Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
HOLLANDS PARTIES AND PRESS.

Hague. and is much read by the aristo-
crazy. It favors tho Notifications at
Flushing on the ground that these fortii-
cations diminish the chances Of a viola
ton OF the neutrality OF territory. in
matters relating TO exterior policy par
ticular thing should be noted: the journal
IL partisan OF a strict neutrality. but
favors union with Belgium. The distjn-
guished editOr-m-chief. NJ. L. ]. Plenfp
van Duiveland. Is a member OF the Hols
lando- Belgian commission which II work
ing for q reunion of the two countries
The Vaderland Is "a liberal journal pub
lished at The Hague The Handelsblad
is the political journal of Amsterdam.
where IL Is read by nine-tenths of tii"
population. 1t Is edited by NJ. Charles
Boissevain and NJ. kalff. and treats %
commercial matters. a subject which in
terestS most OF the Amsterdam public.
The Telegram is another liberal jour,
nal OF Amsterdam. 1t appeals to the
modest bourgeoise. who read II and. moIt.,
understand IT, The Dagblad Won Neder-
land is the Petit Journal OF Amsterdam:
1t is widely read and is neutral. The
Nieuwe van den Dag is Of the same color
and kind the preceding.
The liberal progressists tradicals) have
the greatest journals of Holland. the
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, the
Handesblad and the TELEGRAPH. They
have. besides the Vaderlander, which is
an aggressive journal. being the official
organ of the liberal progressists. The
Vaderlander Is weekly.
Among the liberal-democratic-ra radical
socialist journals II is necessary TO cite
the Land en- Volk. published at The
Hague. and the Arnhemsche Courant.
published at Arnheim The Land en- Volk
was founded In 1904. three months after
the Democratic Liberal League. consti-
tuted At Utrecht by the Radical League
and the dissenting members of the Lib
mt No
sessed for some time weekly journal.
the Vrijzinnig Democraat, but which has
now ceased to appear.
The Volk is the great socialist journal
1t is published at Amsterdam and is the
fayorite organ OF the parlia-
socialist mentary socialists. 1t pub
p.r.. fishes weekly satirical sup
plement, the Notenkraker
(the nut cracker). 1t was edited for a
long time by NJ. Troelstra. a lawyer and
writer Of great talent and a very clean
deputy. The Volk is seconded in its re-
formist action by the review Nieuwe
Tijd and others. Socialists have the
habit OF publishing journals broadcast.
Since 1a03 when socialism had only ten
years Of existence, a marXist sheet could
be found in each Of the chief cities, the
Withheld at Rotterdam, the Wachter at
Gr0ninger, the Toekomist at Middlebour2.
the Alarmklok at Alkmaar. the Nieuwe
Tijd at Leenwarden. the Volkstrhunn AT
Maestrecht. the klok at Wolvega. Mary
OF these had an ephemeral existence re
cause Of the session between reform stS
and revolutionists. The Federation nf
Holland Syndicates Of Labor since 10 -
has an official weekly organ entitled tin
Arbeid.
The Catholics and Protestants OF the
right have their journals. The princiral
Catholic journal is the Tijd; the principal
Protestant journals are the Standard
and the Nederlander
The Tijd Is the most ancient of all the
Catholic journals. The Centrum. tie
MaasbOde. the Residentiebode, the Hu:s-
gexin, the Daagblad van Noord. Bpabant.
the Iimburger Courier all have a wide
circulation.
On the social question the Catholics
have organized important groups. each of
which has q journal. The League OF
Holland Catholic Workmen numbers more
than 10000 members. under the title Of
the VOlksbond. The Volksbond has a
journal. the Volksbanier. Numerous syndi-
Gates AFFILIATED with the aforementioned
have their organs. Utrecht. for example
counts 5000 subscribers to the katho-
heke Workman. Resides the Volksbond
there is the Boerenbond and the Hanze
which unites the modest bourgeoisie.
Above all these groups the Katholieke
SOciale. Actie counts 10000 members. The
KathOlieke Social Aetie distributes i'm all
Holland numerous tracts and pamphlets
and has its particular journal. the. Voor-e
hoede the Vanguard. and its weekly
review. the Katholieke Social Weekblad.
The Standard is the anti-revolutionary
journal Of DR.. Kuyper. 1t was founded
by him April I. 1872, on the
Against occasion of the tercentenary
Deli of the taking of Briele by
the Orangists. DIR. Kuyper.
who was then thirty-five years of age
and was simply Protestant pastor. re-
placed at the head of the anti-revolu-
tionary party the great historian and po-
iitical writer, Groen van Prinsterer then
very aged, who died four years later
Groen had published for some time
the Nederlande. The Standard was
destined to replace this journal, which
had ceased to appear, and to dissemina e
through the country anti-revolutionary
principles and doctrines. Due to the All
mirabe activity of DIR. kuyper. the ant
revolutionary party and its organ, the
Standard, had a brilliant success. 1T :
circulated among all classes, for tire an.i.-
revolutionary party counts its partisans IL
all ranks.
In 1905 a session occurred in the party
Christian democrats the left wina) par
tiSans of a more democratic policy than
that of DR.. kuyper, separated from tie
main troop. under the leadership OF NJ.
Staalman. then deputy of the Helder
They constituted an. autonomous party and
disseminated without much successD their
ideals in three weekly journals: the Alge-
meen Welzyn, the Christian Democrat.
and the Amstelbode. In the elections
Of 1909 they went over 10 the Christian
cCalition-kuyper Catholics-with whom
they were forced to resume relations.
The Nederlander Is the journal of he
independent anti-revolutionaries, which
constituted the ancient right of the Kuy--
per party. and which had abandoned the
party and constituted itself an auton-
omous party in 1891. on the occasion of
the project of electoral reform presented
by NJ. Van Poortvliet. The independents
have at their head NJ. de Savornin Loh-
man. who is at the same time the editor
in-chief of the Nederlander. This journal
was founded in 1893. two years after the
constitution Of the party. The Neder-
lander Is now the organ of the new his
toricai Christian party. The Banter was
the organ Of the historic Christians party,
and II was In its columns that was pub
lished in June, 1908, the program of the
Historical Christian Union.
Holland merits to be better known to
the world. especially to America But to
attain this end Holland must change her
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