The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-20
D0WAGER QUEEN OF
HOLLAND SUCCUMbS
AS nation MOURNS
Beloved Woman Had Ruled
Country as Regent Before
Daughter Was Of Age

The Hague, March 20.-tR)-Oow-
ager Queen Emma. beloved for her
charities and honored alike by Hol-
lands rich and poor. died Tuesday
morning Of bronchitis. She was IS
years old.
The queen mother, widow of King
william III and mother Of Queen Will
kelmina. had suffered from bronch-
It's for some time. but became gravely
Ill only . few days ago.
From the first she was attended al
most constantly by her daughter,
Queen Wilhelmina and grand daugh-
ter, Princess Juliana. heir to the
throne.
Few dowager queens have been so
beloved by their people as was Queen
Emma.
From the day i'll January. 1879.
when, as the young Princess Of WAL
deck and Piedmont, she went to Hol-
land to share the throne with King
William III, her sweetness and SYM
pathy endeared her to all Dutch
hearts.
The daughter OF Prince George
Waldeck. she was born August 2, 1858.
She was only 20 years old when she
became the second wife Of the Dutch
monarch, but her simplicity and kind
" nominees enabled her to meet her
responsibilities tactfully. She always
was able to hold the unfaltering SYM
pathy Of all parties within the king
dom, q sympathy which amounted al
most to alteration.
Was Success rs Regent
The success OF Queen Emma,s re-
gency after the death Of William III
in 1890. until her daughter came Of
cge and assembled the throne in 1893,
was universally recognized. She
proved one OF the most popular SOW
ereignS In Europe.
After Wi!helminas accession, the
queen mother retired to the back
ground Of the regal stage. but her
devoted subjects never forgot her and
lost no opportunity Of showing her
that she still held their loyalty and
deep affection.
This feeling was never more touch
ngly exhibited than on her SEVENTEEN
birthday in August. 1928, when the
women Of Holland, Of all classes and
conditions, presented her with an al
bum Of their signatures and SUBJ
stantial fund to which each sigma
tory had contributed according to her
means. Some Of the contributions
were only q few cents but they rep
resented the love underlying the BIRTH
day gift.
As an evidence Of the regard which
she commanded throughout Europe.
participants in the 1928 Olympic
games, then being held at Amster-
dam, joined in the celebration Of
Queen Emma's birthday. A mounted
procession, formed by the entrants In
the equestrian sports held at Hilver-
sum, rodc> to Soestdijk Palace, her
beautiful country seat where she was
then IN residence, and in q grand
march past. paid homage" to the
dowager queen. One hundred and
fifty countries were represented In
this magnificent spectacle.
Was Patron Of Arts
Queen Emma was . keen patron
Of the arts and did much to promote
all forms Of art In Holland. She was
also deeply interested In charitable
work In which she took an active part
and . goodly part Of her SEVENTEEN
birthday fund found its way to the
csuses she had ct heart.
As . mother and as Z grandmother
Queen Emma was ideal. She passed
on to her daughter. Queen Wilhel-
NINA much Of the statesmanship and
democratic wisdom which character
lied her own reign, and highly ap-
proved the sane democratic upbring-
Imp Of her granddaughter. the Prin-
cess Juliana. whom she adored. Al
though conservative in her views
Queen Emma was always . modern
In spirit, and never lost the youth Of
heart and mind that was one cf Thu
secrets Of her popularity.
She was closely related to tho Eng.
lish royal family. Her sister was til
late Duchess Of Albany. and her niece
Princess Alice, with the Earl q Ath'
lone ana Lady May Cambridge Otter
vi1ited her. The Duke q 0axe-Woi
mar 10 among her many German rel