Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-06
4 PICTURESQUE EVENT.
The Approaching Nuptiais OF HoI-
lands Young Queen.

ChicagO ChronlCle.
The marriage OF Queen Wihelmina Of
Holland to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin is the most important impend-
ing social event which interests the world
at large. Young. well educated accom-
plished and with a will of her own, the
bride weds for love and would probably
be equally happy in cottage provided the
family income were proportioned as Sc
curely and generously as in the palace by
the Dutch nation.
Holland is in many respects the most in
teresting country in Europe. Its history
is allied to. yet Independent Of. the rest OF
the world in a manner wholly unique.
The scriptures relate that on the third
| day the Creator said "let the waters
| that are under the heaven be gathered
| together In one place. And 1t was so
DONE Except as to Holland. From time
! immemorial that part of the globe was
called in legends "Hollowland"
that there was a place where the order
OF creation had not been completed where
the water was not separated from the
| land. Owing to the limitations of Eng
lish speechmakers at an early time the
Greek word "aion." in which the story OF
creation is related as to time. was mis-
! translated day" a specific for twenty
four hours in English as generally under
stood But the proper equivalent OF the
Greek "aion" is our indefinite con
meaning immeasurabe or at least un-
measured. time. BY this slip OF the trans
lators much injustice has been done to
the text of Genesis. which ought not to be
held blameworthy for the verbal error OF
confounding indefinite with solar time.
How many cons passed before It oc-
to a,lf nd hat ya
where the waters had not been separated
from the land science has not yet de-
termned. The Germans had heard of the
exception to the order Of creation. They
called IL lower land" "niederland," the
Netherlands When the submerged soil
began to put forth primeval vegetation
the rumor went abroad that tree tops had
been discovered on surface of the sea.
Then the still unknown spot was desig-
mated Hotland"-woodland. Then ar
rived the Dutch in rude boats and began
separating the land from the water. Thus
II is truly to be affirmed that whereas the
Creator made the rest of the world, the
Dutch made Holland.
Nor have they yet rested in the process.
hundred years ago the area OF land in
Holland was only 5000 square miles. To-
day IL exceeds considerably 1000 square
miles At this rate and with proportional
increase to be derived from improved
dredging machinery imagination requires
no artificial fllip to conceive time when
Holland will be as broad as England, to
which 1t furnished blue blood when that
monarchy was aenemic owing to official
blood letting.
Nor is Queen Wilhelmina likely 10 have
an idle time The aggregate OF her sub
jects reaches 10000, 900 and the whole area
recognizing her crown is 100000 square
miles The Dutch colonies are in the East
Indies and West Indies The colonies are
economically and prudently governed under
constitutional principles in force for half
| a century.
We are under inextinguishable obliga-
| tions to Holland in the establishment of
constitutional principles among ourselves.
Therefore will the American people wish
well to the people of Holland in their hour
OF felctation over the marriage OF their
freely chosen sovereign to husband OF her
free choice.