Arizona republican., 1916-08-27

tain ever forming new armies in time to constitute a serious factor was often secuted as impracticable.
 If pro-German sympathies are en- | tertained among a section of the high | CT classes the great mass of the | people is still strong in its support | of the allies. On the one hand, there 1 is leading newspaper delighting or | every possible occasion in denouncing ] the "unscrupulous scoundrels of cen- tral Europe; and on the other, it would be difficult to find more bit ter anti-British and anti-ally senti-
 nents than ttose breathed by the
 Dutch editors of the pro- German
 Toekomst c'The Future") As a peo-
 ole the French certainly seem more
 popular than the British. The South
 African war still rankles in a gool
 many minds The most German dement, in the political world is 'ound among the church parties of he Right, the veteran ex-Premier. Dr. Abraham Kuyper. a great Calvinist INstalwart, leading the van.
 Outwardly Holland has not changed much, save for the numerous military element everywhere in evidence. The | principal seaside resort, Scheveningen, | is daily crowded with pleasure | | Belgians Places of amusement are well attended Cricket and other l sports are proceeding as usual. The | sprinkling of Belgians in centers like | The Hague has somewhat smartened | up the dress of the fairer sex. Be- | heath the surface however the war is | putting a great strain on people gen. | arally The monopoly of so much labor by the army means far more work for | large sections of the nation, while the | food eaten is not of such good quality
 and is dearer. With large masses of the people it is a bitter struggle to
 make both ends meet. Some of the
 smaller cOnveniences of life. that used
 to come from Germany especially rub
 Der articles, are unObtainable. Some
 articles previously imported are how
 ever. being now supplied by native in- dustry
 | Practically everywhere is shortage l if housing accommodation, and par l icularly in those places where either 1 Dutch women have returned from l Germany or where they no longer cross he frontier to work. There is sucf
 ! scarcity of houses in the northeast
 1rn province of Twente and in the fer regions that comparatively well-tO-d antilles are often obliged to live il miserable novels and often even il
 emporary huts. The rise in the price!
 f building materials, particularly tim per, has practically stopped the pri ate building of workmen's dwellings n the large cities people are cryins Dut against the raising of rents.
 In the economic realm the ramifica ion of the Netherlands OVersea Trus . nave extended very far. Its headquar CTS at The Hague now comprise 3 , | different departments, housed in som 2 5 buildings in all parts of the city ] t will be recalled that the Trust i l flowed by the Allies to import good : rom oXersea under guarantees tha hese shall be for home use only. I 'eems impossible. however. to pu [ Town the smuggling traffic on tn
 rontier, which has lately revived an demoralizing big sections of tn n order population. despite the gov < rnment's system of controlling good 2 n the frontier zone and the appoint
 nent of several thousand soldiers a : aid customs officers. The fishing in l. lustry. which has been sending hun lreds of thousands of tons of fish | iermany and Austria and maxim normous profits has now had tn 2 and of the Allies laid heavily upon i As regards shipping, the arrivals 2
 | (OlIGrUdn, ffolldnO Clltl pOil, lidN 70 far this year totaled only some 1.7( e l -essels of a tonnage of nearly 1900. .00 T. s compared with coco vessels of ' t l 00000 tons in the correspondin months of 1914 On the other han II Hollands own merchant fleet is Q,
 remedy active and prosperous in vie i' If the shortage of cargo space, earnin E l jig dividends The shipbuilding yard '' %, are overcrowded with orders. ar ' l he clank of hammers sounds for mi " m mile along the Dutch waterways. @ On the stock exchange there h; n, | leen a remarkable revival of busine
 ince it's reopening in February, 19l " md big rises in important classes ., hares. Gold is still steadily strean n, 1 ng into the country, and the stocl :, f the yellow metal in the vaults he Netherlands Bank now amount 2, 232 100000. which is two or thr' n ines their normal size.
 ,T The frmers and market -gardene 1s | f Holland have probably never e' nj l ,erienced such prosperity as no' q, l wing to the heights to which pric lo | ave scared, articularly across u
 .astern frontier; but the bulb il h, lustrv is suffering from the impo iI prohibitions issued by certain bell h. cerents Save in such exception k | .ases as stevedores, there is very Ii r. le employment, and the mobilizati' 7c | las led to women replacing men .i- ! iome extent, as for instance in o T, l ices, brickwords, textile and oth ,e l actories Oger a thousand mo m women and girls are now employ h, the ready made clothes factori eo f Amsterdam as a result of the b
 rmy orders for uniforms.