Evening star., 1940-10-21
Reich Encounterinq
Opposition in Move
To Nazify Dutch
Accounts Differ as to
Netherlands Fate if
Germany Wins War
By WALLACE r. DEUEL.,

CHICAGO Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Oct. 21.-The revolution
which the Nazis are introducing into
countries conquered by German arms
is meeting with more resistance ir
Holland than in any of the other
nations the Reich has occupied dur
ing the present war, with the pos
sible exception of Norway, it appears
from accumulative evidence of recent
reports reaching here from the
Netherlands.
Accounts differ as to the destiny
which the Nazis envisage for Hol-
land if Germany wins the war.
Some responsible Nazis here insist
Adolf Hitler has the greatest regard
and respect for the Dutch, that he
has given orders that Holland is
to be treated with exemplary
generosity and that the Dutch them
selves are to be free to decide
whether they wish to adopt Nazi
regime of their own or some other
form of government. and even
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be restored.
Even these Nazis concede. how
ever. that the Reich wants Holland
to go Nazi. that Germany is sup
porting the Dutch National Socialist
Bund and that it is unlikely" the
House of Orange will be restored If
Germany wins the war.
Different Amount.
The account which other Nazis
and the German press give of the
future of Holland in a German
dominated Europe differs consider
ably Furthermore. from this rela-
lively reassuring version. This
second account may be summed up
as follows:
One of the Nazis' principal pur-
poses in Holland, as in other occu-
pied territories, is the complete
nazification of the country-the
liquidation of the House of Orange
and of all other formerly responsible
political elements, redistribution
Of wealth and power of all kinds In
favor of the Nazis and their friends
at the expense of the Nazis' enemies
the degradation of the Jews, the
elimination of independent labor
unions. the restriction of the sphere
of activity and influence of the
churches and the "co-ordination" OF
the country in general along the
lines on which the Reich itself has
been so thoroughly and uncompro-
misingly "co-ordinated' since 1888.
Only time-and above all the out
come of the war-will show which OF
these designs for living will become
effective in the Netherlands. Al
ready, however, this much may be
said: The NaZi press, at least some
Of the German authorities in Hol-
land, and the Dutch Nazis are taking
line so far which is essentially
Just the line they might be expected
to take if they are working toward
the nazification of the country
and most of the Dutch seem to be
showing a decided lack OF enthu-
siasm for the process.
Doing Much Themselves.
The Germans are doing much OF
the work of "co-ordination" them.
selves. They can do it all If they
decide that is necessary or desirable
They have been engaged in it ever
since they invaded Holland.
But it is considered preferable ir
these cases to let the Nazis Of the
conquered country itself-the "Quis.
lings'-do as much as possible. The
Germans accordingly have desig-
mated the Dutch National Socialist
Bund, under the leadership of DR.
A. A. Mussert, as "the bearer of the
national socialist idea" in Holland
in the worlds of the reichscommissal
for the Province of iceland, ano
are trying to provide the bund with
a monopoly of such political anc