Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-29
HOLLAND TO HAVE TWO ELECTIONS IN
 PRESENT YEAR
Life of Parliament Comes to End in June, But no Dis
 turbances Expected.
Correspondence Associated Press)

Correspondence Associated Press)
 The Hague, Netherlands, April 18.- Two general elections are due this year but, because of her dangerous position in the vicinity of the arena of war, Holland wants to avoid holding either Statesmen and politicians believe they have solved the problem how to avoid exposing the nation to the perils of a political battle at this critical time.
 The four years life of the present parliament automatically comes to an end next June. That would bring the first election. The second election would result from the revision of the constitution that long has been oc- cupying the Dutch parliament, and which has now only to pass the first chamber to complete the first stage of it's legislative voyage. The constitu- tion of the country demands that, after such revision has passed it's first reading, the two chambers shall be dissolved and fresh election held, thus giving electors an opportunity of ex- pressing their opinion on the pro- posed changes.
 Should the parliament then elected again pass the revision and it be pro- claimed law, third general election must take place in 1918 under the new constitution and the new system of proportional representation and universal manhood suffrage.
 The politicians propose to eliminate the first of this years elections by having parliament dissolved on the first reading of the constitutional re- vision and just before it's four years existence would lapse, thus making the two elections coincide. t7
 To Be No Contests.
 There still. remains one election to be held in 1917. To make this for mal affair and insure the return of the present parliament, the political lead CTS have agreed that each party shall retain it's present seats unopposed. This decision is based on the ground that the pending revision of the con- stitution is approved by virtually the whole states-general
 This plan has been endorsed by the that no legislation involving political principles shall be introduced in the twelve months existence of the parli- ament thus constituted.
 Assuming that this plan duly ma terializes in June next and that the reelected chambers then pass the re- vised constitution in second reading and it becomes law, the first real ap- peal to the country will take place in 1918 and that for the first time on the basis of universal manhood suf- frage and proportional representation. What extraordinary changes in the po- litical groupings such elections may bring about no one attempts to fore tell, but presumably it will in any case strengthen the radical parties. In the meantime Premier P. w. A. Cort van der Lindon's extra parliamentary but liberal ministry is expected to re- main in power, for the main current of public opinion still seems to favor the maintenance of the cabinet that has firmly maintained the country's $ neutrality and kept it out Of the war.
 But there is another side of the pie ture. Groups have even been formed which propose to put spoke in the wheel of government and party poli- ticians by nominating candidates of their own and contesting some of the principal seats next June. Such criti- ics sweeping condemn the constitu- tional revision.