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...Dutch capital, the highpoint of the political summer is often the forgotten invitation to an ambassadorial cocktail party or the unreturned phone call. But this past summer in the Hague saw an angry American community denounee the Dutch government and the Peoples Republic of China sever diplomatic relations. Because Holland has long been a close ally of the United States and was one of the first members of the United Nations to recognize the Beijing government, the summer's events beg the question of what this tiny lowland state--traditionally and self-consciously moderate--could have done to offend these...
...problem with the Chinese grew out of Holland's considerable economic problems. Like most of western Europe, the Netherlands has experienced an extreme recession; unemployment has hit ten per cent and is rising at the rate of 100,000 per year, a substantial figure in a nation of 14 million people. The crucial ship-building industry, hit hard by Japanese competition, has suffered most of all. So when the Nationalist government of Taiwan approached the largest Dutch ship-building firm with a contract for two submarines in May, the company jumped at the offer and its promise of 3000 jobs...
Peking saw deal as a chance to send some signals to the United States. The Chinese wanted to warn the Americans that they would not appreciate any coziness with the Taiwanese, and they used the Dutch as an unwitting messenger boy. Peking declared that if Holland delivered the submarines to Taiwan, all diplomatic ties between the two nations would end. Confused and shocked, the Dutch government reconsidered the sale but decided it could not afford to lose the 3000 jobs. The Dutch, perhaps thinking the Chinese were bluffing, gave the government a vote of confidence. But the Chinese were serious...
...second example concerns America using the Dutch to send a signal--this time to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Holland was a founding member of NATO and despite a reputation for laxity--a long-hair and unionized army--it has always been a solid citizen of the alliance. But the Dutch never took much interest in the politics of the Cold War, hoping that the missiles, if they ever flew, would pass over European soil...
Last year, the Crimson organized the offense with two setters, seniors Louise Horn and Ray Kinoshita (who is taking time off this fall), two tall middle blockers, Rusty Baker and Liz Peterson, and two hitters, Schoofs and Val Romero. Sophomore Isabel Holland, who saw-action as the all-important seventh man, may replace Kinoshita this season, but with a group of talented freshmen expected to try out, no positions are secure...