The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29
TWO WOMEN WHO HAVE SPARED
THEIR PEOPLE WOES OF WAR
queen Wilhelmina Of Holland and Grand Duchess
adelaide, OF Luxembourg, Avoided Conflict Holding
Discretion Better Part of Valor

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not beautiful. She refuses to make
even the most Of her charms. ac-
cording to the dressrnakers who. in
Paris and ct The Hague will tell you
with tears III their eyes that the
Queen accepts indifferently then
wonderful creations and wears them
! with the comfortable corsetS which
ruin her figure and mock their hopes
OF recommendation TO any stylish
dresses. The post OF coiffeur to her
/, Majesty is not filled The Queen
dresses her own hair, brushing il back
in the way she learned to like when
she was young girl. No lady OF
| fashion would copy it,
| Wilhelmina, at thirty four years Of
! ase, is said to weigh almost as much
| as King George of England and the
Car OF Russia put together. Both of
| them are extremely slender, of
course.
But the Queens face, with its
| strong chin and kindly eyes locking
| straight at YOU in sincerity and con
| fidence. and her matronly figure in
casy-fitting garments of no year 5
| styie-it is that Of q wise woman.
Ter role just now is that of q great
ruler 1t is possible that she will
| lead Holland on TO an increase of
| power and wealth, as Queen Victoria
II.
the dominating female figure in E.u
rops today, says the New York
| World
Fate OF the Buffer States.
When war was declared August
1st, the fate Of the three little buffer
states lying between Germany and
! trance-Beigium. Holland, and Lux
emburg-hung in the balance. Each
had to decide whether to take az ac-
tive part for or against one of the
other great powers. The neutrality OF
the whole territory was guaranteed by
| Germany, France and, Great Britain
each buffer state being commanded
to observe and protect that neutrality
to the utmost Of its own ability
Commercial Intercourse with either
side was likewise prohibited during
war, the strong nations taking little
account Of the fact that this would
mean ruin to the weak.
King Albert, brave soldier that hc
is. sent q defiant answer to the Ger
mans when they knocked at the gates
of Belgium, seeking to pass peacefully
through the country, offering to pay
@ handsome indemnity for the priyi
lege and presenting what they declar
ed to be proof that French troops haC
already crossed his frontier
Come and fight for it," he thun
dered, as unafraid as the Spartans a
Thermopylae. with their 800 soldier
fearlessly facing the 100000 Percian
! under &erxes; and, like Leonidas an'
his SDartans, King Albert and hi
Beigians went down in defeat q
, tragically complete and os immortal
! " heroic.
queen Wilhelmina Of Hollan'
s, chose the other course. "Discretiol
! is the better part Of yalor. Self
preservation IS the first law Of ma
~l,.o lol t,n
! sin, the Grand Duchess Adelaide o
Luxemberg, when the Germans cam
TO her borders, after a formal pro
test She allowed them to go unmo
! Tested through that
thrust of the German arm if she re
sisted would push her toy kingdom
| aside.
i The German indemnity of D. miliio
: dollars for that pleasure Of a fey
( ! hours march has already been pai
4 to the Grand Duchess Adelaide. He
n people are prosperous and happy
knowing nothing OF the terrors an
z horrors Of war. The allies, if the
e win, will punish her. perhaps. Bu
4 Belsiun's fate, which their promise
y protection cid not avert, VIII make
y not ar easy matter to punish IuXem
: burg because its ruler decided TO pro
& tact herself in the other way
a The Dutch Have Fought Invaders.
0 The Netherlands have in otne
y years fought as valiantly against tn
/ invader as Belgium in 1914 N.lhaI
t the Silent, Queen Wilhelmina's an
i cestor. bought the independents
his country from Spanish tyIann
Through the Eighty Years War. TIL
q pages OF history dc not record NOR
) COURAGEOUS stand than the povert
Z arc weakness OF the Dutch again:
. the unlimited resources in soidiei
y a,id in wealth OF Philip of Spain. tn
s Queens present policy Is dictated b
William tbs Silent'S motto: Away
tranquil 2rn.d tse s7aFse Her foS