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Show HOLLAND BARS ALIEN PRINCES THE HAGI E. Jan 14. All princes of the Gorman side of tbe royal family I of N'etherlun'is nre barred from rlghl I of succession Co the Holland thrm un amendment to the Hutch constitution constitu-tion which has been ojrreed upon in parliament. Hitherto all members ol the House of Orange haxlnjr ft ilu-lr ancestor William, the Silent, porewased thn rlBhC to succession. The bill, however, how-ever, has pot yet been udopted although al-though ll form has genorsllv bein agreed upon after u Imiif dsbntC The measure stipulate that only the proffOny of th prsoonl Queer Wllhelmlna shall aacend the Chrone. There has been much argument ovsr th question of what should be done to provide for the possibility thut the youni; I'rlncesa Juliana, now 12 years old. may not provide a male hrlr to the throne. Some months ago a bill was prepared by the commission ot Inquiry In-quiry which provided, in th.it eent. that a referendum should tie hsld to determine whether Holland should retain re-tain its monarchical form of government govern-ment or become a republic A bill now under discussion In parliament, par-liament, however, makes no mention of a republic and mentions only a referendum ref-erendum for ihe election of a new monarch Another point on which agreement has ben reached in parliament l th.it neither king nor queen ot rtollaBd shall any longer huve the right to declare de-clare war esicpt with the approval of, th state general. Queen Wllheimlns's civil Hat has; been Increased from (00.4)00 florins to 1,200.000 lubout 4f0.000). The al- also been doubled, and Is now flsed aC. 200.000 florins llu.0i0. frlncess Juliana Is to receive 200.000 florins tISn.UOO) a year when she rearhea the age of 12. which will bs on April 20. next- The queen request for the ,1 .ubllna of her allowance arous4 considerable criticism, especially as It followed hat speech at the opening of puriiarm n: . in which sho advocated the greatest public econo- |