The leading Amsterdam daily, "Handelsblad," recently published an important leader setting out very clearly the attitude of the Dutch Government in regard to the Kaiser question. A double change, the paper says, has taken place in the position of the ex-Kaiser. In the first place, there is a modification of fact: the supervision of his person has become considerably stricter, and the reason for this lies in the recent events in Germany. It is true that the Netherlands Government is not called upon to prevent the German people from restoring the monarch if they feel so inclined. But the reason" way the supervision has become stricter }Since the Kapp adventure is that States have a mutual obligation 19 respect the established order, a may not allow on their own te tory preparations for a violent overthrow of their neighbours' poli constitution. Such a thing, _however, might happen if the ex-Kais": were allowed to be in contact with those elements who want such overthrow to take place.
In the second place there is a modification in the ex-Kaiser's legal position. If the Kaiser was not 2 dangerous alien, there was n>
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