Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-15
NO CENSORSHIP
IN HOLLAND AND
EVERYTHING GOES
Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
The Hague, Netherlands. May %
Holland has neither law nor regula-
ton under which the propaganda of
either side in the European conflict
can be forbidden circulation. In
Switzerland, caught in the very center
of the whirlpool of war. it is impossi-
Bile to purchase certain of the more vi
olently partisan newspapers and peri
odicals. The comic papers OF Germa-
ny and France, for exmple. can be
brought only suppretitiously. Neither
"Simplicissimus" Of Munich nor lie
Rire" of Uaris may be displayed in
shop windows or seen in cafes, and 1t
is only by convincing a bookseller
that he is to be trusted that strang-
err in Switzerland may become pos
sessed of either. Then the sale takes
place furtively. behind the counter.
when no one is about.
In Holland it is very different. The
tradition of centuries is against any
censorship. Immediately back OF the
panes of bookshop windows, wires are
strung from one side to the other, and
on these are hung the latest numbers
of the various Illustrated press of the
bellicerent countries. LIE Rire" and
La Vie Parisienne" hang cheek by
jowl with "Simplicissimus" and the
"Lustige Biaetter." The ILLUSTRATIVE
Zeitung" balances "LIllustration" and
The Graphic" Each is opened to ex-
hibit some warlike design celebrating
the heroic exploits of the Germans.
the French or the British. Die
Woche" of Berlin and lie Miroir" of
Paris hang together. the first with
photographs of the German Emperor
or some members of the German no.
bility sharing the labors OF the Ger
man common soldier, while the second
advertises the hardships and bravery
of the French >"poilus." as the red
legged French soldiers are nicknamed
in this war. And there are always
crowds before the windows of the
shops, impartially examining pictures
from both sides of the front.
In addition to actual photographs OF
the war; there is a revival of repro
auctions of those paintings of Messon-
Ter and Delacroix that celebrate the
martial exploits of other times. A
modern conception of the same chart
er by Georges Scott, is called I'm AL
SAGE" and hangSin almost every shop
window of Holland. 1t represents the
symbolic figure Of an AlSatian girl
clasped with evident satisfaction in
the arms of a French soldier, while
the black and white post topped by
the Imperial eagle lies in the dust at
their feet. The design seems very
popular with the crowds who haunt
the windows of the bookshops.
Dutch cartoonists and designers are
also much in evidence in the field OF
war themes. Louis Raemarkers of
Amsterdam has published a number
of portfolios of designs in color of eX-
traordinary strength and cleverness,
under the general ironic title. THE
Height of Civilization" Willy Sluyter
a Dutch painter of some renown, has
also contributed to the number Of car
toons on the war. while J. Gabrielse
and Jacob Doeser have attacked the
war with pen and brush, in cartoons
displayed generally in the shop win
dows of the Netherlands.
|. The Dutch have also gone in for IL
Illustrated weeklies with photographs
depicting war scenes. DE Prins." has
existed for some years, having been
modelled On the German Die Woche";
but "Het Panorama" which more re-
sembles the French weekly "J'ai WI"
is a wartime product.
Owing to the presence Of so many
refugee Belgians in Holland, Belgian
scenes. cartoons revealing the suffer-
ings of Belgium and post cards of the
Belgian royal family find place in ev-
cry shop window where such things
are sold. The Queen of the Belgians
in her nurses costume. playing the
role of the truest queen of modern
times. is a favorite study, and appeals
to the Hollanders quite as much as
their own royal lady.
Ru,I;.a Ma1.rA Dali