men Is the real de- that upon two occasions they hive let
.cnuu ui nun iiiiio iiiiiiiuuiii. 41 in iiuiiT i i,i'- uviwui uuu uiuiikiil UlafomnlUre te
The story of Belgium' valiant defense will lie lepeatetl shoulil
the Germans decide to disregard Holland's neutrality. The upper
light-hand photograph shows Queen Wilhelmina inspecting some
of her troops. To the left in part of Holland's canine army in
action, llclow is a Dutch sentry on guard at the Westphalian
frontier and one of Holland's battleships.
possible that It would be absolutely
potent : rertalnlv If seems Improbable
that a large portion of the country
should fall Into alien possession If the
Dutch were drien to the desperate expe
dient of letting1 In the tea,
strong Invaders. When the hirMrej
thousand' Inadeis of Louis XIV wire
turned back th haste v lth which Inun
dation operations were carried resulted
In the flooding of a neater ares Uitc
was necessary ! no Krench were ibi.
HOLLANDERS FEAR MENACE
OF HUNGRY HOHENZOLLERNS
Dipluni.itir history which covets tho
period from iic-lober, 1(115, to tho pres
ent time, nitistles -hldly the dim-
tittles with which Holland has had to
deal owing to her geographical situa
tion between the belllgeients.
The lecord shows that disputes hae
.itien now with (iennany and now with
i treat ltrltaln, tho progress of which was
followed by deepeM. interest, not lin
inKed with anxiety, by tho entire Dutch
nation.
The oiango Hook was delayed for
month-, in tho hoie that some f-ettle-iiunts
of tho questions at lbsue would
be reached, but several matters were
still in suspense, It sas, und home
appaiently In hopeless deadlock. The
principal of these, niattetf is the hlnU
ing of tho Dutch liner Tubantla. which
Is at the same stage that had been
leacncu ,iune ?. uiu, wnei, io ; i,,,, R )s belletd, would render a bea and uir warfate as applied in thti. i
ciound of elaborate technical evidence, Ia,eo se(ton or t1le count,y as laccessi -.modern days. He does not, hosewr, '
Hermany declared tho incident closed, b, to fo v as )n fiT:, when doubt the ability of the Hollanders to I
i 'iiai no neiiiiuii naiui ""',""" ""rilnu William of Orange Induced ills put up a much stirrer defenee than
Tubantla and Insisted it was likely that countlymen to let In Ihe flood and thus Belgium maintained. The frontier ef
n toipedo which nau ueen prcMousi . sct tt. naught the plans of the army of the Netherlands are guarded by i well
fired at a Htitlsh warship had lemalned i Louis MV ' trained, resolute army, prepired to re
sist Herman invasion, wime tne seieoiit ,
Draw a line through Hronlngen, lutely set at naught, but fieezln. weath.
Vtrecht and Antwerp;' all of Holland I er ga.e them new hope thaw citu,
lying west- of that line, or 38 per cent of however, before the cnem could mil
the country, would be submerged If prop- themselves of the Ice
er openings weio made In the seaward, The Field's corrcxpondent is of epinlM
barrier of dlKrs and dunes. Thus Hoi- that In the end thi, Dutch would be
land largely depends upon Its depression . obliged to give wa- despite Inilndi-
below tho sea for defense. An Invasion tlon, to the attack of a strong pontr i
would surely be met by Inundation, i backed by all tlie lesourcts of und.
planes and slxty-slx scouting planes.
Despite Hermany s own big needs, the
arrival of a dozen machines from that
country was reportod not a great while
Sl gO. T
WIRE FENCES 'TWIXT
Kaiser Masses Troops
on Holland Frontier
Continued from I'tise One
ij'erman ministers, owing lo llio near-
protested "j strongly as to constitute a ncss of their respectho lapltaN, go
urtuai uillmatum a.id the bill was de-li,0me for Instructions of linnortntit
Military experts heie believe that Al- elial-l';t" rMhrr llu" ""' on "" " '
lied forces t-ould be sent to Holland's aid ' certain rharailci- of lelegtaplin. com
, it would require scarrcly more than a. rnunioation
Parliament to fortify the mouths of the
Hcheldt thus affording protection
against attack from the, wea. This was
aimed at Great Britain, and Kngland ,
Ka'iM'r Holds on lo Historic Title of Prince of Orange
House of iSetherlamls Has Only One Heir
in Dynastic Line
afloat ami onu in contact with the
liner.
