Show Dutch uc Sentim Sentiment for r Allies Allies- More Openly Expressed Success of French a and British Forces on Western Front Was Vas Celebrated in Holland With as Much Joy JOyas as asif If Accomplished cc hed b by by D Dutch Arm Army to LONDON DON Oct 29 Th The The Daily Dally Express Express Express Ex Ex- Ex- Ex press publishes the thi following t from its Amsterdam correspondent We Ve are for the allies because weare weare we weare are are good Hollanders and because we honestly believe that only the allies' allies victory can secure us a free tree and happy future Such was the statement made re recently recently re- re by Prof Professor the leading surgeon In In- Amsterdam and one of the most remarkable men in Holland The statement was discredited was discredited In G Ger German r man n many where it is a a. matter of policy to give Holland every possible assurance assurance assurance assur assur- ance of of good will but it carried so much weight and was so obviously i true that no Dutchman has thought for tor- a a. moment of it it I This does not mean that Holland I or even an Important section of ot public public public pub pub- lic opinion in Holland wishes to abandon a a. policy of ot neutrality which has spared this country the horrors of modern warfare and which on theother tho the other hand has brought it heavy commercial profit Some reckless journalists of course course have have- from time timeto to tine time urged the Dutch government to adopt another policy but these ef efforts efforts et- et forts serve no useful purpose and are not taken seriously in lit the country I Every Eyer reasonable Dutchman wishes Holland to remain neutral to the last for he sees clearly what U Holland will gain by doing so and none none the less II clearly clearl what it would lose in siding with one group of belligerent powers or another I Strong and silent is still the motto motto motto mot mot- to of the Dutch government It was that from the start and unless something something some some- thing absolutely forces war on Rolland Holland Hol Rol- land it can safely be assumed that Holland will remain In peace This is the secret wish of the queen and of everybody within the Netherlands i But neutrality has never meant in indifference indifference In- In difference and It means that less lessnow lessnow lessnow now than ever Some months ago al almost almost al- al most every Hollander l was afraid to express his views about the war The Dutch could not approve Germ Germanys Germany nya se attitude in Belgium but they dared not disapprove it openly Germany was too strong Germany would pounce o on Holland whenever It got a a chance and swallow It up before the Dutch knew it People were afraid and while fright scarcely ever ever fans tans l e it gave many outsiders the Impression im impression impression Im- Im I that the bulk of the Hollanders Hollanders Hol Hol- Hol 1 landers were frightened Int into pro pro-Ger j Ger The Dutch papers with the exception exception tion of the Amsterdam seemed a little too neutral in their careful attempts attempts' to explain ever every German Gennan reverse as insignificant and and- ever every German Gennan victory as all taut tant Their attitude was was one one of neutrality neutrality neu- neu neu neu- of ot a a. sort sort but it was one of a neutrality friendly to Germany Their right to express such views is not questionable but It sometimes got on peoples people's nerves nerves' to read the glowing comments on eyet every unimportant tant Geril German German Ger- Ger man il gain r Wh while e such events as Rs the naval battle e off f the Falklands or that of the Doger er Bank never stirred H lead lead- j cr er writers into an anything liko enthusiasm or warmth pr even fair I have changed in In Holland as they seem to have chan changed ed in all other neutral countries There are probably many reasons for that but the principal one is that whilo the government authorities adhere firmly firmly firm firm- ly Iy to their policy of ot neutrality the thereal thereal thereal real significance of ot the tIle world struggle is being vividly recognized by every and ns us Professor Tr said It is the wish of every Dutchman Dutchman Dutchman Dutch Dutch- man pimply imply because he is a p patriot triot that the allies should win The The Germans may also have blundered blundered blun blun- dered here as as they did in America Such reckless speeches as that of the kins king of t Bavaria claiming f r Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many the thi mouth of the Rhine such imprudent utterance as that of Herr von Jagow announcing that Germany would by some arrangement get nearer Holland after the war and finally the pathetic attempts of the German review De edited at The Hague and financed from Ber Berlin lin to popularize the Germ German n sl side side of the war all war all these troublesome activities activities activities ties coupled with the charges levied at a number of 91 Rotterdam trades people people peo peo- pIe of ot smuggling foodstuffs and into Germany In exchange for tor German money have helped the allies far more than they have helped Germany Germany has spent the money but the allies have made the profit The net result is Is that never has title t th e allies allies' cause cause been s 's so pop popular lar here as it is now Through man many weary months th D ch sympathizers haye have waited for tor the allies' allies move and never has has- their confidence been shaken When the French and British b com were printed here and the German admissions of a check hecl the people of Amsterdam gave vent to their enthusiasm They could not have haye been more delighted had the victory victory victory vic vic- tory actually been won by Dutch troops Everybody felt that the allies were not merely fighting g for tor France and Eng England and but for all ll the free peoples of the world People sang the Marseillaise and Tipperary until they were hoarse |