The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-22
HOLLAND BUCKS ON
HEAVY ADDED
LOAD OF WAR
Dissatisfaction Of Merchants
and Working Men Alike
Growing Acute In the Neu-
trail Nation.

NAN"WINNNNM ANN"| wv N"U|.u|M|MN
The Hague, Netherlands. May To-
Populnr dissatisfaction with the
heavy burden The war has Imposed
on neutral Holland IL growing stead
ny. aud finding almost daily express
aion, especially among the workers.
Recently several meetineF Of working
men and womcn ns well az the IN
employed. have been held in leading
Dutch Industrial centcrs 10 protest
against the high cost Of living In
duced by the war.
In The Hague a meeting was held IN
the concordia. a nall largely devoted
TO ~soclaiistc and labor gatherings
The hail wns crowded. No police
were present. though there we're q
large number within easy call " the
street outside. The meeting was pre-
ceded by a parade Of the unemployed
through the quictcst n most select
residential quarters II The Hague
singing The International. and ais
tributlng handoills calling upon AL
Holianders TO stand with the demon
|strators in their fight against munger
In Holland. A large crowd gathered
before the city hall, but was not dig
persed by the police.
The meeting wal held under the
auspices OF "a committee Of agitation
against the wal consisting OF repre-
scntativos OF The Hsgnc trnde council
and allied bodies. the ciai Demo-
cratic party, the star Garment Work
crs' union. The Hague branch OF u
National Municipal Workers, Ihe
Hague branch Of the Industrial
Workers OF the world and the Gen
loral Trade Union council. L. de Nls-
ser. a young labor leader. arraiEned
the present administration OF fne
Netherlands In a speech In when
Minister cf Finance Trcub came IN
for attack. The minister's pledge
made at the outbreak OF the war that
there shall be no hunger In Hol-
land was recalled IN connection with
the rise Of from 30 10 30 per cent ana
even more In the price OF the bare
necessities Of life within the last
eight months.
The meeting criticized the work OF
the national relief committee as being
directed to aid the large employers
OF labor Ia The Netherlands 20 aNoid
increasing the wages OF their en-
ployes. The Demonstrators alleged
that while taxes and the cost OF Nv
ing mounted constantly, wages re-
mained stationary. and the renei
committee was urged to staVe on y
logical economic crisis that ordinarily
would result from such a condition py
s~necurinE those families placed by u
in Imminent want. The workers iur-
Their declared that they had alreaoy
more than paid their share OF tine
cost OF the mobilization OF the Dutch
troops In the Increased prices they
had been forced 90 pay for foodstui's'
and they protested vigorously against
any general tax TO cove military ex-
penditurcs. They claimed that the
large per owners and employers
OF labor in Holland who, they said
have been growing rich out OF the
war. should be forced TO pay the iuii
cost Of mobilization through "A special
tax on ncomes above a certain rig
ure, and upon capital.
The demands OF The Hague dem
onstratora were formulated IN aN
items for which the agitation COM
mittee piedged themselves to conduct
a propaganda;
Productive work at normal
wages and under normal eonditions'
or
2. Full pay for those who have
been mobilized and for the une"'-
pioyed.
q. The national and muntcip@i
control of f~oodstuffs.
A. A moratorium (suspepSion or
the payment Of rent and taxes) pro-
hibuinE the dlsposession of tenants
by landlords.
e. Proper care OF the sick and tho
infirm.
g. Payment OF the cost OF the
above, as well as Of the mobilization
hy a special tax on capital and on
high incomes.
To these The meeting added a pro-
test against the war and against Inc
mobilization In Holland.
There II no doubt That the presence
OF thousands or unemployed Belgian
refugees In The Netherlands has pro-
ducod an acute industrial situation.
As many of these are ardent social
lists the situation Is not devoid of pos
sible political aspects tn Holland
where the socialists are not very
strong.