Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-13

everywhere direct that this or that be
sold at such and such price. !.
Money is being collected for the sup
port of the poor. The fact is that Rot
terdam, like all port cities, has a SUBJ
stratum of inhabitants to whom bare
feet, ill-c1othed back and empty stom-
ach are of greater concern than all
else. Already the policemen patrol in
pairs, and where formerly it was a
crime to spend night on a bench in
the park this no longer arouses even
the slightest attention.
What will come with the advent of
winter is something of which men
think but do not talk. There will be
an end to even the amount of money
the better classes of the country can
spend in charity work. Realization
of this was signalled when few days
ago the Chamber of Commerce and
other civic societies decided to bring
collections to a definite basis. Contri-
buttons are made in certain amounts
and at stated intervals, but their con-
tinuation necessarily depends upon the
economic conditions OF those who
make them. With business almost at
a standstill there is no telling when
that time will be reached. With the
coming of winter, too, the demands are
bound to become heavier and needs
more pressing. All this is best I'M
derstood when one sees and hears that
the better classes are taking the wise
precaution of providing against mob
violence against their homes.
The systematic interference of En-
gland and France with Dutch shipping
is not relished here. Holland, it is
said, has given every proof that she is
willing to do her best for the preser-
walton of her neutrality. That some
grain has entered Germany from Hol-
land cannot be denied, but recently the
government has put stop to this. All
railroad cars entering Germany are
now examined by the military authori-
ties along the border, and all contra
band is confiscated. The Dutch gov
eminent has agreed that food belongs
to those articles coming under the
head of hostile assistance" and at the
present time Germany is getting none
of these. Some time ago it was learn
ed that some Dutch farmers along the
border had been doing a little business
with the Germans, but now this has
been stopped.
1t is felt here, therefore, that Eng
land and France might be little more
lenient with Dutch shipping. Holland
herself needs the products of her col
onies, but as the case of the Rotter-
dam Lloyd steamer Tambora has dem
these two belligerents are
not greatly interested in this. The car
go taken consisted largely of alimen-
taries, such as coffee. tea. cocoa, and
the small quantities of rice and tap
TACO could not have materially increas-
ed the food supply of Germany, and
it. was not shown that it would really
lind its way into that country. 1t was
also felt that the seizure by the French
Of 250 silver ingots consigned to the |
Netherland Bank, and virtually Dutch |
government property, was not an act
Of necessity.
But with the Hollanders it is truly |
a case of grin and bear, though it is
not likely that they will forget-pro-
vided it will serve their purpose ulti-
mately to remember That Germany
might have done the same thing, had
positions been reversed has no bearing
on the matter. The fact is that Hol-
land has been a strong taste of what
supremacy means, and the feeling is
that the flag of Holland has never
meant so little or counted for less.