The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-20
Some Interesting Facts About Holland

the trade with China and Japan.
The Standard Oil company under
the name Of Netherland Colonial OIL
company, has few insignificant
concessions and / have my serious
doubts whether they Will be able
to get any the Diambi concessions.
when they are opened up for de.
vcopmont
with relatively few OF her ships
sunk, Holland is in a good position
in comparison with Germany and the
allied countries. During the war most
of her ships, which were not tenn
porarily taken over by the United
States and Great Britain were laid
up in the Holland harbor, among
which the twin-screw passenger steam.
er Rotterdam" OF 37,190 tons dis.
placement, and one OF the largest
and most comfortable steamers in the
ocean service. The largest Holland.
America liner the "Statendam," was
just about finished in Belfast, when
the war broke cut. She was prompt
ly taken over by the English gov.
ernment, renamed "Justicia' and was
sunk on her first trip as an army
transport, after II twelve.hour bat.
tie with q German submarine.
Most Of the present ocean liners
are using coal for fuel, but the Hol.
, land-America line IL now refitting its
steamer, Rijndam, which has just
been returned 10y the American gov.
ernmeEt, for fuel oil, by way OF a
trial, and, in case OF favorable re-
suit, will also change the fuel sys-
TEN on It's other liners. The freight
rates, before the war, were about
ten cents per cubic foot now they
are So cents. The passenger rate
Tor a one Wy "trip before the war,
was about 800; now it IS about
$3.50.
All the steamers are filled up 4
couple Of months ahead and it is
advisable for everybody who wants
to go across to make reservations
/ in time.
Holland mas democratic form of
government, in some respects even
more democratic than in this coun
/ u III llpllslllh AllF 'dllllNh HAS "
be Of the party which has the ma
jority in congress, and it would not
be possible to have democratic
cabinet with a republican congress.
/ for the simple reason that the wishes
of the people expressed at the polls
have to bc satisfied. and the result
is better cooperation between the
congress and the government. After
every election the queen, who is con.
sidered to be above the parties, re
quests the majority leader to form a
cabinet
The elections are also different from
this country. There is also gen.
eral direct secret suffrage on the
principle proportional representation.
The votes Of the different parties all
over the country are added together
and the number OF seats Of the par.
ties divided in proportion to the mum.
Der Of votes. With 40 per cent OF
the voters voting the Catholic ticket
this party gets 40 out OF the 100
seats. The communists, Bolshevics,
anarchist or whatever you call them,
are for the first time represented in
the Holland house of representatives
and have three or four seats. The
balance of the seats is divided be-
tween six or seven other parties.
The Catholics, which AS religion
do not represent more than 40 per
cent of the population have the strong.
est single representation in congress,
and Holland being a protestant coun-
try, is governed by catholic gov.
ernment People in this country claim
that religion does not enter into pol.
itics here, a matter not quite in ac-
cordance with the campaign for ma.
tional committeeman in this state.
In Holland and in most of the Eu.
ropean countries religion is unsep.
ardtely connected with politics, "A
very regretable fact. and as a conse.
quence the best and most efficient
organized religion controls the govern.
ments in overwhelming protestant
countries as Holland and Germany,
where both the prime ministers are
Catholics, and Erzbcrger of the Cen.
trum party was even the plenipo.
tentiary delegate 10 the peace con.
ference. In this country religion has
not entered in politics so far, and as
rule the best man is elected with
entire disregard of hisre liglous con.
Victlon, which does no doubt result
IN better and sounder government.