The arrival of Indonesia’s President Suharto was met with special security measures. It reflects the political tensions among exiled Indonesians in The Netherlands.

The Dutch countryside was in a virtual state of siege. Highways were blocked. The Hague was guarded by helicopters, tanks, bloodhounds and 5,000 state troopers and other police. Could this have been The Netherlands, Europe’s haven of democratic tolerance? “We are taking no chances,” explained a mustachioed constabulary captain. “We…

As the first European sovereign to make a state visit to France since World War II, Queen Juliana of The Netherlands was treated to the full red carpet in Paris.

“There is an intimation at the women’s colleges that a counter-reformation which could become the hope of the Republic may be under way,” Author Bernard De-Voto (Across the Wide Missouri) observed in Harper’s. “Jeans are no longer universal wear and no one now loses caste by washing her neck ….