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Show Ear-Seeing Dutch Statesmen, Fearing the Fate of Belgium, Warn the I Queen to Mind Her Own Business and Make Her tJecklenburg-Schwerin Consort , Virtually a Prisoner in the Royal Palace m Xmstfrdam Nov SO I j jje jbuxt people wh i hare suffered If j this war the one who has ben Boat deeply humiliate! Is Prince lkjSL-, htuid ot Qen W llbelmlna of JRrtac Hear; s sufferings have not be i He o" beeu kept prcatte ly I BEnn te bk u 3 palace, 8l led n for Lw to eoBtntunloM wtth bl Genua Baate and gensnlly treated as a buh-EZts buh-EZts character bv the -ountrv of his TOfti war has made the preservst on o 'tgfcgt pBtrpeadeiiec an anxious and burn uLvcaeetiOB lD Holland, and the sturdj Eaja, burghers WW not alio the Queen a gLgg Beaad to stand In the wav of ELggtiag tkelr Interests, f ?et Qjeai's coast rt was born a Prince Bar frit'1 illmrjr "rhrr'- and his nephew Haft reusing Grand Duke of MeOcIen RmSehwerin a sovereign of tue Germa. ! nMbe Prtaee Henry was tra ned as an efMr ta the German army and still holds Hsuarv r&Bk In It. See Burda have lone feit that their fwjavfal asdhtrowlnj; neighbor Uermany Kks a danger to them. Hoi and has tl a ijplKfni adTataga ot holding the mo lb ETtke Rrrer Ithrne, b.Ji flows through fi. larw clement cf Dutchmen oj Slaked to England as their friend but the "jjeer war occurred and dampened UHlr Brttisk eatfcwtavm kThen tke Invasion o' Be slum by Ger easy caste and p e V a wcse 5I1QCX r-Seeing Dutch Statesmen, Fearing the Fate of Belgium, Warn the su SJla P0 paldfi to the "jfcer war occurred and dampened thtlr personal re it ons with Interned foreign aBBPWMWCaBBMHaEMBhi I flBHHHBHK? j?jBh?"f v t Bl UtemSon o' Be slum by Ger the suspicions or Dutch ne trallty t might iejtm. V-Y wf ' ffiHFWwnjBBRMKjm . jarj caste and ca e e NSS' rs" s." -r . - - cr. s ? Q-srSTr sl&Ft2sysssI,,,d, SMPmmk Blttie Tery Uke y compe the Germans held to consider the Prince conduct, and eminent. The Prime Mln jetm r J IMkS Mi do tie sane thing to them Prompt action was decided on The Prln Ister was st -P- Wllhelmina. through marriages of CW Kecn WUbetalna Informed the Cabinet was requested to meet the Cabinet at the ported by the minister of the Interior Dr When e went on in s mo me were w ancegtotg ,s ma,nly M, !BI!Sr-- ffiiifhl JfT -m,w tn orprre War OfTIc The Prime Minister Jonkhee Cort van tier Linden and the Minister carefully shadowe 1 by se re ser ice men tub Queen is not to-day extremely pop"- jClBfiffiSlfTW Ifr-" wl ttlr cowertul ne gMr ioon Informed the Prince that he must of War Colonel Bosboom. By all these precautions he Dutch have , to golland C0Dtrary to the impression fflBMiPr Wr hltta IE ceaie his visits to the German officers be We mart have Your Highness sprom the ce to a state of perfect th3t generally prevaUs In America Her CliP" &teru,efn1deen taSSatid cause they were contrary to the orders la ise now that nm?LZ&ortirtM Mtnillty early 'popularity was due to the charm wffSSw SSyS? Iftrinthehero 6nbsLnTepLyou to dictate my r?&l& 7"hethmma SKS'SS" t2SS SJSS M SiS .vteer-sts and would do it in heir own i sna prevent me from our officers rtp ned Colonel Bosboom pressed wltij the ne cslty trf respecting way and sne haB DOt developed sufficient S RHhir r,n .fl Bpleians wan vSttag my personal friends said the The Prince re ictant y gave the promise national feeling in these matters Holland ta, quallUe3 to take lts place dS lh , t ThB P7ince haushUly required but before long he found that is very nearly a republic and it would f Q unpopularity Is JS KJ"iPtoHvi t? Td wTbII be obliged to deprive the Dutch had taken amp e precautions to take no violent change of sentiment to y her unprepossessing personal M hfiiX, tolhz r your highness of your rank In the Dutch see that he kept it He was kept practl make it ent re v one In former days it ap1pearancef She bs own ungracefully illSM if X lK?,v!JJ ?KSr5S thPlr Imy andnavy repMed the Prime Minister cally a prisoner in the royal palace Vs was a repubtfc with the Prince of Orang 8f0put ana her heavy expressionless face SmMM 1 i Kr5L?5d eTerT step toi?7 SSit a general In the army he was required to as a kind of hereditary president shits nionn w th fat A queen of this type Ois , 1 " tTnftL Touere insulting me" roared the stout report regularly to the War Office and to The royal family enjoys some prestige SS0n p fo ptpuiar sentiment WR?4 .I'fjf?000 a 337 