Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-10

system, These officers, OF course, arr
In the minority.
Tho economic situation in Holland
has placed her In peculiar light
Many here In America would not hest
tate to call 1t "uAfavorable." Before
the United states came into the war
Great Britain was receiving supplies
from America. She was importing
them from Holland, also And Hol-
land was exporting 20 Germany Here
Ia the eternal triangle so much talked
about. But first let us understand
what these commodities were.
Everyone knows that England was
receiving foodstuffs from the United
states IA well as from Holland.
Everyone knows that the su-callcd sur
plus agricultural products leaving
Holland for Germany during 1915
must have been sufficient TO feed
many German soldiers for one year.
In order not TO throw the entire
blame for feeding Germany upon the
shoulders of the Dutch country 1t may
be well 10 explain that many ships
leaving IAN Atlantic port" IN the
United States In 1914 and tho be
ginning OF 1915, with foodstuffs pre-
sumably billed for Holland, did reach
and unload their cargoes at Amster-
dam and Rotterdam. These cargocs
sometimes remaine on the wharyes not
| more than n day before being recon
signed 10 Germany After the Neither
lands Overseas trust started its super
visng work this all ceased.
lnasmuCh as startling developments
have been brought to light recently OF
food profiteerinR In the United States
II would not be well to place the blame
for the entire completely upon the
rich merchants at these Dutch ports.
"A house divided against itself can
not stand" This Biblical quotation
might be applied 20 an lncideIft In the
early part OF the war The queen OF
the Netherlands Is married to the
Prince or Mechlenburg He is an out
snd out German and before his mar
riage wns an officer In the Berlin
home guards. The queen, before
everything ls a prtch woman; in fact,
shc Is tho last Of the Oranges. Soon
after the outbreak OF the war the
prince, who is a general in the Dutch
army went to the frontier. During
the battle Of LiCge some German Of
ficcrs who had been severely wounded
succeeded In making their way over
lht INlUNalN INTO litlldNus
These wounded officers were OF the
Berlin home guards. The prince
heard OF their arrival In Maastricht.
His Prussanism offset his sense OF
ethics. with his personal motor car
he sent the wounded German officers
to the nearest German village and left
them.
Whom this bit Of adventure wag
disclosed Il 80 upset the queen and
the Dutch government that she inn
mcdiatcly recalled Abi from the
frontier, and the prince Is now sta
Jonel near the seat OF tho govern
mcut The fact that Holland is still
neutral proves the correctness OF the
famous quotation In the Bible
During the latter part OF July 19l4.I
another ease whore the Houaud-Ger-
man relations uf the royal family
played an important tho interesting
role, came to the surface The mother
OF the queen OF Holland, who Is al
German princess trrinCess Of wal
deck lyrmauD, was staying In Ger
many with her relatives She WA,
asked to take the child OF her sister,
to Holland Now. as the story re-
veals the queen mother was an OBJ
servant woman When she arrived
ln Holland which is but few hours
Journey She at once communicated
with the prime minister Of tho Dutch
government Translated, her uusu-
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