To this portion of the uraneo Book
a footnote by the Dutch (toernnu.nt
. added that Holland maintained its pte-
linyal vlotis uttitmle that a Herman torpedo
' hank tho Tubanltia and said the Dutch
iioertiment was determined to Jeae
1 gallon Ilelrtw .ea
i. . ,n(. e j,, ti, ni.. ,i Is guarded against any attempt that
of Holland would not exist were It not j might bo made by Ilia -VI Uei, eltiir
for the constant exertions of her people. 1 attack of their own Initiative, or
Xeatlj the entire country Is on a level1 '. ,V1,aml ""LfLw
with, or even below the sea. In the charge of tho defense against Cew.iv
; vlclnltj of ltottcidam there are districts !
roon", manv d tUT""v ' "- m.iituVud "b oVS ?h"1 iU' fc ! ON NEW PLAN PROPOSED;
formation from Germany. i., .., ,..., ..?,.,.. i.. .
rillTrH AMn IJIVkMAN ,ialf mmin Germans to overrun the lit
s-UJlVll XTllllf uuilliinii tie country and force their will.
This would depend on Holland's Ce-
' " termination, however, to literally "sink
Divisional T,inos Arhitrarv. ' or ?w,m-" The scheme of defense of the
. v. littiA ,
At One Place Frontier Bi
V. S. READY TO CALL
EVllltV loval Dutchman, and espe- eldest sou as Kiadthulder, Vlmui a
ally even- loval Dutchman, hates " nnir.v and a half later the office was
and fears the rullUK house of Prussia. m"au Hereditary in ti.o orange fainllj
If this hatted Is unjustifiable as unchrls-1 Origin f llermun Llnlin
tian. tho fear is thoroughly well ground-1 Meanwhile tlio J-'ianvuiil.in Iloberi
ed because Kaiser Wllhelm wears as his zollern. connected by several marriages
own tli proudest and best beloved title with tlm Dutch ruling house, had grown contraband and all ships bound for Kur
il tho Dutt'li ruling house, that ot l 'rince i irorn ainiiuiiius cierman princelings into liinu would lc sent to mo ooiiom,
Another caso dealt with Is that of
tlie destruction In April. 1!H6, by a. Ger
man submarine of tho Dutch steamship
Herkelstrom. Holland sharply demand
ed full reparation for this act. and espe
cially protested against tho Ueiman sub
marine commander's alleged utterance
that all goods bound for England were
flooded almost jegulaily every winter
for some da)s. In all the country there Lor(J ,yce's Committee AppaMntlT.
in nut, u,ir ,(,w, iinug nwwto vvv iii,
and only two provinces are considered
I to be wholly safeguarded by nalme from
Inundation. Ylslrois venturing outside
tlie beaten tiark of Baedeker travel will
no doubt recall the curious experience
of walking In some byvva) arid seeing
the shipping tranlc proceeding at a level
Would Drop Hereditary Prin
ciple Altogether
sects Railway Ticket Office
There Is a barb-wit e boundar) be
tween Holland and her neighbors Ger
many and Belgium that presents a re-
tll?!? I Wm? 1IfT T I V1 ' of Orange. mo powenui rojai nouo or I'russla. ilermanv on JUiy v, ltfib, jusimeci "' "" .,............, ..w.t ,.. ..
ur r .11 u I lyi, ii.1j1j.'Ii JJ , .. . 1 su,,,. n..,t tit..- uin,.i n... n.,i. i, t i.u ini.ii,ir -,r i, irLlit,nn ime m-I heads
."Lit. '.?.:'. "I' :,.":. "L..:. .. 'L ." , thro. eeme.l HUelv t lack .a ,ll,e..c ' vlted tlm owners of the cargo on bond That the Dutch have faced the pes
H a-lilngton, April '.'3 If the comment
of Dutch nevvtpapers, accusing the
Vnltcd Slates of duplicity In the propos
al that equal tonnage thould leave Dutch
liondon, April 25 I-oid Brjce'ij
committee on the leform of the HouhJ
of Lords recommends in Its leportU
I that the houso consist ot two tecfloru.'i
' ....a rxt 'iJir nannd KtcMer 111' nflneltt
vu w, mv I'vtauii-i ..vu. r j.