and tbe Dntcn ha)f, T7n,Jr remain in a certain pace of residence so with the Dutch because It is descended Tie unromantlc truth is that Queen Wll Sl 11 fi SYZ l the course of tie discussion the SS he could as be found in case his from tbe great national hero Wll.iam of Jra? become an abnormaUv heavy fSJSSk I jnZrgl TEXTS. L? to understand that he services were needed Orange but it must be rememberedjhat JJ W ' . fley realized that tnev had missed the asie fate by onlv a few feet and that t iome oJier "necesit- of state would In tithe iamre very like y compe the Germans do the sane thing to them HQieen Wllbetalna informed the Cabinet tat the safest cottrse would be to preserve Ifriendllness with their powerful ne ghbor f Germany but the ministers solemnly In formed hex that taey had been Intrusted wits the duty of caring for the national .vfctersts and would do it in heir own Rghtng Germans and Belgians wan r iercd over the border into Ho land The lteh mobilized their entire army of jSWO men, seized the intruding belligr ffeitk; and took every step to preserve their IneutraEty It cost them 1000000 gulden $450000 a day and the Dutch hate to : Pt rlth money but they will do anything : to preserve their independence In the midst of thee anxieties and tr nbles the (. erman Trlnce Consort natural y became an bject of popu ar 'U-1 'U-1 1 ion Dutchmen h ding extreme anti Otrman views a c ed 11m of nid g German Ger-man plans to subjugate th lr count With considerable ugenuity the people circulated in llollan 1 arce numbers of photographs sho lng Prince Henr In his Cerman uniforn aa an offl er f the Prm eiau Guards the one which 'to usually wore up to the tlm re bt a ma the hu-ban hu-ban 1 of Qi pen Wllbelmlna This, ot course was a po nted reminder to the Dutch that th I rlnce had iworn allegiance to the Kaiser The photographs ex ted considerable jKpuar anger and were frequently subjected to indlgnltleo Other episodes occurred which bro r the Prln into more dlrett conflict 1 the Dutch authorities A large number of German officers were aruot g the Cenuau troops who accidentally strayed oer t c Dutch frontier Into Ho land and were in terned there rhe Prince paid frequent visit? to the tmprisot ed officers, had Ion; and friendly talks with them and supplied them with uxorles. om ut them wer old personal friends of nls. and be naturally felt a friendly interest .n ail his former army companions. H s -onduct vas made conspicuous bv t. e fact tht the Dutch Government had ordered Dutch officers not to bold any pecBtnal re it ons with interned foreign offl era of anv nationality on account of the suspicions of Dutch ne trallty t might arouse. The Trince Is an admiral In tbe Jhe Royal Palace at the Hague in Which the Prince GJntort Has Been Practica Jy Confined f a a Prisoner by the Dutch Cabinet and War Minister (Dutch navy and a general in the Dutch army A meeting of the Dutch Cabinet was held to consider the Prince s conduct, and prompt action was decided on Tbe Prln was requested to meet the Cabinet at the War OffIc The Prime Minister Jonkhee Loudon informed the Prince that he must cease his visits to the German officers be cause they were contrary to the orders Is 6ued by the Government. "I shall not permit you to dictate my personal affairs or to prevent me from visiting my personal friends said the Prince haughtily "Then we stall be obliged to deprive your highness of your rank In the Dutch army and navy replied the Prime Minister Tou are Insulting me " roared the stout Prince In the course of the discussion the Prince was made to understand that he would be forced to obey J f the l'ws o' the coun ry and the orders of the Go 'I1 eminent The Prime Mln ister was strongly supported sup-ported by the minister of the Interior Dr Cort van tier Linden and the Minister of War Colonel Bosboom. We niurt have Your Highness s prom ise now that you will not again visit the quarters of I erman officers In order thtt I may give the necessarv Instructions to our officers rvp ned Colonel Bosboom The Prince re ictant y gave the promise required but before long he found that the Dutch had taken amp e precautions to see that he kept it He was kept practl cally a prisoner In tbe royal palace Vs a general In the army he was required to report regularly to the War Office and to remain in a certain p ace of residence so that he could alwas be found in case his services were needed Queen Wilhelmma