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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28
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IRONING DAY MENU.
.TRAwBERRY sHoRrCAKE.-

CTRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.-
y Two cupfuls of flour, one table,
spoonful of sugar, four teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt, one egg, One-third cup
full Of butter, one and one-fourth table
spoonfuls Of lard and one-third cupful
Of milk. 49, 80.
Mix dry ingredients and sift twice,
work In shortening with tips Of fingers,
add egg well beaten and milk. Roll out
until about two inches thick and bake.
Split and butter the sides, pile the low
er half with Strawberries which have
been crushed and sweetened, and deco
rate the top with whole Strawberries
set in whipped cream. a
Strawberry Sponge.--Bake sponge
cake in round pan. Carefully cut of
the top, hollow out the center and fill
with whipped cream, sweetened and fla
vored and mixed with one cupful Of
mashed Strawberries. Replace the top
and serve on large plate.
Strawberry Whip. One and one
fourth cupfuls Of Strawberries, one cup
ful Of powdered sugar, white. Of one egg.
Put the ingredients in q bowl and beat
with wire whisk until stiff enough
to hold in shape; about thirty minutes
will be required for beating. Pile light
" on dish, chill, surround with lady
fingers and serve, with cream or boiled
custard.
Strawberry Ice Cream.-Wash and
stem one quart Of berries, sprinkle with
ene=half to, one. cupful Of sugar, de.
pending on the sweetness Of the berries,
Let stand one hour; mash and rub
through strainer Make custard Of
one pint-of milk, two eggs and one cup
full Of sugar. Add one pint Of cream,
cool and partially freeze, Add berries
and finish freezing. Use three parts Of
ice to one of salt. Crush Ice In fine
pieces and mix with the salt before
packing into the freezer.
Strawberry Sauce. - A delightful
sauce for cottage and other puddings is
made by adding to hard sauce made
BY Dreaming, together tablespoonful
Of butter with two Of powdered sugar
sufficient crushed strawberries to make
the sauce a deep pink, color.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

| The Germans not merely have sunk
lot of ships, but they have sunk a
lot of money in propaganda.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

Nv. ,Maxey, who has been employed
at the Lamborn drug store during the
summer, resigned his position there
last week. He has purchased drug
stock at Macedonia and left with his
family for that place yesterday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

The president is going to be taxed
$4,000 a year on his salary, but it is
believed he can get along without hav-
ing to rent rooms in the white house.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

Very few Of our women friends
have protested against the increases
of taxes on tobacco.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

Miss Theresa Schafer, of Omaha, is
spending the week here, visiting her
sister, Mrs. Lille Marks. Miss
Schafer was in attendance at the l..
D. S. reunion at Dow City the past
week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28

can get someone to translate it, for
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Wells ! guess this is all, as must
hit the hay.
Love to all,
Sid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
ELECT HOUSE OF LORDS
ON NEW PLAN PROPOSED
Lord Bryce's Committee Apparently
Would Drop Hereditary Prin-
ciple Altogether

London, April %. - Lord Bryes'I
committee on the reform Of the House
of Lords recommends in its report
that the house consist Of two sections
one of 246 persons selected by panels
Of members of the House Of Commons
distributed in geographical groups and
the other to consist OF persons chosen
by joint standing committee OF botn
houses OF Parliament.
The number of these persons is rec.
commended to be about onefourth Of
the whole second chamber, excluding
members eX ofticio.
TIE report also recommends thM
the terms of Office for members oil the
second chamber shall be twelve years
one-third of the members retiring
every fourth year and their places
being filed by election. The salaries
Of the members shall be the same As
for those holding seats in the House
of Commons, if 1t is decided they shan
he paid. The second chamber VIII not
have the power to amend or reject .
financial bill passed by the House Oh
Commons. When a disagreement
arises over bill between the Two
chambers, the measure may be ~
serred TO a conference Of thirty mem
bers from both houses and TINS CON
ference shall report Unanimously !"
both houses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25

