Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21
PREPAREDNESS AS
 PRACTlCED IN HOLLAND.
How This Small Country Surrounded By Powerful Neighbors, Safeguards It's Natural integrity.
fSpecial to The Bulletin-)

wide exploitation since ths outbreak of the European war, hwt Little has been vs7I7ftFm anUun the mnsmmRr in %h7ch \ Gl5miTWtiwF8 EHDlEana safeguards her maA- Eiumal dm1egTIty, surrounded as Sfns9 Hs Cm TIRCd5ERlly alR sides by p0%e1RlA mai2ihE0Tss A graphic %tma 9W1m1H11a- tiS7e SlEgrrmmr of the Gi1iZHm aIMny or 4 rhtss Igawid nnnrmg the CfDlIRLhS O1 \ EuuwEes IS &iiwgm i'm a. ccIlHnTmicia atHcm | to tine, NadLamall GfeOgTa12h1S Society I ffrrlrm T94amduilE E&iIGsrn %.am IDOng a paTT 1 of which is; azssEed today as a WAT ge- 0gIalp1Jy hIlllaIIm from the Soc1edy s Washington EIE.aLGuRUTETSc
 'EIyh8 Holland with which we are alLl I fanlilia- is Q picturesque continuation aAP Iikes and MHnLEnLllE. smiling 8IIIs with pretty lnlcsE caIss7, and very ,s1If7:4 I IbGTTys with wET-Y his, cigars, There IS .aygHttger' side ttO 1hts TtCtIIrP to WhFGn \ we h8EJB TailEi less attE5ucIdn; that 1# the I EIrIEardl cf tine modern TnEETIClhaiElE ;aHfd ] rtTh8 Hnuikeinn sstziFn1fst-5A sfEnslU htt on 1. Ia1u1l 1E,fIn.Iug, with trldtEBtrY Grn8 bGrEY N with a rthCsusgcnd Ettrgreut ;aftafIss- I dlDEunr1vv .qttLrEIr,istEHIng a vast colonial empire vvItayErr Ehe UAse of a large mil !. Ifra1-y estaaLfstrErEznt and caIptru1rS 1
 Nobel II1-Izes3 gr ss TnQEEst ,eZ1TTliREil9 IaIE.
 -.ul}n8 rnU5}eIE IhlIEStldEn, win it's | RfHrihEu,s .u-Il trS WGEE 1CEz8Egn II7aflf', 4 tFCr-ryEs a small FyITt tUEntis9 DaEIIznDl l. Egrtft in .thn midst of WELlyy ElJSve2rIEIl ' ultsiuhEars who fur UWO1 yvEE-nss tzr''a q 7rEten engaged i'm Lho mlfET SgIEs0llEf1c uS l .uiW v-Bus M-ot HOLlUnd itlEss5 InEGIIa75t.d ]. I'D Keep out of the struggle with laEt- I ing gsucness. It was able to dO tnls II l.ytCBIEse in a military EEsn59 it N5Ees 1IlLTE Il rzrup1ue1 tfuT Gu ,EgHurItUItt6s. l
 .srT1ha EtTEEd0m of Belgium W'aB not ' TUupaTHa teu' V'cT and Il was 1fINaoa1 I and IJvu1rIrn lr~ n hCss5rIE9 HEInJ-, I,ElB Netherlands, lRlthIUEh EInaLEEl i'm uILIl- I -Ef-r of inhabitants. End the E9Lr-II't arm Il ,sasguius fuua of 1Es IuBID population ! grr the ErcrmEtzr 4 hours ghGtuI5B ECITy Ut ' the .JLLar naLisnB ,uf EI-QpR n031L1zed. l as n uasIL-t the LlEutg.lEty cT the 'cOLtn- l -rIw lfaE hEEn ltguruuEty TEsFEsLE1stt. 4
 'Fr1n .1he WIGHT 1ElD on, tsIG1yy boy 1 C1T 1D L1u LlIa b-iuEGurD has DRtIn obliged ' to rusEpuIa fECr military EerJ1ct4. lit 1B u11 desirable -t0 give ttre e71act run 1 her of soldiers in tfEe :uruTy -E'hHzh hiG8 ] been IrIunLEzad since July of the y-aaT ! 1g1G 3lrt in Q general way we cicn .SLelte t-EEt every male he-nE n LLlS fl ocJuGlflv wifID is of good physical con i .Ettfrra and w}lD ,CTu walk with D gun | aa.CuuHs his EnULIdars has in soIne d. i 1rcLt or indirect fgsEhiun given D'uu of his time ana hTias EzEIITlL.EE8 for the { benefit of his u1urtrZE. TTh cold law, I rE LlGh made .E-G GsE-CEETEIETn L-C '0LIy \ -suuB was TtzEclLIEtE16 s5=Jz5E- LJEt-lIE5 aEEI 4 The NauuLe1-ir .fzS-s-5EE, which allowed ] rich -v0uug men to bIly thEnEseEVES out Of the army has been .ahCIEIshed. The army is now a dRnoCrntC school in which classes G1-e fLr0Wcn tQgsfhEiT EET one Cunuan purpose.