as She Is To day, Showing the Heavy Features Which Seem to Have Caused Her Lack of Popularity in Holland. When he went out b s mo ements were carefully shadowe 1 bv se re ser Ice men By all these precautions he Dutch have reduced the Prince to a state of perfect neutrality Qjeen Wilhemma has also been lm pressed with the ne csity trf respecting national feeling in these matters Holland is very nearly a republic and it would take no violent change of sentiment to make It entire v one In former days it was a repubjjc with the Prince of Orang as a kind of hereditary president The royal family enjoys some prestige with the Dutch because It is descended from the great national hero William of Orange but it must be remembered that Queen Wilhelmma Before Her Mamajo to a German Prince, Queen Wllbelmlna. through marriages of her ancestors Is mainly German The Queen is not to-day extremely popu. lar In Holland contrary to the impression that generally prevails in America Her early popularity was due to the charming appearance she made as a child In national Dutch costume, but this charm has passea away and she has not developed sufficient moral or mental qualities to take its place One cause of the Queen s unpopularity is undoubtedly her unprepossessing personal appearance. She has grown ungracefully stout and her heavy expressionless face sags fdow n w th fat A queen of this type makes no appeal to popular sentiment Tl e unromantic truth is that Queen Wil helmina has become an abnormallv heavy eater As she hardly takes any exercise she could not help growing fat A French writer who was privileged to vloit the royal palace has given some remarkable details about her habits of feeding He de scribes how she consumed on an average six meals a day He pointed out the interesting fact that the Queen weighed more than the Kings of Spain and Italy put together He said she was particularly fond of sweetmeats and chocolates, which did much to increase her stoutness Here Is the schedule of Her Majesty s dally meals 8 A M Coffee with whipped cream a dozen pieces of cut bread and butter 10 A. M Two hot meat or fish pat ties cheese 2 P SI Tunch usually hors doeuv res fish roast beef fowl, dessert wine 4 P M Tea ham sandwiches 7 PM Dinner consisting of eight courses. 10 P H Biscuits liqueurs and bed In her girlhood the little Queens mar rlage was a matter of tbe gravest concern to tho Dutch She was the last represent at! e of the Hou e of Orange liv ng In tho country and the next heir would be a Ger lain prince Much opvosition was felt to Prince Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin as a husband for the Queen because he was German but there seemed no way of get ting rid of him The national anxiety about the succes sion was contin ed when tie Queen for a long t me fai e I tn p o lu e an heir to the throne Tl re time she dlsippoin 1 the national 1 ope U ast n 1100 e gnt eirs f er ma ria,o Fhe gave bl th to the Pr ncess T 1 1 ow er on chl 1 In orier to a ert th d npe ot for g jt t ant . .f t- . fr. rn Dne of the Photographs of Queen Wilhelmina's Husband m His German Uniform, Which Have Been Widely Circulated by His Enemies m Holland lack of a Dutch heir to the throne a law was passed giving the Government power to name a successor or to declare a re public In the early years f the Queens married mar-ried life manv leports weie circulated about the Trlnces bad beha lor He was so unpopu ar that the Dutch believed the worst thit was bald about him It was even said that he beat the Queen Accord ing to the report Major van Tets a young D tch officer wo defended the Queen was killed in a duel with the Prince It was certain that the pair got along very hadlv together The Prince was ab sent for verv long periods In Germany After that the Prluce gainei some popu larity by his braverv in helplwr to rescue the passen-ers an 1 crew ot a si Ip wrecked on the coast of Hoi and while the Queen has gradually lost her hold on the popular affections Now the Queen and the Prince are ap parcntly re"oncile(i and are &h ring their many troubles togetl er The Prince takes a great interest in wines and liqueurs and personally attends to the care and management of the va t wine cellars of tho palace He is said to have the finest collection ot chnmpagnes and burg ndles in E rope Tli peas nt hobbv has been or gieat va no in he in tbe Prlnre to f ret h llffi alt es sor v a ui 1 uEJliations of I Is |