With Colijn gone, Socialists and Catholics may well be ready to support a compromise policy. However divided on politics, all Hollanders stand united behind Queen Wilhelmina.

In more than a century of Dutch constitutional government there have been only 33 Cabinets. No. 1 Dutch Cabinet maker is old Dr. Hendrikus Colijn. Last week the onetime Dutch “strong man” was sadly planning a round-the-world trip to forget that the last of his five had set the…

The Dutch Cabinet resigned, in forming a new cabinet Dr. Colijn finally produced another Cabinet of hoary oldsters, former Cabinet members and long-pensioned colonial officials.

Stanchest supporter of Dutch Premier Dr. Hendrikus Colijn is his soverign, Queen Wilhelmina. Dr. Colijn is a devout Calvinist and a churchman who knows his Bible backwards and forwards. Her Majesty is the apotheosis of Protestantism e conservative, strong-willed Premier believes in balanced budgets, light taxes and a strong currency…

Dutch government, resolute in the Dutch policy of peace, stopped their War games since it might seem provocative considering almost all Europe had mobilized or was mobilizing.

In full swing last week, the 1938 Netherlands war games were, as usual, based on the problem “An orderly retreat from the German frontier and the taking up of positions on a new ‘waterline’ “—a strip of country that can be submerged within a few hours by opening strategic…

Wilhelmina gave her yearly thronespeech, focusing on an optimistic economic condition and a possible war between The Netherlands and Japan.

Half a million Dutch turned out in The Hague for the annual opening of the States General last week when they heard the rumor that Prince “Benno.” the German fiance of Crown Princess Juliana, would probably be riding in the royal coach.
Actually discreet Prince “Benno” stayed home. Bands blared and…

To fight the depression the Dutch apply the determining motto of the Royal House, “Je Maintiendrai” (“I will maintain!”). It reports on the political and economic situation in the Netherlands.

Disgruntled Dutchmen settled down grimly last week to face the gravest crisis in the 45-year reign of their beloved Queen Wilhelmina.

Though Her Majesty has been called “middle class,” the fact is that the Royal House of Orange is on top of the Netherlands to a degree not achieved by… View large cover

Colijn’s cabinet resigned. Catholic Aalberse told Protestant Wilhelmina the next day that he could not get a majority in Parliament. Gratified, the Queen again named Colijn her Premier.

Wilhelmina, who has reigned longer than any other living king or queen (45 years), let it be known that she said, “These are grave times,” when receiving last week her great and favorite Premier, beak-nosed Hendrikus Colijn, bald battler these many years to keep the guilder on gold.

Dr. Colijn had…

Premier Colijn saw his coalition was still rocksteady with a 58% majority in the latest provincial elections, but other Dutch parties had lost to Mussert some 8% of the vote.

The living Sphinx of the Netherlands, crop-haired, eagle-beaked Premier Hendrik Colijn has brought Her Majesty’s Government unscathed through Communist brickbat assaults and the worst of Depression only to face last week the “Dutch Nazis.” For stanch old Dr. Colijn it was exquisitely embarrassing to have to explain to his strong-minded…

Wilhelmina talks about the economic setback her country is facing since the 30s in her yearly thronespeech.

For 36 years that motherly monarch, Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria, has driven in a gilded coach under the tree-lined streets of The Hague to open her Parliament. Last week for the first time in 33 of those years she did not have the comfortable figure of the Prince Consort, Henry, Duke…

Savage riots broke out. Her Majesty ordered out troops with machine-guns and tanks. She continued preperations for the funeral of Prince Consort Henry.

Down to the Hook of Holland went good Queen Wilhelmina and had a good cry with Crown Princess Juliana who rushed home from England last week at news of the death by heart failure of her father, Dutch Prince Consort Henry (TIME, July 9). The two women drove at once to…

The gulden must be kept on the gold standard according to Queen Wilhelmina in her yearly speech to Parliament.

Stout, frugal, shiny-nosed Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is as proud as she is plain and motherly. Her court is the stiffest and most punctilious in Europe. The State Coach of her ancient House of Orange is almost as ornate, almost as uncomfortable as the swaying, medieval contraption in which…

President Trip of the Netherlands Bank says the Netherlands will remain on the gold standard: “Complete international restoration of the gold standard is imperative.”

Almost alone in preferring gold to paper as pocket currency for everyday use are Dutchmen. They like to jingle heavy guilders on each of which is stamped the motto & promise of Queen Wilhelmina’s Royal House: “I will maintain!” In The Hague last week pompous Mynheer Doktor Leonardus Jacobus Anthonius…

The Islamic-Nationalist riots burst out again last week in Sumatra. As usual the Dutch press, ignorantly or maliciously, referred to the malcontents as “Communists.”

The Islamic-Nationalist riots, recently suppressed in Java (TIME, Nov. 22) burst out again last week in Sumatra. Dutch troops of the Netherlandic East Indies forces arrested 550 rioters at Siloengkang, shot 100. As usual the Dutch press, ignorantly or maliciously, referred to the malcontents as “Communists.”

Throughout Western Java in the Netherlandic Indies concerted Communist revolts broke out last week and were supressed by the military.

Throughout Western Java in the Netherlandic Indies concerted Communist revolts broke out last week, seemingly indicating that the Indonesian Communist Party is much stronger than Netherlanders had thought. In Batavia, a mob made wild a sultry night with shootings and torch-flamings. In lesser towns, murders of district-chiefs were reported.

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After almost five months of a cabinet crisis, where such occurrences are taken with phlegmatic calm, former Finance Minister de Geer has succeeded in getting together a Ministry.

For almost five months a cabinet crisis has existed at The Hague, where such occurrences are taken with phlegmatic calm. The last Cabinet, headed by Premier Colyn, quietly resigned after the Second Chamber (House) had attached a rider to the budget refusing funds to maintain the legation representing the Netherlands…

Dutch politicians became heatedly vocal over an amendment to the budget passed by the Second Chamber, which provides for the abolition of the Legation representing the Netherlands at the Vatican.

Stolid square-beamed Dutch politicians became heatedly vocal last week over an amendment to the budget passed by the Second Chamber,* which provides for the abolition of the Legation representing the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Vatican. The amendment was introduced by a Calvinist; and at once the Catholic leader…