seize the Dutch throne because they
dared not urge their claim when the
chance seemed near in the face of an
adverse European opinion. When, how
ever, the Dutch King William III Of
England, who was Prince Of Orange ana
Stakeholder of Holland died iu 1902
without an hear, the King Of Prussia, as
claimant to the title and principally
Of Orange made a dicker to his own
advantage with Louis NV. and ctded
the territory OF Orange to France.
The Dutch, however, held on to the
title Prince Of Orange, and it is borne by
every heir 10 the ruling house. The Ho-
henzOllerns also kept the empty title as
something that might come in handy
some time.
on several occasions Prussian kaiser,
dom has attempted TO possess itself OF
brave little Holland
OF course the Hohenzollen claim to
the Dutch throne is shadowy enough, but
then there Is the unpleasant fact that the
ruler OF, Prussia persists in wearing the
title OF the heir to the Dutch throne, If
the Kaiser Is not in the business. think
the Dutch why doesn't he take down his
sign? Je-
II his claim is shadowy, shadows are
real things 10 the mystical German Em-
peror, and II he remains the master of
/ fleet and army after this war he can
make good almost any sort OF claim he
chooses 10 put forth He thus fiaunts in
the face of Holland that beloved name
and title OF orange which the Dutch
have carried with them wherever they
20. II you find orange as a geographical
name la any part OF the earth, Europe,
Asia. Africa. North America or South.
and In the ISLANDS OF the tropic Indian
T ocean. YOU may suspect Dutch influence
near Or remote
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25

we're entirely contrary TO the instruc-
tions OF the German Admiralty" Hol-
land on Juiy 10, however, complained
that the ships papers had not been
sufficiently examined and maintained
that the destruction of the BeIkelstrom
was illegal.
The orange Book said answers were
still expected from Germany as 10
whether the explosions on the Holland
America Line freighter Emedijk, while
bound from Baltimore for Rotterdam,
and on the Dutch steamship Riindijk,
while bound from Portland, Me-, for
Rotterdam, were caused by German
torpedoes.
The orange Book dispute with
Great Britain and France concerning
orders in council of October 20 and
March 80, and the French equivalent OF
the DEGREES on the question of the in
corruption Of the nationality Of merchant.
men. which Holland maintains is estab-
lished by her 1ag--a case In point being
the Dutch steamship Hamborn, which
was seized by British warship and
taken to Halifax while proceeding from
New York 70 Cuba In 1915. The steam
eeip at the time was under charter to
an American company. Holland main
talned her protests against the seizure
and subsequent requisitlon Of the steam
ship by the British Admiralty as con-
trary 10 the law Of nations, (which had
already been disregarded in previoua in.
stances BY Great Britain and France"
Holland also protested, according 10
the Orange Book, against British seiz-
ures OF postal parcels on neutral shIns
Regarding the detention OF letters TIoI.
land adopts The standpoint OF the United
Slalee
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
WIRE FENCES 'TWIXT
DUTCH AND GERMAN
Divisional Lines Arbitrary.
At One Place Frontier BIZ
sects Railway Ticket Office

There is a barb-wire boundary be-
tween Holland and her neighbors-Ger-
many and Belgium-that presents a re-
markable picture at some points. where
II bisects farnhouses. towns, or even
cuts straight across the platform Of
frontier railway stations.
At one place a street Is divided up
the middle, so that Dutch and German
shops face each other across barriers
Of barb wire. on the further side OF
the street runs street railway, which
is in Germany. Separated from the
tracks by high wire fence there runs
down the middle OF the street a strip
twelve feet wide, which Is neutral
ground. Then comes another fence, and
the narrow bit of road and pavement
beyond it are in Holland. At each street
corner are narrow openings TO allow
passage from one country 10 the other,
sentries Of each country standing care
ful guard on either side. II is the main
street of busy town, and the ordinary
town life flows back and forth. while
little Dutch street boys talk TO tie
German street boys through the meshes
Down this street at the beginning OF
the war the Dutch population watched
Tor four days and nights the German
army marching southwark into Belgium.
All the villages on the frontier lead a
contusedly bisected existence. a belt of
barb-wire, as II were, separating their
neads from their feet. At a few points
the German side of the barb-wire fence
- further protected by wires carrying
electric current, and searchlights play
up and down the line during the night.
Part OF the town of Baarle- Hertog is
Belgian, but it was saved from German
occupation early in the war by the fact
that u is entirely surrounded by Dutch
territory-a little Belgian island in the
middle Of Holland. From here TO the
real frontier one travels over a WE'LL
paved roadway, which Is Dutch, while
he ditch at the side is Belgian. At the
railway station. which is Baarle in IIol-
land and Wields In Belgium. the frontier
runs straight through the ticket office
and out across the platform on either
side. A line of colored tiling in the
floor marks the boundary. and the words
"Nederland% and "Belgique" are set into
the concrete on either side. On both
platforms the sentries of the two, coun-
tries face each other at a distance OF a
yard or so apart -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
CHEVRON FOR OVERSEAS
SERVICE PLEASES MEN
Men Who See Six Months in France
Permitted to Wear Gold
Insignia