little neutral embodies concentration of
her forces In a restricted area the
Holland fortress ' comprising the
provinces of Xorth and South Holland,
with parts of Zeeland and Utrecht. Tivo
tnirds of thlfa nrcn Is KiirrounrlnH 1,v tlm
fea. On the land side arc "tronclv es- i harbors for America Is to be taken as throne as prince of Orange. Tiue. the
tablished mllltaiy works, rendered ex-, Indicative nf the feeling of the Nether- 'Dutch Parliament has the right to ilioose
ceedlngly diHlcult of attack by ir.un- j ian(j3 oOVernment and people, the rnlled , '' '!nf W,I?" "it, 'alJ'm'S?, tM", "1 w"
datlons. The German land approaches ' .fNij . ,..,. . ,.,.. .. l"1"' the" T ?.T. " tl1" CJ1 7s ' "
only as his by inheritance from the a me "r"n 1'eeme.i nixciv to jacu a uireci viteu tno owners or me c into OII ..uaiu - -- "-.--, " " , ": , " 1 '", of members o the IIoum of C'ommoM
i region and the same ancestor bv whl.1i he" the llolicnzollcitis have been eager the steamship to make their claims to sibll l or Invasion and have made, prep- .,,..,, . .nraDi,lcal erours ind
. he l?uS:l to III hous :"nh its the title! to what pro.lt th. might make out , ,1... Hamburg prize court ilermanv de- . aratlons o resort to InundaUon In tha; 'VVsf.S'rfeS
: :- "r -.. ' . .'.! ."M ,,f ,,!.,i-..".'u.i:""E . ' :r Jr,": r,'",""; z y,r. zrio'TZ0? , &a jiint .tandiw committ.. of
'Timi snouiii mo uuicii rojai now tan oi , -. .- - - . - - - , , terent Issue of the I oudon houses of Parliament.
an lieir he woulil have n i-laim I., the - - - - ,".. "I "'"nl issue ot tne 1-01 uon tn,. -..-.lu,, th,,, mrxuii li t
land.
Officials
exprersed
hereditary claims.
Only Two I, Ives llrtween
matkable picture at some points, where Trr '3"'1 " " ; hV'for th, cor S oni lg t
It bisects farmhouses, towns, or even dam Is well fortified and there also are I of three ships to oxpedlte grain to Hoi- J llamenta when they conflict witl
cuts straight across the platform of Inundation protections which might pre-
frontler railway stations. ' lude uc.essful attack by the Ger-
., , mans
At one place a street Is divided up control of the Inundations has not
the middle, so that Dutch and German been entirely in military hands, how-!
shops face each other across barriers ever, and the fear Is ptessed here
of barb wire. On the further side of i'!1" "JlKl l?s.Ztm J 'ntI.,u "W"
Hair an riviicu iu uir iiuiiit uei P l no
r par-
ins
the street runs a street railway, which
fa In Germany. Separated from the
tracks by a high wire fence there runs
down the middle of the street a strip
twelve feet wide, which Is neutral
ground. Then comes another fence, and
the narrow bit of road and pavement
beyond It are In Holland. At each street
corner are narrow openings to allow
passage from one country to the other.
sentries of each country standing care
ful guard on either side It is the main
street of a busy town, and the ordinary
town life flows back and forth, while
rune uutcn street boys talk to the.
flooding of the countrv to prevent in
vasion may be jeopard.zed by Ger
man agents.
CHEVRON FOR OVERSEAS ,
SERVICE PLEASES MEN
disappointment
and surprise at the reception accorded , Between any claim that vv imam ...
