Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-27

! ruo of the leading Journals do no
/ hide their uEu-aiu.a ur pro-GerWaf
/ sEWpatrles. D.. their role Of 5udg,
I 10 all The b,Ir-srerrs Dutch editOrld
/ writers occasionally evoke am ironlea
! smile Tn. nature OF the comments
/ uH the position and prospects on the
/ 'hf.trrs af war has undoubtedly
gttnEsI since earlier iaES when the
might 0t Che German IeEI0ns dazzle1
| the ewes NJ Dutch military CORE.
eEordtuts and the ide4 Of Britain etet
forming new armies in tim. 20 gunstI-
tote serious factor was often secuted
as impra.tIcabie
People support Miles.
If rro-Germau symrathies are en-
tartsined among section of the
higher classes the great mass Of the
people is still strong in its support If
the allies pu the one hand. there is
Ia leading newspaper dehghung on
every possible occasion 70 denouncing
The interruptions seoundrels II CEN
trial Europe. and on the other, IL
would Ja difficult 70 find more bitter
anu-Grtish and anti-ally sentiments
than those bre8thed by the Dutch ed
lt0rs Of the prO-German "Toekomst"
CThe Future'1. Az a people the
than the British The South African
war still rauklos in a good many
minds The most pro-German ele-
ment ln The political world is found
among the church parties Of the
Right the veteran cX-premier. Dr.
Abraham Kuyper. great Calvinist
~taIWart leading the van
OutWardly Holland has not changed
much. save for the numerous military
element everywhere in evidence The
ur.nClual seaside resort. Scheveningen.
Is daily crowded with pleasure seekers.
including many Germans and Bel
sians. Places OF amusement are well
attended Cricket and other sports are
proceeding as usual The sprinkling
OF Germans IN centers like The Hasue
has somewhat smertened up the dress
Of the fIircI sex Beneath the sur
face. however the war IS putting
great strain ON people generally. The
monopoly Of 50 much labor by the
army means fHr more work for large
sections OF the nation while the food
eaten is not OF such good quality and
is dearcr With large masses Of the
people .t is a bitter struggle TO make
both ends meet Some of the smaller
conycnleuces Of life that used 20 come
from GERMANY especially rubber ar
ticlcs. are unobtaiuable Some articles
previously imported are. hoNr1 OF. be-
Ing now supplied bv native industry
\ scarcity Of Houses.
Practically everywhere there is "a
shortage Of housing accommodation.
and particularly I'm those places where
either Dutch workmcu have returned (
rom Germany OF where they no
Ongrr cross the frontier TO work
There is such a scarcity OF houses iu
he northeastern province OF TWCnte .
md I'm the Fen region. that compare Z
iNcly we'll 20 do families are often
obliged 70 live In miserable novels and |
wen i'm temporary hutS The rise lh !
ne prices of building materials. par I
iCuIarly timber has practically stop .
led TEE private building Of workmen's !
dwellings, In the large cities people /
ne crying out against the raising OF !
ents.
I'm the economic rculm the ramifi- |
alton Of the Netherlands oversee /
rust have eVfgu1,d very far. It's .
headquarters at The Hague now COM .
,Tisc thirty different departments.
Ioused i'm some twenty-five buildings
% all parts of the cltE. II viii De- re-
alDd that the trust i- allowed hy the /
lilies to import goods from oversee
mdcr guarantees that these shall be .
or home use only II seems impos-
ibIe, however to put down the SNUG
ling traffic ON the frontiers which
as lately revived and is dcwOT8lNug Il
ig sections of the border population, Il
espitc the governments system of /
0utr0lling goods boz the frontier zone Il
nd the auu0IutmpUt Of several thou Il