with the American Army in France.
April 25.-JOy was spread through the
entire American eXpeditionary force by
the official announcement that ali oficers
and enlisted men in France. regardless
of whether they are engaged in combat
or doing noncombatant work, are en-
titled to the gold cheyrou for six
months overseas service.
majority already were sporting the
gold V-shaped stripes on their sleeves
under the original plan Of issue, whereby
only men at the front received the in
signia The American boys not al the
front felt this to be a hardship, as il
was through no fault OF theirs that
they had been assigned TO duty in
France away from the front, were sta
toned at French or British ports or
were doing clerical work instead Of
fighting.
The decision was reached. following
negotiations with officials Of the War
Department at Washington and is eX-
treinely popular. Those who have served
less than six months are to be awarded
a blue Chevron.
II is also announced that men in the
tank corps VIII wear special collar in
sigma, miniature tank mounted over
two salamanders. heads toward center,
and with a half wreath beneath.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
INUNDATION is CHIEF &
DEFENSE OF HOLLANn
Nation Enabled to Resist Trespass With
Flooded Tracts and Submerged Fortifca.
tions-Oceans and Rivers Faithful Allies

tiol'Anu ,sd would be protected, not aim, :.
.ne water line, but by the Zuvdsr p!
o., .ne Hotth and in the south by ~
estuaes or the Mas and Schsld, -a,. NV
pIOteSteo area would include bv "a, . .s,
nus AttTactiVe and desirable section.
Ine couhtry-'the opulsht aEricnlsu..,
pIoF.ncss OF north and south Hn,,..s
anu Heeiand, The Hague ROTTERDAM, sao
Amsterdam--Holland's two sro.a and
meIoiai centers--the ports Of Flu,Sla.
aau az, iHe TOOK, not TO mention e.
lem. anu haar.
But It is possible that after all =,
water Hhe might be forced BY lnvaaIa.
mostS Dutch engineers regard n -
WINE the possibility exists, Il il no,h,..
more IMAM a possibility. II this b,s
pehea lhe llollanders would No, 4.
utterly at loss They would fail h,s,
once more and sacrifice a still srsS,..
area OF country, would sacrifice Ia ~.
ihhowing hood indeed, all Of Holl,ns
except the territory which incloses A.
sterdan In a circle. on the circunfersns,
OF which Is Haarlem. The Anstsrs.e
water Llne IL is believed, render, M,
city virtually impregnable. II W"
guarded by Il line of strong forts vbi.
the rear is protected by tho Z,r1..
Zee. The flooding Of the Arnsterasn
water Line would mean the brinrns
INTO being OF the old Hasrlemner M.,r
This lake existed as late as 1SlO ~.
an area OF seventy square miles and An
average depth Of thirteen feet. Exno,,a
to all the winds, it was hazardOus
place for the little vessels that travsr,.S
a Il az 40 -
no more interesting or thrilling t,l.s
than the battles which were waud
among fleets Of waspish craft
Former Experiences
The confidence Of the Dutch in th.,
water lines Is strengthened by the far
that upon two occasions they have il. in
the floods and brought discontinue IN
strong invaders. When the hundrss
thousand invaders of Louis XIV war.
turned back the haste with which mum.
datlon operations were carried resulted
in the flooding Of greater area thar
was necessary. The French were abso.
lutely set at naught. but freezing westh
er gave them new hope. \ thaw cam,
| however, before the enemy could avail
themselves of the ice
The Fields correspondent is Of opinion
that in the end the Dutch would b.
obliged TO give way, despite indnda-
tion, 70 the attack Of strong power
backed by all the resources Of land,
sea and air warfare as applied in these
modern days. He does not however,
doubt the ability Of the IIollanders to
! put up much sitter defense than
Belgium maintained. The frontiers Of
the Netherlands are guarded by a we'll
trained, resolute army, prepared TO re-
sst German invasion, while the seacoAN
is guarded against any attempt that
, might be made by the Allies, either
| to attack OF their own initiative, or
! TO enter Holland unasked and taks
/ charge Of the defense against Germany
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
HOLLANDS ARMY
100000 STRONG
----- e.
Formidable Body, Well
Prepared to Defend the
National Honor
GROWTH OF FEW YEARS
- 49,
Best Trained Fighting Force
in History of the Meth
erlands
GROWTH OF FEW YEARS

