The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29


tion learned ny nations and th-sf
r '"i's in the school of experience.
n cool Judgment and foresight
~ristlc Of the men who t.atid
up enterprises in business ana
in sfa> =. ,hip and II the women
who beA 70. at sons and mother
freedom Of an, ss.tIon i''0tfsS Holland a..
voice would he raised in it, defense
The first salute the American flag re
ceived was given IL by the Dutch
commander OF the West Indies. Gov
ernor de Graeff. on November Ie.
lIae, even before the fiag had any
stars in its hcld Amsterdam waN
ore OF the first European ports will
ing To trade directly with America
When the Continental Congress nj
Philadelphia sent over comm - toners
to arrange for it, Great Britain de-
clared war upon the Netherlands
and thoroughly did the Dutch receive
the ChaStlSement. Their envoy was
not allowed a seat in the Congress or
Paris where the formal recognition
Of the United States was wrung from
mona rchial Europe. She had - naks
humiliatlng peace with Great Bri
tain. on the other hand. never has
Holland gained by siding with one of
the great European powes against an
other. Victorious and vanaasshed
have both preyed upon her. The
Queen is nov shrewdly adopting the
course which will add TO her coun
try's strength instead Of diminishing
il upon the battlefield. which Will give
her the right 10 q voice in the settle
mert of the terms OF peace and which
| will afford the opportunity 10 obtain
| g advantages for her own kingdom.
| Carin. for Hundreds Of Thousands of
Refugees.
| Not being 1t war. there are some
thing like so, 0G0 Belgian refugee
| bing sheltered in Holland. and some
| two or three thousand British sailors
| and marines interned. who escaped
| from Antwerp before its occupation
| by the Germans The Dutch. in their
| little country are spotleSsly clean as
| soap and water can make it-nsed
| there more generously than any place
| else in the world-have for the time
| being forgotten their loathing of un-
cleanliness 10 open their homes and
! their hearts TO these unhappy refu-
! gees. flooding the country in dirty
/ blOoi-Stained garments, and bring
ing in their train serious dangers %
| disease and other ills Those who
cannot pay are being fed and clother
| alon" with those who can pay The
country with its 12.o0o square miles
considerably less than Massac chusetts
and Connecticut together has been
converted into one vast hospital
Churches. theatres. schools. have been
turned into lodging houses.
At The Haguc-that formerly
quiet, orderly little city. famous for
the Peace Palace. with its great gates
gates carrying the inscription. =, 1de
in Berlin streets are thronge6
with soldiers. It's Red Cross hospital
bearing the legend. For use wher
Holland is at war is fall to overflow
ing. Dutch troops march in and out
of the city, returning from their pa
troll of the frontier to prevent any
soldier Of q foreign nation entering
except as a prisoner. Once within
he Is disarmed. placed in concentra-
ton camp with his com patriots. and
informed that he must remain in the
country until the close OF the war.
tions.
While England. Germany. and
F"ance. the neighbois Of Holland. are
sal TO be spending s5.e00,e0o n day
upon war-enriching NJ one but the
KruppS and their rivals in the differ
ent countries Holland IL spending
| about half 4 million dollars a week
in maintaining the victims Of war.
Her people give IL willingly through
motives OF passion. But Queen
Wiihelniina and her governing nj
must ny the rules Of var. receive II
ba OK gain with interest from the
governments to whom the refugees
belong II desolatcd Belgium IS not
[ able to pay her board and lodging
bill the allies will have TO pay IT, II
: the war should last q year. Holland $
bank account will become increased
+ BIZ quite a respectable sum. Tbs
. longer The VAR. the poorer her neigh
5 icrs ~iil b-.--but the ricner she.
, Her Commerce Growing Fast.
Il With tf.- port Of HanlbEIg ctoScd