Arizona republican., 1915-07-29
NETHERLANDS
 GOAL SUPPLY
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Dependent Upon Germany Alone of Foreign Nations, Holland is Beginning the Development of Her Linn tied Resources
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

HOENSBRDEK Province of Linn burg. Netherlands). July 2o. The miners pick and drill were never so deftly yielded since Holland had a history as they are just now. Coal is in great demand The Dutch mines are poorly developed and pro duce comparatively little fuel. and it cannot be obtained in sufficient quantities from Germany and Great Britain at present to satisfy the calls of the various industries and public works dependent on t.
 The limited production of coal in Holland is said by some to be one of the principal causes of the main tenanee by this country of what they describe as friendly neutrality to- ward Germany. Even nov. when a certain amount of coal is still com ius in from the neighboring power. the authorities here are encountering difficulties not only in running the railroads. but in supplying fuel for the pumping stations I'll over the country whose operations keep the Netherlands from again becoming a swamp.
 Holland has plenty of coal beneath the surface of her most southerly province Limburg. The fields. how ever. have never been properly de- Veloped, and the Dutch are now re Erettine their lack of foresight in this regard. which at a time when they feel they would like 10 be en- treIy free in their action, has placed them in condition of dependence on Germany for an article which they need badly.
 With these difficulties facing them since the beginning of the war. the mine-owners have made brave showing. but they have been still further handicapped by the mobili- zation of the Dutch army. which took away many of their best men. and by the calling to the colors of German and Belgian pitmen many of whom had been employed in the mines in the province of Limburg
 Although Holland occupies only very low rank in the coal producing countries of Europe it's mines are probably the most ancient. their rec ords showing workings near Kerk- rade IS early as 1113 The pits now owned and worked by the state were for many centuries exploited by monks from the Abbey of Klooste- rade. who continued their mining operations until as late as 1795. The pits, now named the Wilhelmina. the Emma and the Hendrix. give employ ment to 167 officials and 1882 pit men. of whom some 800 were called up for service in the Dutch army in August and the following months.
  low workmen also had to leave 10 fight their country's battles Owing. to the lack of experienced miners in Holland. it has become necessary to fill their places with foreigners. many of them Belgians. who fled from their own country after the German invasion.
 aBesides the state" mines there are owned coal fields in Linn burg and North Brabant. while bor- inFs have been made also in Over Iisel and Gelderlaud. As these all together produce only about 1,OO0,- 900 of the 5.000.O00 tons annually required by Holland, the remainder is usually imported from Germany and Great Britain.
 The German mines. since the war started. have continued to supply 10 per cent of their usual annual quan- tity to the Netherlands but England has declined to permit the export of steam coal in any large quantity. Manufacturing concerns and munich palities turned to America for sup plies, but the freight rates from the United States to Dutch ports were so minimum reaching $S per ten more than the rate from Germany-that nobody would buy. Amsterdam alone, for instance, re- quires 250,000 tons year to furnish the city with gas, and this would mean an additional outlay of $2.000.- 900 per annum. The Dutch capital. therefore. has cut down it's supply of gas, and it's street lamps are ex- tinguished early in the night, the example being followed by The
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