Only some two days march north Of
the battle arena in Flanders stands
formidable army, intact, fresh and vigor-
Gus, that has not yet fred shot in the
great war. It Is the army Of the Meth
erlands
That army has been growing ever
since the work Of training began fever
ishly back in August, 1914, and has been
carried on without break. special
law was passed IN 1915 greatly widening
the circle OF those liable TO service
with the result that all the men under
arms on August /, 1914, were relieved
ny newly trained men and sent home
though they can be recalled to the colors
Immediately should occasion arise.
That the country's military leaders
had no intention to rest on their oars
after the achievement was shown by a
bill promptly passed by Parliament pro-
Viding for a re-examnatlon Of all men
Of the Landstrum born since 1885 who
had been rejected for one reason Or
another. The measure Of course. yielded
q very substantial increase to Hollands
available military forces.
How large a mass Of trained men
Holland could now place in the field Is
easily discernibie. There Is FIRST the
army that was moblized in the days of
the wars outbreak, probably not far
short of a quarter of a million men.
and later sent home on indefinite leave.
Then there IS the new army Of a like
size.
Moreover. there is Il very considerable
body of men, who, prior to 1914. had
finished their period OF fifteen years in
militia, Landwehr and Landsturm. but
who are subject TO call should occasion
require.
This should bring the number Of
trained men available TO half million
men and possibly well over that num-
ber, constituting a far more formidable
and probably better trained fighting
force than the Netherlands has ever be.
fore possessed in her history
In equipment. too, the Netherlands
army has made great strides during the
last four years. The ammunition in
dustry has been reorganized and enor-
mously extended. The artillery arm, in
which the country was notOriously weak
has been re-enforced in so far as ma
terial was obtainable. The delivery Of
anti-aircraft guns is also in course Of
execution.
Serious efforts haye been exerted 90
improve Hollands aerial service. 4 re-
organization Is estimated to cost be-
tween S7.200.OOO and s7,sOO,0OO. The
new scheme provided for fifteen airplane
divisions, comprising fifty-eight battle
planes and siXty-six scouting planes.
Despite Germany's own big needs, the
country was reported not a great while
ago
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
WASHINGTON SEES
HOLLAND IN WAR
Nation Will Resist Des-
perate Mailed Fist"
Capital View
TENSION Is NOW GREAT
Washington. April 23.

