The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29
Two Women Who Have Spared
Their People Woes of War.
Continued from Page One.)

the war, and that of Antwerp closed
until that day OF h one when the |
Hollands ports of Amsterdam aid
Rotterdam are waxing more import
ant every day, receiving and sending
forth the commerce of Europe, max
ing their nation the business centre or
the old world.
English merchants bitterly com
plain that Holland is violating her
neutrality to supply the needs Of Ger
many. They point out that one Dutch
steamship alone, which
regularly before the war had but a
single steamer a week from New YORK
to Rotterdam, Is now increasing its
sailings and its cargoeS at a suspicious
rate. Since August 1st this company
has loaded and despatched never less
than six steamships a week. During
the month OF October, two, and some
times three steamships a day were
dispatched. The cargoeS leaving Rot
terdam are said by tie English mer-
chants to be German. while those re-
turning to Holland are made up OF
grain, f~oodstuffs. metals, petroleum
and all kinds Of munitions of war.
he Dutch merchants have boldly
ta-en up the challenge. That HOl-
land is buying more just now, as a
general thing, than she can use Tor
her own consumption may be true.
But we are having a regular trade
with Denmark, Scandinavia, Spain,
Italy, and America, doing much more
than usual in these countries since
Hamburg is closed and it's tremen-
dous trade entirely annihiliated.
What Hamburg and Bremen used to
do, Holland is doing now"
EDgland's Dilemma.
England can protest against sup
posed violations Of Hollands COM
merial neutrality, protest In the most
vehement language at the command
Of her diplomatic representative at
The Hague; or, Great Britain can de-
clare war against Holland. The latter
course would throw Holland int the
arms of Germany and Austria, would
open the River Scheldt to their ships
of war from Antwerp and give them a
short route across the Channel, as
we'll as add to their reinforcements
Hollands selrdy little army, unweari-
ed by the fatigues OF -four months
fighting, now beginning TO tell on the
soldiers in the field. Upon the horns
Of such 4 dilemma, England can do
little except protest, and hollands
shipping activity can go merrily on
Her Kingdom and Her Rich Colonies.
In the Netherlands the Queen rules
over a population nearly as large as
that of the New England States OF a
little more than that Of New York
city. Belgium, her ancient territory,
does not belong to her the
great powers Of Europe considered ii
to their interest to keep Hollands
wings clipped. and in 1880 when the
Belgians, who were Catholics, revolt
ed against the Protestant rule OF the
Dutch, the new government, recOg-
niZed by England, France and Prus-
STA, was set up at Brussels. Pie River
Scheldt, without which Antwerp has
no access to the sea, was a part o.
Holland, and she kept it closed ex
cept to her own ships. Europe com
manded her 70 open the Scheldt tt
Belgium. She had 10 Obey-and leoi
on with equanimity as Antwerp grew
to become the rival Of Rotterdam.
1t is. however. in the East Indie;
that Queen Wilhelmina has her rea
empire. 1t Is larger than the Ger
man Empire. In 1910 the population
numbered 100000 souls. Batavia
the capital Of the Dutch Indies. ha
one Of the finest harbors in the East
and the Dutch colonies are anon
the richest, If not the richest, in tn
world. Yet, after all. they form bu
a remnant of what Great Britain ha
taken from the Dutch. In 1861
when Holland and England were a
peace and Gov. Stuyvesant of Ne,
Amsterdam had no soldiers, the Kin
~ S|'5 S't - A
Dor and SIZED the city. naming
New yorhafter his brother, the pirat
who had. accomplished tie feat. Th
West Indies, whepe now the Unio
Jack floats above the Governors res
dence. used to belong to the putcl
Britain seized Ceylon from her j
1875 because Holland had been III
able to defend herself against an il
vasion by France while England AT
France were at war. The Cape
Good Hope-the Gibraltar of tt
southern seas which furnished tt
British access to India and upo
which the empire would be depent
ent for communication with India
the Suez Canal and Constantinop
were both in the hands Of enemies
all belonged to the Dutch until tn.
convenient pretext came to hand
1875. For it's retention Britain pa
an indemnity Of ten million dollars
forcing the sale. Every colony color
Holland possessed England. seized b
tween 1875 and 1910. But the Co.