New Britain herald., 1919-05-17
Holland and the cN-Kaiscr.
New York Tim ps.)

The Dutch government denied, on
 the 14th, that it had decided to sur
 render the eX-kaiscr for trial, as re-
 Quired by the terms of the peace
 treaty. There had been conflicting
 reports about the action it would take
 in response to the peace conferences
 request for surrender or eXtraditiOn,
 Which, the Dutch legation at Paris
 says, was received at The Hague on
 or before the 11th. William Hohen-
 zOllern was still at Amerongen,
 hoping that he could remain there
 during the summer. or be permitted
 to occupy the Nettlehorst castle,
 which he bought for s26O,O00 in Feb
 ruarN. With one or two exceptions
 the Dutch newspapers have expressed
 disapproval of the peace terms. A
 prominent journal published at Am
 sterdam argues against surrender of
 the eX-kaiser, saying he could not
 have fair trial before the proposed
 tribunal. It does not expect that he
 will be taken by force, but forcsees
 that refusal to give him up would
 arouse the displeasure of the allied
 powers.
 Why should Hollands government
 or people desire to protect this man
 and to prevent his trial for the
 supreme offense against international morality and the sanCtty of treatie, ," Throughout the war Holland was bull
 lied and abused by the kaiser and the
 Berlin gOVernm ent. Scores of Dutch
 merchant ships. some of them in hos
 pital service, were sunk by German
 submarines, which attacked and de-
 stroyed even the 1shermen's boats
 along the coast shelling unfortunate victims while they were trying to cs-
 cape on rafts or in little skiffs. Many Dutch ships were tied up in homo ports by the kaiser's warning that they would be sunk if they should go out. For the same reason others were idle in our harbors for a long time until they were seized and set at
 work. The owning companies have received more than s4O,O0o,OOO for the use of their property, but the money, which has permitted payment of large dividends did not come from 1 Germany. Have the people of Hol- land forgotten the riots in shore towns when bodies of murdered fish crmen were recovered and shown? Have they forgotten their short ra- tons due to Germany's demands for | food supplies?
 Holland needs foodstuffs, raw ma terial and coal. Since the armistice 1 she has been receiving large quanti- 1 ties of these products from the Unit | ed States. Until December our eX- 1 ports 10 Holland during the 1918 had l averaged less than s100,000 a month. 1 In December they rose to $3.842, 900, l in January to S10.136,000 and have | since continued at about this rate. In 1 the four months beginning with De- l cember we sent to Holland 23,0O0- 1 900 worth of breadstuffs, II 900, 900 | pounds of cotton, 22 900, 900 pounds 1 of CottOnseed oil, and 20,000, 900 gal 1 Ions of oil for fuel and fabrication. | Manufa cturers there are getting 1 55,- 1 00e tons of coal a, month from Eng l land, Belgium and this country. They 1 want 150, 900 more and hope to in 1 crease shipments from the United 1 States. If Holland should refuse to ! give up the eX-kaiser and should in l sist upon keeping him out of court, 1 she could not reasonably expect that l the United States and England would | be eager 10 fill promptly her orders ! for coal and raw ma aterials. which are 1 also needed in countries that are as 1 SOCiated with us in the war She might be able to hold and cherish the | cH-kaiSer, but he cannot keep her fac 1 tories at work and feed her people.