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Show DUTCH STILL WM ' 01 GIMP KAISER R. J. Sperry, Returned L. D. S. Missionary, Says Opinion Divided. Rulon J. perry returned home Wednesday from Holland, where he has been the past four years as a missionary for the L. D. S. church. Mr. fcperry says that conditions in Holland are practically the same as in the United btates at the present time, as regards the high cost ot living, and that the people are stiil on bread rations, each person being allowed two Dutch ounces, whicn are eipiai to about six American ounces, of bread a day. He savs that the socialists are rap- i idlv gaining strength and control, but are being bitterly- fought bv the Catholic! partv. whicn has alwavs heretofore been : a strong lactor m that country. i Ihe country is equally divided on the1 question of the internment of the kahser. I he said, "but favor is rapidly growing in I tavor of the allies, and I do not believe that there wi;l be any trouble about giv- ; i ing him up if such a procedure becomes 1 necessary." Mr. Sperry says the caste question of Holland has held back the workingman and has been the cause of checking commercial com-mercial progress of that country. Reformers Re-formers are now waking" up to this fact and that i one of the reasons of the rapid growth of the Socialist party, said Mr. Sperry. Shortly before the armistice was signed the working people began to rebel and there was much talk of revolution, declared Mr. Sperry, but the government took It up by arbitration and an eight -hour day and higher wages resulted. The unions are very strong, but very few strikes resulted from their demands, the only strike of importance being that of the shipbuilders, ho said. The Dutch women, he said, outclass the American women in their complexion. The reason for this, ho says, is the wholesome whole-some food which comprises their diet. Mr. Sperry is stopping with relatives ! at L'o7 "West Sixth South street, who are I planning several receptions in his honor. |