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stcs hold forth at The Hague, dclibcr-

ating without purpose, waiting for the
announceme OF French policy.
| Meanwhile what executive power
There is vests in the Revolutionary
Committee of Amsterdam; no repre-
, scntatives of the rabblc. but good citi-
zens who "acted because no ne else
| acted, not out Of desire for personal
glory--the army OF personal glorifiers
was to have its innings later" Prom
incnt among them were Gen. Daen-
dels and his friend DIR. Krayenhoff,
man typical of what was best In
revolutionary leadership OF the time.
From the study Of law he had turned
! 10 that of medicine; had lecturcd on
| electricity. urifted into politics. and by
his winning manner. courage and ex-
/ ecutive ability had won a place Of un-
I disputed leadership among the Pa
/ triots. Another leader was Rutger
Jan Schimmclpcnninck, a lawyer and
very practical man. patriotic. IN
! lover of extremes. but in no way blind
! to the impossibility OF maintaining the
old system" Dacndels was lawy,
with dcmagoguish qualities; when in
1877 the Prussians restored to Will
lam V. the digntics which the Pa
triots had tried tn amputate. Daendcls
, found asylum In Belgium. When he
( returned in 1875 he wore the uniforin
1 Of n French Major General. Later he
/ organized and engineered coups dctat
designed to dcposc the Fcderalists and
put the tnionists. successor OF the
Patriot party name. in power.
On January 20. 1895. the new era
was proclaimed from the balcony IT
the City Hall of Amsterdam: LIBERTY.
Fraternity. Equality. Fellow Bata-
vians: The old order of things has
ceased to be. The new order of things
will start with the following list Of
twenty -onel provisional repre- senta-
tives of the people OF Amsterdam
People OF the Batavian Re-
public. what say YEP" The people po-
ltelv said what they were expected &"
say and went home.
While the Provisional Representa-
tives Of the People of Holland debate.
and the people of Holland. late sub
jects. adjust themselves to the new
status of citizenship. the French sys-
tematically analyze the financial pos
sibilities OF the situation. In MAY.
1896. by treaty between the two repup-
lies. France guarantees the indepcnu-
once Of Holland and the abolition VI
the Stadholdcrship. with alliance o..
fcnsive and defensive until the conclu-
sion of general European peace.
Flushing to have a French garrison.
Cities in the Dutch part OF Flanders
to become French. The colonies to 10
opened To French trade The Dutch
a H..
$1,000 strong. The Dutch To pay So
600. 900 guilders cash The Dutch &
give notes for another o0,000.00o
guilders II was good business-bu,
not for Holland. With nothing COM
ing in. for Dutch trade was dead. The
colonies yielding no revenue, and VIII
everything going out, the Batavian
Republic began to live on the capita
of the Dutch Republic.
Meanwhile the provisional Govern.
ment wrestled with the tax schedule
: and the Patriots chafed. then tool
matters in their own hands. convened
/ to draw up a constitution that woult
establish the absolute unity of III
d land" ending the old provincialsm
, The new National Assembly opcnc,
for business in March. 1896; Speaker
PETER Paulus. OF the committee o
twenty-one elected to draft constitu
= ton, twenty were Federalis,s and onl,
2 one an out and out tnionist. Tn
j damned spo; Of provincial sovereignt!
would not "out." Paulus wa,s in hi
I early forties. but the whole load OF tn
{ revolutionary government had reste'
: on his shoulders for more than year
e there had been attacks on his financia
I integrity. he worried and worked b.
i yond his strength. sickened and die
two weeks after the convocation Of IN
d assembly. Without his able pres.
dency that organization speedily dc
u generated into a mere debating 50
4 ciety: State and Church. nationa
militia. commerce taxes and constitu
e ton. all swan in flood Of oratorI
u The constitution. when finally 70
c ported. placed the executive power /
2 Council Of state, with seven mem
' hers. provided for a hicameral clecte
= Parliament. abolished the province
2. and. under the new namc depart
II mcnts." left To them all their ancier
u sovereignty. The Jacobins wer
furious. The assembly bowed befor
lllt ttIllfSl VI populdI Nldtll, tliiN'l'
g with the unsatisfactory document. an
l. sent Il to the polls. Three fourths
= those entitled to vote failed to eNercis
j. their electoral prerogative. Of III
'd 900 who did vote. five in every ii
= said no. Enter Assembly No. .. tnior
lie list. radical. Your turn now" said u
n Moderates and stayed home.
p The author philosophers, he
r caustic: The revolution by this tin
r. had proved terrible dsappointmei
to most people. Under the old ord'
re of tIngs there had been great ec'
L. monte and political disasters, but the
I'd there had been a Stakeholder To be he
10 responsible. the official scapegoat. FL
Of ter the Patriot with the advice: r.
j. move the Stakeholder. establish the so
y crciGnty Of the people. and POLITICAL
W economically and socially all will
H. we'll The advice had been take
of but the patent medicine had not III
or filled the terms OF the contract Al
he then came navai war with Englan
of The fleets were approximately ecu
re IN size and in weight OF armamer
IF. but the British had the advantage
", quality, of guns, leadership al
=. morale. The Dutch fought hard, al
es were decslvely defeated. And the
n: the first coup d'ctat. Citizen Eyke
ISL brock. having failed in the gin bu.
40 moss went into pOlitiCS He MIA Y