., . w. , ,u t- ,. . ... . ,, , 'lis eldest son might t.et up to the throne
the offer of the Lnited htates. which, of ,,ollan(1 ther, now stand orrlv two
was based on a proposal of the Dutch lives, that of Queen Wilhelmina and
Government to alleviate suffeilng from i that of her young daughter, and the
a shortage of breadstuff. The offer , Uml omhwet of the Cms has long
I looked good to the ever-hungry Holien-
was ciiplenientary to President Wilson s , gollerus.
statement of March CO. when the Dutch It Is no mere fatrv tale thl about
ships wero requisitioned, that lOO.uOO ! tho Hohenzollern dit-plav of the title
r loin lip. HKrepH wtrn nrnvr a.irnnri. 4 i ,.w ... . v- ... , - ,
WHERE GERMANS THREATEN HOLLAND ; J--",lf SUPX i "oLd tr:35
not offer natural advantages to the de- I lnucla lA V ""-."' m.nj. .i,,t
r i.... , . . ... .. . T. lenoit also tccommenaj uim
icnr. i ma u.uu mean mac an or i , ,-"" , . t, , ,-,..,. nf l).l
rr.i.,,i o . t,. , ,- tha terms of office for members or IM I
.;: on the" south' coaf. "of he econd chamber-shall be tw elve , un.
Zuvdev Zee. tlnoueh TJtrerht nn,r r.nr ' one-tUlrd or tne memoe t
. ,.. r,..,..i.i. -V. . .... , fw rniii-th vear and their piscei
...tin iu yriiiuuciuc c, in ,cru lira- "--.- .. - . v . ,, .i. ..t..f.a.
bar. could be abandoned. This mark, fllled by election J he wlarlMl
the water line referred to above, a ' $ the members shall bo I he sa me
tia.t of country selected to be given up f01- those holding seats in the Houw
to tho floods in event o necesslj J f Emmons, if It Is decided they shan
Koughlv speak'ng this line Is seventy ' " ld- Tho second chamber will not
n,u. i., j ' .r.", I have the nower to amend or reject ,
iniies S ,v.known "tiwns sucTa Hnancla. Mil passed bv the Houje c
i Orotiinseii ami Amii-m r. in ,. n... Commons. When u disagreement.
ot water and would h ahnnHr,n.,i , th. arises over a bill between the) lr
. iw.rfs oiumher.s. the measure may be ri
Men Who See Six Months in France
Peimitted to Wear Gold
Insignia
tons of grain would be provided for
Holland if ships weio i-ont tx) carry it
If Holland docs not deslro to take ad
antage of the offer to expedite the
grain, the. original offer to furnish grain
still hold, but tho time consumed In
ending ships from Holland to America
will delay the relief tlie frilled Stater;
is tes-dy to grunt.
Tlie three ship provided for c.tne.
dititigthe grain were taken oft important
irilfi the nifrlran Arnt.r in 1 rnnce,
April -5 Jov- was hi i end thiough thn
! Atitlra Atnofi, n .vntilitinnatv nrr'A Vlv
the official announcement that all officers '"ns and will have to be returned un
.,.! E.l.a,a,t -a, tn t.- inrd rd.lrJI.,, t va n,4A ll.n li tnnrln ..? .1.. . ....
German street boys through the meshes of whether they are engaged In combat .
Down this street at the beginning of . or doing noncombatant work, ate en- ...... ,mv,, uTr,,,,,.,.,,,
the war the Dutch population watched titled to the gold chevron for six Ghi.MA.Nh HO.NOJt KICIIl HOIE.N
r fn.. o.... j ,. .. L months overseas service.
irmv marehimr .,,h; , . t, , . " A majority already were .porting the
Tn 71 mi e south,v'ard illt0 neelum. I gold V-shaped stripes on their sleeves
All tne villages on the frontier lead a I under the original plan of Issue, whereby
confusedly bisected existence, a belt of only men at the front received the In-barb-wlre
as It were, separating their ' slgnia The American boys not at the
fceads from their feet At n. fw nnini- ' front felt this to be a hardship, as It
I theatrrMnMZhlrl?ZP12 through no fault of thelis that,
is further nenT!-?.aV.e, !b"wlr f?ce they had been assigned to duty In
11 f.uVner Protected by wires carrying- France away from the front, were sta- '
Hectrlc current, and searchlights play tloned at French or British ports or
I up and down the llne during the night, were doing clerical work Instead of i
' Part of the town of Tia.-irie.ir.i-,,,- i . fighting.
