Word: jonkheer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enjoys the confidence of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands whose Foreign Minister he is. Straight and yet portly of figure, his manner is stiff-necked and blunt. His arrival to dine heavily at one of the smart, white-painted mansions at The Hague, is announced by flunkies, unctuously intoning: "Jonkheer Dr. F. Beelaerts van Blokland...
Though the jest seemed a trifle obscure, it had its elements of daring, for the Foreign Minister might have been referring to his Queen, his Country or both, or neither. On the whole, Jonkheer Beelaerts appeared content with his pleasantry, for he plunged at once into crisp, forthright comment: "True, gentlemen, we are adjusting a frontier dispute with our good Belgian friends. ... If I may say so without offense, it is the product of the War mentality. Belgium is claiming the two provinces lying south of the Scheldt river on the ground, that it would give them the control...
Concluding with a reference to finance, Jonkheer Beelaerts said: "In 1924 we obtained an American loan of $40,000,000 which will be repaid in 1929. That loan was raised in America not because we could not get money in Holland, but as a matter of deliberate policy...
...only possible answer to the question faced by the Preparatory Commission would have been "No." When the delegates convened, a year ago, humans dared to hope their answer might be "Yes." Last week the Commission answered in the words of its President, "Not yet." Said President Dr. Jonkheer J. Loudon, sturdy Netherlander: "It is evident that the world political situation is not yet ripe. . . . We must prepare public opinion not to expect wonders at once. . . . Discussion has shown that an agreement cannot be reached until public opinion in many lands has drawn nearer to a common focus, permitting governments...
Governor General Jonkheer A. C. D. de Graeff of the Netherlandic Indies cabled to the Hague within 24 hours of the Communist uprisings that they had been suppressed by the military...