Washington, April %.
Germany is holding the mailed fist
over Holland TO enforce sanction Of
supply shipments through that country
into Belgium.
In her desperate effort to drive
through n decision in the great west
front blood zone, the Teuton diplomacy
is once more showing It's ruthless dis
regard for the rights Of neutrals
The situation appeared fraught with
war possibilities. but there was "A strange
dearth of official news here anent the
developments. while American officials
suggested that the press refrain from
too much comment in the absence Of
facts here.
II war comes. Germany would un-
doubtedly seek to plow through Holland,
opening path TO Belgium which she
wants for troops and supplies Hul-
lands border is well protected by highly
trained troops, but It is doubtful il
the Dutch could withstand long ary
serious attempt at invasion.
Germany's feverish haste now in
pressing Holland led some authorities
here to believe the Teuton war lords are
anxious at the result Of the British naval
offensive on Zeebrugge and Ostend. II
the Allies could demolish these bases it
would necessitate Germany looking else
where for a base on the channel and
Holland offers the only possible point
Il is held certain here that Holland
wtlt not agree 10 GCrnanys demands un-
less she is willing to sacrifice her
neutrality.
Germau designs on The Netherlands
are of long standing. Some years be-
fore the war, German influence sought
70 drive measure through the Dutch
Parliament to fortify the mouths Of the
Scheldt--thus affording protection
against attack from the sea. This was
aimed at Great Britain, and England
protested 50 strongly as TO constitute a
virtual ultimatum and the bill was de-
feated.
Military experts here believe that Al
lied forces could be sent 20 Hollands aid
Il would require scarcely more than
half million Germans 70 overrun the IT.
tie country and force their will.
This would depend on Hollands de-
termination, however 10 literally "sinI;
or swim" The scheme Of defense Of the
little neutral embodies concentration Of
her forces in a restricted area--the
Holland fortress s--comprising the
provinces Of North and South Holland,
with parts Of iceland and Utrecht. Two
thirds of this area is surrounded by the
sea. on the land side are strongly es-
tablished military works. rendered ex-
ceedingly difficult of attack by inun-
dations. The German land approaches
TO the Holland border are hilly. Amster-
dam IS we'll fortified and there also are
inundation projections which might pre-
rlude successful attack by the Ger
mans
Control of the inundations has not
been entirely in military hands, how
ever. ana the fear Is expressed here
that Germanys long arm OF intrigue may
have stretched 70 the point where the
flooding Of the country to prevent in
vssion may be jeopard.zed by Ger
man agents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
HOLLANDS TROUBLES
STARTED WITH WAR
Disputes Constantly Arising,
First With Germany, Then
Great Britain

Diplomatic history which covers the
period from october, 1915, to the pres
ent time, ilustRtcs Vividly the ditil-
culties with which Holland has had to
deal owing to her geographical situa-
ton between the belligerents.
The record shows that disputes have
arisen now with Germany and now with
Great Britain, the progress of which was
followed by deepest interest not un-
mixed with anxiety, by the entire Dutch
nation.
The Orange Book was delayed for
months in the hope that some settle
ments Of the questions at issue would
be reached. but several matters were
still in suspense, it says, and some
apparently in hopeless deadlock. The
principal Of these matters is the sink
ing of the Dutch liner Tubantia, which
is at the same stage that had been
reached June Q. 1916, when, on the
ground of elaborate technical evidence,
Germany declared the incident closed,
hat no German warship had sunk the
Tubantia and insisted it was likely that
a torpedo which had been previously
fired at a British warship had remained
dfoat and come in contact with the
timer.
To this portion of the orange Book
q footuote by the Dutch Government
added that Holland maintained its pre-
viOus attitude that a German torpedo
sank the Tubanitia and said the Dutch
Government was determined to leave
nothing undone to obtain additional light
on the matter and asked further in
formation from Germany.
Another case dealt with is that OF
the destruction in April. 1916, by a Ger
man submarine of the Dutch steamship
Berkelstrom. Holland sharply demand
ed full reparation for this act, and espe-
cjally protested against the German sub
marine commanders alleged utterance
that all goods bound for England were
contraband and all ships bound for Eng
land would be sent to the bottom.
Germany on July 3, 1916, justified
the sinking of the BerkelstrOm. but in
vited the owners Of the cargo on board
the steamship TO make their claims to
the Hamburg prize court Germany de-
MED that the submarine commander used
the words complained of, declaring they
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" iHelmind the Only
Queen against Kaiser

Tho prospect of Hollands en-.
trance into the war on the side Of
the Entente brings sharply into
view the possibility Of the Kaiser
having arrayed against him in his
aggressive plan of world conquest
the first woman sovereign to take
up the gauntlet thrown into the
face Of humanity. She is Queen
Wilhelmina Helena Paulina Maria
Of the Netherlands, thirty eight
years old. who succeeded to the
throne on the death OF her father
King William III, in 1890
Her husband is n German prince
who has never been popular with
the Dutch people. The heir to the
throne is their daughter the Priu.
cess Julian.