Belgian, but it was .avert em f...,, i The decision, was reached, follovving
of Prince of orangVi as evldencu of their ,
claim to the Dutch thtone. Berlin L
waited with Interest and The Haguo i
with uneasiness duilng the eight ears
that passed between tlm matriage of
Wilhelmina and the birth of h. 1 first
und only child.
The Dutch rosal house has been a
small family for some generations, ami '
tho uncertainty of an heir to tlie thtone
is no new thing In the historj of Hol
land. Look up tho Dutch royal house
in the buoks that treat of Kuropean
royal families and you find no long l'st
of unules, brothers, sisters, cousins to
tho envcrelgn.
When Wilhelmina inbeiiied the tin on.'
SCALE .1 , , . ' " ' "l l
"mi I tn i ' :
" su x tw -j1 '
'i ti'.MCa. c'ni.4
Xr AMSTrcAfiai-V .ifJV'i WHine I
vV rl sT crAqCOLOON C I
' . ..a A nAnfucATiP rt thirty mem
Wilt llestrltt Joodlo ' "... ", m wi, l,n.e, and this COS-
The flooding, while ast In lis infill-: fercncB shall teport unanimously to,
ence. would be carefully jestrlcted a to DOii, houses.
area, a lact wnicn tenders this means of I
defense far from the simple e.pedlenl ,,. , . rdl(i, .
that one might think. The Inundation Factory Waste Poisons tame ;
would be regulated by a syslem of spe-' H.rrlibarr. April .5 - -As a result :
daily built sluices and dikes. reports of cattle bemg klU'd V,h'"i''
i ue ouject, sajs the writer in ths i waste prouuets or "" ,.,T;. ifi
Field. "Is to obtain a uniform depth of through excess of salt f;'WBg.V
eighteen Inches. But tho country be- ensilage arid other ea (. , tn BU.
twe the Zuvder Ze and the estuary 'pf'men0 J.ftf'omi " "
which the Msltor to Holland, vra Flush- ri.Vtodt0i""ote.oX aUim J
Ine ullt enml... ,pABtnH ,.... ..t tlla!r . . . .... -.t. t-a.'a ahAwfi
;" .......-. .v..mh jut... ueiuic reeds wiucir Kiueu came nt"
ue came to uorarecnt (or Dort), by a 'hitherto unknown conditions.
occupation early In, the war by the fact
that It la entirely surrounded by Dutch
territory a little Belgian Island In tho
middle of Holland, From here to the
real frontier one travels over a well
Jiaved roadway, which Is Dutch, while
ir.o aucn at tne side Is Belgian. At
negotiations with officials of the War
Department at Washington, and Is ex
tremely popular Those who have, served
less than six months are to be. awarded
a blue chevron
DEFENSE OF HOLLAND AGAINST INVASION
th1?!,?!".'"". the hero of the German neon! ' the great Htadtholdtr. At his assass!
railway station, which Is IJaarle In Hoi-' and with a half wreath beneath """" for whom he fought and died " Hon the Hutch States-General chose
iaim turn ictus in- ueigium, tne frontier . -
runs straight through the ticket office .. rsy-v.T
and out: across the platform on either INUNDATION
Hide, A line of colored tiling In the "V1"'"- -,1"
floor marks the boundary, and tho words
"XederlandS and "Belglcjue" are set Into
th concrete on either side. On both
platforms the sentries of the two. coun
tries fsuje each other at a distance': ,ttf ah
yard or so apart.
