Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-21

| Europe and on the other 1t would be
difficult to find more bitter anti-Brit-
ish and anti-Ally sentiments than
those breathed by the Dutch editors of
tho pro-German Toekomst (The
Future). As a people the French seem
more popular than the British. The
South African war still rankles in n
good many minds. The most pro-Ger-
man element in the political world is
found among the church parties of the
! Right, the venetian eX-Prcmier. Dr.
Abraham Kuyper. great Calvinist
stalwart, leading the van.
OUTWARDLY LITTLE CHANGE.
| Outwardly Holland has not changed
much, save for the numerous military
element everywhere in evidence. The
principle seaside resort, SChevcningcn
is daily crowded with plcasure-secll-
crs, including many Germans and Bel
! Eians. Places of amusement are we'll
attended. cricket and other sports
are proceeding as usual The sprnk-
ling OF Bclgans in ccntcrs like the
/ Hague has somewhat smartcned up
1 the dress of the fairer sex. Beneath
/ the surface, however. the war is put
/ ting great strain on people gener-
( ally. 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 bitter struggle to
make both ends meet. Some of the
smaller conveniences of life that used
to come from Germany especially
rubber articles, are understandable
Some articles previously imported are,
however. being now supplied by native
industry.
Practically everywhere there is a
shortage of housing accommodation
and particularly in those places where
either Dutch worltmen have returned
4 from Germany or where they no
longer cross the frontier to work.
/ There is such a scarcity Of houses in
/ the northeastern province of TWente
and in the fen regions that compare
lively wcll-to-do families are often
obliged to live in miserable novels and
often in temporary huts The rise in
the price of building materials, par
/ ticularlN lumber. has practically
stopped the private building of work
mems dwellings. In the large cities
people are crying out against the rais-
ing of rents.
RAMIFICATIONS OF OVERSEA
TRUST EXTENDED.
In the economic roaln, tho ramirico-
itions of the Netherlands Ovarsea Truat
/ have extended verv far It's beador,r
! ters at the Hapue nov co,nnriso
/ thirty different denar+monts housed
! in some Twenty-Five buildings in all
parts of the CITY If will he recalled
that the trust is allowed b, thc Allies
to import goods from OVERSEE under
guarantees TINT these shall no for
home use only If seoms i,pnossible
however. to nut down thc snuppling
traffic on the frontiers. which has
lately revived and is demoraIizing bio
sections of the border nonu,atio, d.
spite the governments system Of COM
trolling goods in The frontier zoro and
the appointmcnt of sovor,l +bousond
soldiers as maid customs ofricore Tho
fishing industry. which has beon send
ing hundreds of thousands Of tons Of
! fish to GERMANY and Austria and max
! ing enormous profits. has NOW had tho
hand of the Allies laid heavily unon
it,
As regards SHINING tho arrivals o+
/ Rotterdam. Hollands chief mort bavo
so far this wear totaled only son,o
!, 200 vessels of the tonnage Of ncorlv
500, 900, as compared with soon ycs-
sells of 1000. 900 tons in the corro-
! spending months of 1914 On tho
/ other hand. Hollands own merchant
fleet is extremely active and nrosner-
Gus in view of the shortage of caroo
space, earning big dividends Tho
shipbuilding wards. too are over
crowded with orders and the c,a,l, Of