The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-01
Con Kelley Transfers His
Allegiance from Rome to
Amsterdam
By II. L. MAURY

DOUSAI " al OIQ dSSISSS1N'
family Of bankers in Holland
The purpose Of this Dutch mov'
was threefold. (a) To transfe-
vast capital from the destructive
scene Of the next European War
(b) To preserve Dutch Neutral
ity, sustain peace in Holland BY
a refusal to sell copper to any
warning nation that invades the
Netherlands. (c) To make pres
ent profit selling copper, need
ed munition, to nations preparing
for the Great War to sustain
capitalism (and that will enc
capitalism among nations pre-
tending to be civilized).
The tine has come when our
University at Missoula should
employ a professor of History of
he United Netherlands. A ma.
'-ye of Java, Borneo, or Sumatra
E1ould feel quite uneducated if he
NEW as little of the rulers of his
country as the average Montanan
knows Of our new absentee land
lords: The Dutch. I have for
years made a study of Dutch
History. A few observations may
interest my fellow poems of Mon.
tana, the latest Dutch conquest.
not by arms but by infiltration.
Very few profound historical
works have been written by
Americans. The outstanding ex
ception to this dearth is possibly
Motley's Rise of the Dutch Re
public: The place to begin study
ing the character of our new
masters is in that profound work
Of 1900 pages. In European
Universities it is regarded as the
authority. 1t reads like a rom
ance. He informs US that the
harsh life among the cold marsh
es OF their land had raised such
strong race of men that Caesar
organized a cavalry legion of
them. This was the shock troop
that drove Pompey from Italy
and destroyed him in Macedonia.
From then on they have fought
Dravely, cruelty and in modern
times with the highest cunning.
prudence and sagacity of any
race on Earth for their place in
the Sun. When conquered in one
direction they turn to another.
ENGLAND DESTROYED their navies.
Spain under Philip the Second
waGed war against them for 10
years with the greatest army,
navy, resources Of the then world.
The Dutch survived and establish
ed a republic. Their scholars like
Erasmus organized the revival of
learning at the close of the Mid.
die Ages. Their painters rank
with Leonardo ia Vinci and
Mlchaelangelo. Keppler, Tvcho
Brahe end Bruno were free from
tanatical tyrants to study astron-
omy in Holland.
Often when beaten thew laugh
at defeat. Their people remain
In the land of their conouerors-
and soon may become it's rulers.
The Roosevelt family is an ex.
ample. This family is of Dutch
PATRON stock and keeps the
strain by its members marrying
frequently their distant cousins
They are clannish; far more SC
than any race except the Jews.
Knowing that President Hoover
was OF Dutch descent it was no
surprise to me to read one morn
ing lately that Mr.. Hoover was
chief counsel in Montana of the
Anaconda Company.
The Dutch never advertise in 2
6oastful way or to no purpose.
They keep their own counsels.
But if it is to serve an end they
can spread information about
their wares, political or material,
IN as attractive persuasive man
ner as any of the talkative races
can do so.
During the Great War thew or.
gained their armies for a fight |
for neutrality but they did some
thing better. They had oil sup
plies equal to the Standard Oil |
or the Bal1u fields. They mined
40 per cent of the tin supply.
They had immense gold reserves
ard vast rubber plantations. They |
said to both sides, "Keep out of |
Holland OF we sell you no petro-
-eunni no tin, no rubber and lend