Dead Airman Called National Hero ln 1SH0' ns " Klrl of te" ,mlei ,he ,c"
t. tt;. or,. ' gency of her mother, the enuinerat on
oj ills Uliet nf the royrt f,unj included onlv the
, ,. , . . little Queen and tho maternal regent To-
llerlln, April .5 vla London). ja. you fld mentioned only Queen Wll-
A tribute to Harorr on Ilichthofen, helmlna, her husband and their daugh-
famous German airman, killed recently. lr Juliana Wilhelmina. heir to the
... . , . . throne. Just under nine years old
tvas paid by Lieutenant General von The great houso of Nassau which lit si
Hoeppner, commander of tlie Imperial attained eminence in Holland married
air forces. it.to tin. ancient Orango family of." " ' ,.,"".'",, " " " -- - ,-
"Itlttmelster Ilaron von Illlchthofen France, a princely house going back to e , , ,i , "6i .becauf ".'f5' ere -entirely contraiT to the Instrue-
Iim not returned from his pursuit of Charlemagne. -lOO ears ago. The "on uau " "rf' ' It " " . tlon t the German Admiralty." Hol-
the enemy." sayo an otllcial order, of this marriage inherited the principal- ' Henl " n . face ( an i ,,. ',
lie has fallen. The army has lost Its ity and title of Orange, but died without """"" JV V ,,,,r1,,,,",,,.,V V,, .,. 7. i. , . "-""
Ulc (9... n i.i.o IIHU 11UC UCCI1
intalned
clstrom
The appearance of German cavalry units on the Westphalian
border constitutes a German threat in support of the Kaiser's
demands on the little kingdom.
and title of Orange, but died without adverse- Kuropean opinion. When, how- 'am'
It Is also announced that men in the generally admired hero, tho scouts their Iwue, the succession in 1B44 going to "J. ,' , "u,ru lJ",B miam in or trial
tank corps win wear a special collar In- rreg,tble and beloved leader. He re-! his cousin, famous as AVilllam tlie Kll
lemlu a vtilmatiir tunic lTinuntnn oivi i . ... i .. .. ... .. t, i
lent, 'Kiislaiid. who vvas Prince of Orange and I BUfricietitly examined and mal
Ina-1 htadtholder of Holland, died In l.2 ' that the destruction of the Belli
i,l8 without an hear, the King of I'russla. as . (as jiteKal.
BRISTOL DOCKS EXTENDED r
V, S. and State i'gree to Push Work
Beyond Legal Limits
Ilarrl.burg, April 25. Federal and
DtaUe authorities hive reached an agree
ment whereby two shipbuilding com
panies at Bristol, the American and1 Mer
tibantw, mar proceed with construction
K docks and othef works beyond what j
V.v been stD!!iwa aa tn legal limits.
It was found that the work has been
i. uUndul to lowvater mark, which
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!( W?W, MW V-... M- " M.'ICT k,,'
Ml 19 a,iTnif vry tn i unimuaaionrrs '
avlSon. yta AmorneK Qeneral'a.
V avfMwisMBoMHlalon;l
auitnoritles
i i r i -- i r; i ' '
(Ww Jtn&Z&Ai' NOR J J) vVt.
J&30K J&. k 'A, ex t'SP '
'""' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ""V' L-r, 1
claimant to thn title and principality
of Orange, mado a dicker to his own
advantage with Louis XIV, and tded
the tettltory of Uiauge to France.
The Dutch, however, held on to the
title Prince of Orange, and It Is borne by
every heir to the ruling house. The Ho
heniollerns also kept the empty title as
something that might como In handy
some time.
On several occasions Prussian Kaiser-
vladUCl about a mile Wide, lies at ail
sorts of levels. So tlie flooding must be
done In well-p'anned sections. What
makes the inundation effective Is that It
1,1s not" at all a Vase of opposing a big
flooded meadow to the advance of an
. army. All the land In Holland at any
rate, In the part with which we are
concerned at present Is full of ditches,
little canals, bigger cana's and large ,
, canals. Obviously, then, It Is impossible
to wade through a foot and a half ofi
water covering such a country, for at I
any moment the wader may drop dow n '
up to the neck or over head. And'
eighteen Inches is also an Impossible!
depth for navigation of the sort which
Is of service to troops which desire to
move in large masses, with aitillery and
other equipment. Finally, there Is that
potent last resort of letting In the sea.
"Tho only way In which the Inunda- i
tlons can be coped with Is by turning off I
the water before the flooding Is com
The Orange Book said answers were
still expected from Germany as to
whether the explosions on the Holland.
