1. Wilhelmina and Her People.
- Author
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H. v. L.
- Subjects
QUEENS ,DUTCH politics & government ,CITIZENSHIP ,POWER (Social sciences) ,MALNUTRITION - Abstract
The article describes the situation of the Queen of Holland, Helena Pauline Maria Wilhelmina and her citizens. The country had just pulled through four years of cruel maltreatment, starvation and watchful misery. The distribution of food had been faulty (as it was in all countries). Most people were underfed. A few unscrupulous traders held made vast fortunes. There is not a single Hollander who, in his sober sense, regards royalty as a divine inheritance from modern times. He discusses the acts of his Queen as mercilessly as those of his neighbors. He gives her no political power. He grants her very little social power.
- Published
- 1919