The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-10


BREwINa IN THE NETHERLANDS, &C., &C.
IFrom the London Times, October 24.l
Recent intelligence from the Hague points to al
increase of agitation in Holland. For the past
fow wools somewhat disquictng ncws has reach
ed US from that otherwise thriving and happy COM
munity; but VIC could hardly believe tho c0mmo-
ton to be of 80 serious cha actor rs to b do any
t }soef But when matters
Of tho electoral law it becomes full timo for us to
inquire into tho causes Of tho disturbance. Tho
str among political parties in that country arises
from a variety OF circumstances. In the Fl at place
and King William III OF ths s 0t The
pulatfon Of IA of which 427,65O or p about
one-eighth, inhabt those parts of tho territories
Of ct luxembourg and LimbuTg by virtue Of which,
privileges Of momber OF the German BuSd d. wae s
entitied to vote in it's Deliberations aud was
UT to furnish contingent
When on the 14th of June last tho question Of the
mmopliizatlon m OF that army was put to tho vote in
the D,et at Frankfort and all it's members were
the King of the Netherlands deemed himself en-
titled to declare himself neutral, and upon the
battle Of sadowa, to Withdraw himself and his
Grand Duchy of Luxemb mbourg from tho German
connection. Ho assumed that tho Germany to
which he belonged; tho Confederation of which no
was member, had ceased to exist; but the King
OF Prussia, or for him Count Bismark, contended
that Germany as nation survived tho Bund, and
bers Of that body, and consequently Luxembourg.
Prussia had put herself at tho head of now North
German C@onfederacy, Con upon which devolyed all the
be that that mixed empire, which proved so fatal
In the case of Denmark should cease far as con-
Germs Holland, Bismark shows himself fnexorable,
embourg, which, as federal fortress, is still oc-
Gnpied by q mixed garrison, Dutch and Prussian.
peace of Europe If France should avail herself Of
tho prete1t afforded by dispute arising from the
possession of trst-cass fortress lying almost on
her borders; but tho Emperor Napoleon has en-
gagged lin no event to pick quarrel" with Bis
mark, and Holland, left to her own resources,
would have no better chance with Prussia than
Denmark, or Hanover Savony, under the came
circumstances hive had.
The King of the Netherlands must feel all the
disputes as lie is now ut issue with his subjects On
some most important points of homo and colonial
policy: Parties in Holland are divided on tho SUBJ
brightest, gem in the Netherlands diadom, the
pride Of the Indian Archipelago unmatched for
ss9b eeaa and fertility by any equal extent of the
subsequently Dutch colony, came into the hands
OF the English in 1911, and only fell back to the
Netherlands by an act of spontaneous cession fiye
ready civilized at the time of the first Portuguese
settlement in 1911, and by the advanced state of
their agrlctntu1ssi industry aided by the most
land the granary Of the Archipelago. Tho Dutch,
who, previous to 1911, had only some settlem ents
into
their plantations; but their s'peculiar institu
tions"' were abolished during the English oc.
onpation, and not restored for several years
One Of the Governor-Generals Of the Dutch
on large scale in the ei aIsnd H sp
to the production Of sugar, coffee, indigo,
&c, and by the means Of compulsory labor
changed the whole aspect end economy Of the land.
Tho results OF these measures, it is stated were O
rise In the revenue to sum Of e. 0OO, 600 yearly
ana aRs an neseass fea sec Of the from In
aSr aSfS to }bS in 1S We must not however
drous increase, is only about half the intensity Of
tha Of hoTsr sgeng and as to trade while the
all the Dutch Islands In those Eastern Seas. are
valued at about ELS 900 900, they are exceeded By
$4,000 900 by those Of the three little British dis
trcts in the Straits of Malacca, the two principal of
which were still uninhabited so years ago That,
with all the wealth which they accumulate for their
taskmasters, the Javanese laborers do not greatly
improve their own position one might feel tempted
to infer from the fact that the price Of corn has
during the last sixty years risen $50 per cent The
granary Of the Malay Archipelago, has ceased to
export corn, and the supply for those islands comes
4t the present day from the British possessions in
But, however, splendid may be for Holland the
results or the forced labor system in an economi-
cal point Of view, the time as come in which such
less than unitarian inquiry, and an outcry has
been raised among q party in the Dutch opposi-
Ilon py whom the system Of cultivation in their
East 1udies, however disguised it may be under
the specious name of apprenticeship is sti ma
tazed as unmitigated servitude It is little to the
purpose to assert that the Javanese are not de-
moralized by their present condition, or that thew
are aware OF no oppression, that the system q
indigenous, and has always been in the island. Our
and baHue, and downright slavery. Il win put up
with no forced labor, even for the negro; 30 much
less, then, for tho gentle and patient MALAY who
seeks no escape from his lot except in emigration
and goes forth as sailor, sometimes even as a
pirate, or looks abroad for employment in any
other capacity but upon conditions OF freedom.
or such nature is the question which seems to
have reused the Dutch politicians from their won't
ed sluggishness. After the abolition Of negro
slavery in tho Dutch West Indies in 1862 the
liberals WISHED to proceed to simiIar meas
ure in behalf Of their Eastern possessions. A
bill for the abolition of the system Of forced
labor in these colonies was brought in last
year in the Dutch Parliament, but was reject.
cd, as fraught with utter ruin to the colonies
themselves, no less than to the mother country.
popular discomfort by the appointment to the
office Of Governor-G General Of the East India pos
sessions, tho highest Office in the Crowns gift Of
o man formerly weu-known for his leaning to
the principles Of free trade and free labor but who
had abandoned his principles and rated from his
party. A vote Of censure was passed in both
Houses against tho Ministers who had advised the
nomination OF tho obnoxious Governor. The King
retorted by the dissolution Of the Chamber, and
Holland is now in all the throes Of general cleo
the angry Spirits seems to have been void Of effect.
The Liberals arc likely to muster stronger than
ever in tho now Parliament, nnd in the event Of q
new vote Of want Of confidence the Ministers are
aald to contemplate resort to exceptional mea-
sures, equivalent to violation OF the charter Of
ia ~ ruio han f,J Jo,,a hat l5o,