 Every young man W.TlD has uRactE5d -he age Of 1B y-aars a-1peaTs at lis | special galrI.B-71.. G0Cr n 15IILl yyeaIr he IS
 instructed in the TIIZIIunEutaTy IIrtnCi- | ules Of l soldiers trade. IF he Cg-tE5 to enter +bn sEHEIal service of artL- Iarv. .at-ctIgI.t, CT suldna1itne work, Inc
 VIII Egra 1lJ sErRnd one or two -yGuES more. In LL.1l ,cusF., however, he learns ' a us-ECI 1ru5ta which will help his
 chances in EiiS i'ELtrTTEa TVGTE. w hEzn lEe N has hge- tuuctIt his brIstnEsB he BDBB
 back luta pTE-u-g life. El1cPpt fUT a shUrt auuuel Eu1nEuvgr, he has nOth- M ing further tD CLO with tine military I =vGtHTn until a. .sudfGn aernErgzsElEEy shall can hzm hack lD the DOlUrE.
 .,HoIlal1d cam hope L0 accUrnpEsh ETeat things with comparatively weak
 forces, beC8TlEEa it has an ally uIigh11er than sstgdl UT irIn or high explosives. That ally -EB the North Sea- The King Y .d1u of the Nether7ands is a mnd- bank tC-l1CF CFEEElztsGl fTIEn the CJCBan. Open the Tf-ga which defend the land a;saIusE the angry aggression of the sea \ and the country will disappear beneath \ three tseL uf wafer This excellent method of a =TuuSe was known to OUT ancestors. II was first usad in the year 1I52- Tn the north of April in
 that wear 9 number of starving DuIE-h ! rgvCluri0nista captured a small Dutch town named E2TieIle. The SpanIaTds 1 tried to conquer iL. The HCIl3ndeTs | ruaua7 tho locks of the Mouse The water came and the STan5aTdS went. 1
 GA few years later the town of | LeE5all -E-lared in the heart off the \ co1nE-z- was delivered from Spanish ] siege by q E-El of Car5oatS and fat i bo-rCusd EcJws sailing across an i'm I Tr--uU-u lake and stCrTning Spanish 1 forts after % charge of swimming and | TsG ding sailors
 -Tu Inc year 1T-5r when the new Kingdom of the Netherlands was def I -.f..... r-a-r-r s-rr-+e7 ii was decidl5 l TO use the water in a scien fife fashion ! frT the defense of the country The eastern part, flat and covered with ] hGGth- was to he left open to Invasion i The heart of the country, nine feet below -Ee Ieve- of the sea- was tD be l turned lDr0 ln ingenious fortress
 -AL LhE present -LEnR the old idea has 1-e- confirmed with but small 1 changes A strong force of cavalry l and Infantry provided with bicycles i -a left for the defense of this terri 1 -.-E- ThFze men must ny and stop tho invading power as long as possible ! If is their duty to destroy all bridges and -D dispute any attempt of the en- euE to cross the big rivers Mean 1 while the regular army has retired be- hind inc sy-rcn of fOruesses and in unCa -5GSs-. which are altogether des- 5~uated as the .FEater1ine.'
 The +WareElile7 consists of two parts Tho first line of defense runs from inc HUyder due south to the low CT parts of the rivers Mouse and Rhine. It cuts off the provinces Of north and south Holland. and half of the prov EnCe of TtCech. It creates a large ar riGcial lake from six to ten miles wide, which covers all roads, canals bridges, railroads, tracks and fences.
 Tn many places where an attack might be expected barbed-wire fences have been constructed in such a fash
 ion that they will be completely cov- cred by water. At irregular intervals there are more than 10 little islands
 armed with heavy guns. They cover all the roads which in normal times cross this territory, and they know
 the exact range of every foot of ground
 Cor rather mud) in the waterIfne.
 Behind this first line of defense stretches the second one, which is
 the most important. It consists of another group of fnUndations and
 some 48 fOrtifcatTons, and forms
 broad circle of defense for the town
 of Amsterdam. Here the strength of the country has been concentrated and ever since the beginning of the
 war every dike has been guarded.
 Within six hours this territory would
 be ready to resist an invasion. Within F hours thousands of acres of the most fertile grazing land would be