Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21

lie sig ming OF the NOFth sea treaty
may be said to he the counter stroke to
the entente formed be-
GuStafS tween France. England
Wat. and Russia and the con-
secration Of the signing.
like the visit of NJ. Fallieres to London
AMI the visit of King Edward to Reval.
lies in the visit OF Gustaf of Sweden to
Berlin The Berliner Tageblaat. refer
ring to King Gustafs visit. remarks:
The two peoples. Germans and
Swedes. have only sentiments of SYM
pathy and friendship the one for the
other. When the question of the Aland
Islands came up. and when Russia at
tempted to abolish the clause of the
treaty of Paris and recover her entire
liberty of these neighborirg islands of
Stockholm, German public opinion was
clearly and NANTES silly in favor of Swe-
den. Russia, It is understood. has post
poned but not abandoned the realiza-
ton of her desires. and this fact should
render more ardent and cordial the re-
lations between Germany and Sweden.
The speech of King Gustaf V at the
Berlin banquet is full of significance and
merits more than ordinary attention.
The king said:
In few days twenty years will have
passed since Providence placed in your
maiestys energetic hand the glorious
scepter of German emcerors. German
princes and the German people may look
back on the extension. which is almost
without example. of the material and in
tellectual forces of the empire For me
and for my people also this period has
been of the highest importance. 1t indi-
Gates happy development Of friendly re-
lationS between our countries. BY the
North sea and the Baltic treaties. which
serve to consolidate universal peace, the
relations Of our two countries have become
closer / recall that ii is due to the ac-
ttvity of your majesty that the new road
created to increase economical traffic be-
tween Germany and Sweden will be
achieved in a year. May it serve as A
new bridge for the hears of peoples of
identical races.'
The signing of the recent treaties has
given considerable dissatisfaction both in
London and a. Amster-
Allies dam. The National Re
Displeased. view for June writes:
''All the powers are
equally interested in the maintenance of
the status QUO in the Baltic and the
North sea. and. though a certain amount
OF conventional praise has been bestowed
on the recently concluded agreements con-
corning the littoral of these oceans. these
documents are regarded by serious per-
sons as mere extension of paper policy
For what they are worth they appear
to be score for German policy. as
neither England nor France is a party
to the Baltic agreement. which was
signed by Russia. Germany Sweden and
Denmark. while Russia was successfully
excluded from the North sea agreemen,
between Germany, Denmark. France.
l1olidhu ana sweden. Germany. it will
be noted. figures In both. and her lin.
goes claim that the Baltic agreement is q
step toward making the Baltic into a
mare clausum.''
Apropos to the Holland Belgian entente
these countries being directly connected
with the situa ton in the North and RAJ
TIC seas. Gen. LanglOis has contributed q
series OF articles in the Temps since 1906
tending to show the military and economi-
cal interests OF n rapprochement between
Holland and Belgium, not only for these
countries. but for France and England
Gen Langlois declares that the adverse
RES OF the entente pretend that 1t is alb
solutely beyond realiZa tion-one party be-
cause OF disposition to eXaggerate diff
cult1eS of everything new: the other mar
~. pangermanist. feels that the entente
is blow at German ambitions
Gen. Langlois reviews the progress to-
ward the Hollando- Belgian entente. No
Vember T. 1917 a commission composed of
pohtical and military members assembled
at Brussels under the presidency of NJ
Beernaert. the Belgian secretary of state
The political and economical members
have studied restricted economical
entente winch promises to result in a Gus
toms union to be formed in a short time.
hoe !,
much hostility. especially in Holland. In
recent conference at
aoI1anoS Breda, the historic town
Position, where in 1867 treaty was
executed between France
and England (surrendering their several
conquests in America). Capt Tonnet OF
the Holland army energetically opposed
both entente and alliance declaring that
Holland was in no danger from Germany
On the other hand, in the same confer
ence the officers Hoogeboom and Dickhoff
declared that delays were dangerous: that
the alliance should be prepared now and
not wait to be improvised. The independ-
ence of Holland could not be maintained
If Belgium should lose hers. Besides If
Belgium should be threatened Holland
should go to her rescue.
The Hollander Jonkherr klerck. man
of considerable Importance. has written
a pamphlet which has been made the SUBJ
ject of review by Lord Wah' in the
"Armee Beige"
NJ. Klerck is a partisan Of the entente.
He combats the idea that the Holland
nation would be acting III obedience to
a natural law in seeking a rapproche-
ment with Germany because of her as
sumed Germanic origin. "A poetic Ii
cense.' says NJ. Klerck because Hol-
land is the issue of mixed elements. By
reason of the numerous migrations
which preceded the epoch OF Charlie
magne there was formed. between the
ZuyderZee and the Alps, an intermedi-
airy region where the two great civili-
cations of continental Europe came to-
gether. contradictory. mixing and ex-
changing in a continued alchemy. from
which was formed an clinical original
different in the extreme from that
which flourished beyond the Rhine or in
the harmonious valleys Of the French
rivers
The pamphlet throws light upon the
cause of the little sympathy which Hol-
land has Ter an alliance
Dutch AriStocracy in Holland
crnno+bv has great sympathy for
Germany, while that
democracy is but little attracted to
France. The author of the pamphlet de-
clares that the Hollander does not
wish to be either German English or
French; he desires to remain himself
He nevertheless warns his fellow citi-
he