New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
RECALL DUTCH GLORIES
HOLLANDERS At DINNER.
Queens ENJOY Tells of the Trade
That FOHOzcs the Flag.

The dinner given by the Netherlands Chamber
or Commerce in America and the Netherlands Club
OF this city for the visiting guests from Queen
Wilhelmina's realm TO the HudsOn-Fult0n csle-
bratiOn az the Hotel St. Regis last night was IN
the nature OF a commercial confab literally inter-
mingled with patriotic sentiment and all around
good fellowship. J. T. Cremer. the Queens special
envoy. ex0linister Of the Colonies IN the Meth
erands. made the business part OF the talking plain
at the beginning of his address,
I'VE commercial delegation. and am surs
that our entertainers will forgive zoe Hr talking
shop" he said. after DIR. J. LOudOH. the toast
master. had introduced him. DR.. LOudOu IS tho
Netherlands Minister at Washington. The minister
said after the coffee and cigars had been reached
that he believed In fighting for Independence. but
when independence had been attained then he was
In favor Of peace and the arbitration OF all dis
putes between nations.
When DR.. LOudOn asked that a toast be drunk
for General Stewart l. WOOdfOrd and Mr.. Cremer
IL was done with a will. and the Dutch version Of
FOR He's a Jolly Good Fellow sung with
American fervOr. Stuyvesant Fish was sitting near
the POSTMASTER. and was Senator Kean. OF New
Jersey. BEFORE them two large floral repre-
sensations Of the Half Moon. The decorations OF
the room we're American flags and the Dutch and
HudsOn-FuItOn emblems
a portrait OF Queen WHheInaina tyfned with
laurel was on the wall back OF the speakers table.
No women we're present. and a purely stag at
fair IL marked social getting together OF EoI-
landers and their eOuntrymen naturalized here or
descendants Of the old Dutch families the ike oc
which the period OF celebration may not witness
| again.
Mr. Cremer said he appreciated peculiarly the
fact that he and the other members OF the deIega-
ton were being received by their cOuntrymen
Then he traced the fight for independence made
against Spain by the Netherlandish provinces
. to the final victory: the consequent growth OF
trade and the control Of the carrying trade IN
Europe; the development OF the commerce IN tho
East Indies, direct result OF the success over
Spain. and the relationship OF this growth to tho
desire TOR easier access the rich Eastern fields.
which led to the employment of Hudson, the sub
seGuent discovery of the Hudson River and the
settlement of New Amsterdam
we must now recover what have lost" Mr.
Cremer said. and all wondered whether a declara-
ton Of war against New York City was TO be
made, but Mr. Cremer alluded to the lands now
covering the Zuyder Zee An army OF men. COM
nanded by engineers. he said. should be organized
10 combat the eneroaehing sea, that land much
needed for the development of the little Kingdom
and the ever-fncreasfng population might be re-
covered His remarks won frequent applause.
General Stewart L. Woodford spoke OF the double
debt of New Workers to Holland first through Hud-
sons discovery and the founding Of New Amster-
dam, and. second. through the refuge which HoI-
land gave the Pilgrim Fathers before they came to
the New World
Stuyvesant Fish caused mild sensation when
he cast doubt on Hudson's discovery OF the river
WHICH pore MS name ana on fultOnS invention OF
| the steamboat At the time he said, II was
M 10 celebrate the priceless services which Hudson
and Fulton did for humanity and for Americans
| IN particular.
The other speakers of the evening were w. r. Van
4 Leeuwen. the burgOmaster of Amsterdam; g p
/ Van Eeghen. the chairman of the delegation; Com
| mander G. p. Van Hecking COenbrander. OF tho
! Utrecht and John r. Planten the Netherlands con-
| sui general
| The following cable message was sent 70 Queer,
/ Wilhelmina at The Hague:
| HOllanders and their American guests assembled
| at a dinner given by the Netherlands Chamber OF
l Commerce in America and the Netherlands Club
1 of New York respectfully greet your majesty on
/ the occasion Of the HudsOn-FulUOn celebration