The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-01-12
From the Ralumore sun.

From the Baltimore sun.
The historical record of the Dutch peo-
pie. ever a mere handful in numbers, at
testing the conspieous part they played IN
the past among nations, is primarily an
illustration of the high qualities inherent IN
the German race to which they belong as
an integral member The Deutsch Ger
mani race wa their starting point. y
fragment Of this race, advautageously To-
Gated by the open sea, the Dutch people
readily availed themselves of their favoring
opportunity and circumstances, aud their
struggles to develop themselves aud their
little territory, mostly wrested from the sea
itself. resulted all around in vast moral and
material achievements, seeing that their
efforts for the promotion 9f civil and relig-
ious liberty. commerce and manufactures,
though begun and pursued in their own
behalf, contributed in remarkable degree
to the general advancement of civilization.
But. while the example they set was truly
noble their triumphs and deeds heroic and
elninently beneficial at large, there was a
fatal elcmen: Of weak ness in the territorial
size and paucity Of numbers of the ambi-
tious little country which prevented its
development beyond 4 certain point, or It's
permanent occupancy of the stand 1t at
tanned temporarily and exceptionally, on
account Of the propi,ious times in which 1t
aruse and fouTished. As soon as the
iealousies, divisions and conflicts prevalent
elsewhere diminished, and there was brought
into play the more concentrated energies of
the other nations overwhelmingly greater,
the heaviest battalious' proved too much
for The weaker side, and Holland was mex
orably showed back into the comparatively
international obscurity, ia which It hiss
since lived, up to the present day. Though
Justly proud Of their past career. the Datch
we're not OF kind TO be content to fold
their arms and live on their ancestors glo-
rirs amids, 4 negotiating decay leading 10
ruin. but on the contrary, conscious Of their
strong vitality, never for one instant ceased
their thrifty industry and the consequence
Is that Holland Is to-day prosperous, hold
ing well It's own, in proportion TO size and
numtets along with the best. Emphaii-
cally "the Dutch have taken Holland --
last A. circumstances al first favorrd and
impclled their spreading cut, 80 circun-
stances at last compelled them to eouhne
themselves to it, and the eastern colonies
they managed to keep aud to make the
most Of if, this they have dome 60 their
credit. aud accordingly, however, collapsed
in grandeur aud rcisgaiei into the rear
ranks, they ssill remain strong, little peo-
pie. with eurioasly interesting e0untry.
rHE SOVEREIGN AND cotRT.
After the faH Of the skeleton republic
ses up ia Holland by the French, the Con
grgss u Nicnaa, In lSl5, erected the cona-
try, together with Belgium, iuto the king.
dom o. The Netherlands. and the seccS,
sioa uf Belciam in $50 lcft the kiogdom
with The proportions II now has lss epn-
ssuHliDu dates from lS4S, aud under !, the
parliamentary body bears the grand ODD
maine Cf States General and consists ot
an upper aud lower house A reappcaf-
aacc Of the naae States Jieacrai i a
suggestive "reminiscences, evch though the
thing indicated by il Be abscat. As 1t Is ~
the modern assembly. tor the sisAchmcu,
10 grand Old names OF the past, ss lcas. doss
10 harm. Onc IT the cabines ministers
appropriately st the head of the navy de.
parimen,, /, uamed TFomp, IN itself sididiy
F rccalling the famous old scR-dogs who, 10
their ships of wsr, secured the channel and
sailed close by Eaglzai shores With bToouis
81 their mast-heaas IS mock to Britaa.
+ nia. though 10 all their rivalry they neve'
could even see their way clear ia the Sc,
task Of sweeping the tough old h,dy out
into the Atlantic The ;0yerign, who has
+ had nearly = continuous reign under the
present constitution, Is named William i
a son Of the previoas King, William III
aud Car Pauls daughter, and was born
on February 10, 1917, being, therefore
now nearly - years old, be asceRded the
throne on March IL, 1919, mzrried twice
and by his second naptials, on January !
1879. with Princess Emma of Waldrck,
has an only child, daughter 20 there i
no crown prince to inherit the throne, I
facs Of somewhat serious political imporr il
view Of continental ambitions. The roya
family Is descended from the eelebratee
House of Orange. which played 80 extra
ordinary q part both on the euntincni aus
in the Eoglish realm. The House ot
Orange, in its origin, brings 10 mind tht
similar rising Of the Hoheuzolleru ant
Hapsburs dynasties through the euterpris'
Of petty. though audacious, individuals
with greedy stomach aud keen sight Il
ok ahead, for il originated ia the persoI
of a German count, named Wairam, OF tn
eleventh century, whose family By mar
rage inherited possessions in Holland, set
tied in it aud gradually, from step to steu
became the reigning one and supreme. Th
present aged descendant, in addition to hi
yearly ~eivil lis" of $3.50, 900, is privatel,
wealthy, having been extremely eeonomi
cal during the reign which has now stretches
within fraction of forty years. He is tn
oldest sovereign of Europe, the King o
Denmark ranking uext in his seyeu,y-hrs'
and Queen Victoria, the third oldest, in he
SEVENTEEN year all the other European soy
ereigns are an unusually young set, eithe
very youthful or near middle age, with ap
parently good stretch of years befor
them.
COURT LIFE AT THE HAGUE.
The court and the capital at The Hagu,
which is city of about 10000 inhabi
tants, are not frequented much by foreig
visitors, owing to their lacking in genera
gaiety and those lavish entertainment
which are considered TO be indispensable
features, and which exercise such fasciua
ting attraction in u continental capital. b
the side of the current run of such thing
elsewhere, Dutchcourt life and society ar
pronounced BY the elite of the fashionabl
world to be absolutely dull in their distir
gushing home-like plainness and narrow
ness. Necessarily court presided over b
an aged King and Queen, if their taste
reign. must be forbidden ground for eS
trayagant festivities, and as the staid chal
acter of the people, with the quietude whic
: must accompany the capital of such pee
pie. are really not calculated to offer an
very lively field for frolieking, so it is nc
astonishing on the whole if outsiders ar
wont to give them the go-by
POPULATION AND TERRITORY.
The kingdom has populati-n n of fou
and a-auarter millions, Of whom two an
I a-half millions are Protestant, one an
a-half millions Catholic, and the remainde
of several denominations. The old relig