America Line freighter Kmedllk. while I Plete, or by force of arms latsr on. when
bound from Baltimore for Rotterdam. I It Is complete. Formerly, the flooding
and on the Dutch steamship Itllndllk.
while bound from Portland, Me., for
ructerdara, were caused by German
torpedoes'.
The Orange Boole dispute with
dam hns attempted to possess Itself of Great Britain and France concerning
bravo llttlo Holland
Of course the Hohenzollern claim to
' the Uiitch throne Is shadowy enough, but
J thtfri'jWe I the unpleasant fact that the
ruler'Of.' Priissi, persists In wearing the
tltl,of the heir to'tho Putch thtone, If
jthcKalmr is not In the business, think
I tlie Dutch, why ddesn't he take down his
sign? ' '
I If Ills' claim, is shadowy, shadows ara
real things to tne mystical utrman em
peror, ana if ue remains trie master or
fleet 'hpd army nfter t"'s w-ar ho can
make good almost any sort of claim he
i chooses tfl. wut forth. He thus flaunts In
the face-of Holland t.nat oeiovea name
and- tltlo of 'Orange vvhlfUi the Dutch
have carried w.(h them wherever they
go. If you find, Orange as a geographical
Tho fjoodipg of ,1072.
The modern water line around Amater
dm(D"Std tracts represent th flaettod
The modern water line from
the Zulder Zee to the Mas?
Eturjtv
oiders In council of October 20 and
March 80.,and the French equivalent of
tho decrees on the question of ths in
terruption of the nationality of mei chant,
men, which Holland maintains Is estab
llshed by her flar a case In point being
the Dutch steamship Hambom, which
was seized by a British warship and
taken to Halifax while proceeding from
New XoH to Cuba In 19 IE. The steam.
Ilp at tho tlmo waa under charter to
an American company. Holland main
tained her protests against the solxure
and subsequent requisition of the steam,
ship by the British Admiralty as con
trary to the law of nations, "which hid
already been disregarded In prevloui In
stances oy ureal uritatri and France,"
Holland also protested, according tn
oama In any parr ot tne eann, r-yrope, . trip urapcp oouk. against British sell
Asia. Africa Korth America or South, lures of postal parcels on neutral ships,
and Jn the islands of, the tropic Indian i Jtegardliur the detention pf letters. Hole
Ocean, you ma; ; Auswect, PtUi !tuence, land atwtl Ww UnolBt of ihtf V?alt4
nr ot r. -y - '
took a fortnight. It can be done now
In two days. The water Is drawn from j
the Rhine, but In an emergency recourse
would also be had to the Zuyder Zee, 'It !
is undesirable to use Zuyder Ze water
If it can be avoided, for It Is salt, and
Would inflict damsga on the flooded
land, from which it must take years to
recover.
'The result ot the flooding Is to make
Utrecht a place of great strength, All
the railways, roads (on the top of
atykes, as the Dutch manner Is), and
rivers which cross tho waterline, are
Protected by forts. None of these routes
through the waterline li of such a char
acter that an invader. In attempting to
mako use of It, would find superior num
bers of much advantage. Th routes
can eaoli ba defended by a smalt fores.
Owlnr to the careful restriction of the
Inundation, th Injury don to th land
la limited. Much of th flooded terri
tory, Indeed, U of relatively small value.
But tt U a mistake, to assume) that th
inundation a a whol would not be a
costly business for Holland,"
Study of acc6mpnylnT maps will
allow that, if InuiMUtlen BCaHtlakl
what to esp-!! vt it, aaeut kali tt
f "
WITH FINGERS!
CORNS LIFT OUT
Costs few cents! Doesn't
hurt a bit! Drop a little Fre
one on that touchy corn.jn-
ctsntlv that rorn stODS hUftlllJi
then you lift it right out,
with the fineers. Yes, magici
f o
A tfr.,, ThsKI. nt Freefone. COlNI
v.... . .. .i. nv lirur itoffil
but is sufficient to remove evf
,itA -nfn nft rirni. or C0m "" .1
tween the toes, and the callusef.'l
oitkn.tf mnrrnff nr irfltltlOn. II
Freezone is th seniilionsl .
covery of a Clitclnniti geniui,
Thi rl . '!""i'
WttUf C,( Cluf r