Show HOLLAND OBJECTS TO BURDENS OF I WAR TAX Dutch Workers Express Dissatisfaction With Relief Committee THE HAGUE Netherlands May Ma- In 2 22 Popular dissatisfaction with the heavy burden th the war ar has Imposed on neutral Holland is growing steadily and finding almost dally daily expression especially among the workers Recently ftc ftc- Re He- several meetings meetinG's of ot workingmen working men and women as ns well wen as the unemployed unemployed un un- un- un employed have been held In leading Dutch Industrial centers to protest a against the high cost of living ving in Induced induced In- In by the war In The Tho Hague a a. meeting wa was held In the Concordia a han hall large largel voted to devoted tic tic- and labor gather gather- Ings The han hail was crowded No palice pollee po- po lice were present though there Were wee a n large number within easy call can in th thA street outside The meting was was preceded b by a parade parado of ot the un played ployd through the tho quietest and most t select residential quarters of ot The The Hague singing The Tho International an and d d distributing i at ri ti n g handbills calling cag upon al all on Hollanders to stand with the demonstrators In their fight again against hunger In Holland A large crowd gathered before the city cHy half han bali but butas was as 3 dispersed by the police pollee The meeting was held under tho the auspices of ot a committee of ot agitation against t the tho war consisting rep of ot rep rep- of The Hague Trade Tr council and allied bodies the social democratic party part the Star Garment Workers Workers' union Jhc the H Hague Fue branch f K- K of ot the National Municipal Workers Yorkers Tho The Hague branch of ot the Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial Workers of ot the World orld and anel the Oen General ral Trade Union council L L. de tie Visser r a a. young oun labor leader header arraigned arral ar ar- arraigned ar- ar ral ed th the pr present administration of or the Netherlands In a n speech In which Minister of ot Finance came in for Cor attack The ministers minister's ter's pledge made e at the outbreak of ot the war that there thore shall be no hunger r In Hol Hol- land was r recalled called in connection with tho the rise of ot from 20 per cent to 40 percent per perc percent c cent nt and even en more moro in the price of ot tho the bare bue necessities of life lite within th lb last eight months The mc meeting criticised rl the work of ot the tho national relief committee as being be beInE be- be ing ing- directed to aid tho the large employers em em- em- em players of ot labor in tho the Netherlands to avoid a Increasing tho the wages of or their thell employees The demonstrators all alE al- al l ped k-ped E ed that while taxes and the thEl cost of ot lI in living mounted constantly wages remained stationary and the relief committee was urged to stave off ott the thc logical economic crisis that ordinarily would result from rom such a condition b by succoring those thoo families placed by It In imminent want The workers further declared that thoy they had al alread already already al- al read ready more than paid pall their share of ot the cost of ot the mobilization of ot the Dutch troops In the Increased prices they had been forced to pa pay for tor foodstuffs nn and they protested wig vig I against any general tax lax to cover er military expenditures The They claimed that the large property owners own own- ers era and employers of ot labor in 1101 lund who the they f said have ha been growing rich out of ot the war should be forced to pay tho the full tull cost of oC moh- moh through a special tax tax tax- on n incomes above a n certain figure and antI I upon capital The demands of ot The Hague demonstrators demonstrators demonstrators demon demon- were formulated In six items for which the agitation committee pledged It Itself elt to conduct a propaganda propaganda ganda 1 1 Productive work ork at normal wages and under normal normol conditions or 2 2 Full Fun pa pay for fOI those who havo o been mobilized and for tor tho the played 3 S. The Tho national and municipal contro control control con con- tro of ot foodstuffs s 4 A moratorium AilS suspension pension of or orthe the payment of ot rent and taxes prohibiting prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- the dispossession ot of tenants by landlords 6 6 Proper care of ot the sick and in In- In firm 6 6 Payment of ot the cost of the above nhon as well an as of ot the mobilization atlon b by a n. special tax on capital and on hl high h Incomes To the tho meeting added a protest pro- pro test against the war and n against the he mobilization In Holland There is no doubt that the presence pres pres- enco ence of ot thousands of ot unemployed nt Begian Belgian Bel Be- l- l gian glan refugees In the Netherlands has produced an acute Industrial situation situation situa situa- tion A As AR many runny of ot these aro are ar ardent socialists the situation is not devoid I of possible political aspects In Holland Holland Hol Hol- land where tho the socialists arc are not very ery strong I |