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HOLLAND'S CROWN PRINCESS. HOPES OF AN EARLY BETROTHAL.'

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SEPTEMBER 13th, 1930.

KEEPS PREMIER'S SECRETS.

Facts About "Miss Rose of No. 10."

"Miss Bose of No. 10"-it means a lot to the members of Parlia- ment, to politicians generally, to Labour leaders, to reporters, be cause it is the favourite designa- tion of Miss Rose Rosenberg, the little dark-haired, dark-eyed Jewish girl, who is personal pri- vate secretary to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and who keeps long office hours at the famous No. 10 Downing Street..

If the Lord High Chancellor among other duties, is the official "keeper of the King's conscience," Miss Rosenberg is truly the keeper; of the Prime Minister's secrets.

She knows more of the inside of home politics and world politics than anybody in the kingdom out- side Mr. MacDonald and King George. And she is the living, everyday proof that a woman can keep silent. The average oyster is a loquacious chatter-box com- pared with her. She knows a num-] ber of languages and can keep Left to

dumb in all of them when her job Popular with their countrymen are the members of Holland's royal family.

requires it. right: The whitehaired, grandmotherly Dowager Queen Emma; Crown Princess Juliana;

No Kill-Joy. the Prince Consort, Henry; and Queen Wilhelmina, the actual ruler.

This is not to say that she is an young Dutch vrouws, married and [Christmas tree for the palace. austere kill-joy. She isn't. Get settled down, hostesses in spot-Sometimes, too, she was seen out her away from the responsibilities tessly clean Dutch homes. But walking or riding with her father, of her job and she is just a girl Juliana is to be a ruler. So her the self-effacing German Prince bubbling over with fun. She be head must be well furnished with Consort, who was Henry of Mee-longs to Cire's famous club and knowledge.

klenburg Schwerin.

can trip the light fantastic with the best of them.

Juliana, Crown Princess of Holy land, is to-day considered Europe's most eligible Princess. "Julia- antje," as she is affectionately known among her people, is only 21, but, notwithstanding this, the Dutch would like to see her set- tled' down, married and blessed with children to provide for sue- cession to the throne.

a democratic

Just as the Prince of Wales is popular with all classes of his people, so is "Juliaantje." Just as the British Prince Ans been specially educated to fill the re- sponsibilities of a throne, so has the Dutch Crown Princess.

The Dutch are people and Holland is a demo- cratic country and Juliana has dived, in the public eye steadily since she was a baby. Early in her young life, she made part of the pleture when royalty was to function. As nearly as possible, she was reared as any other well- bred Dutch girl of means would be. She had private tutors, but she associated with a chosen num- ber of boy and girl friends. She went on camping expeditions with them. Like them, she learned to be an expert ice skatera passion with the Dutch. She added tennis also to her outdoor accomplish- ments. But she had to work fur harder than her girl companions, After all, their destiny was to be

In 1927 she was confirmed in From the beginning, she had few leisure hours, as can be de- the Dutch Reformed Protestant duced from the fact that she was Church and in the same year, ber taught singing, gymnastics, Dutching then 18 and therefore legally history, mathematics, geography, of age, she was given her own French, German, English, Latin little palace of Kneuterdyk, which and Greek, drawing, the history of was once the home of the Stuart art, political science, economics, Kings of England. She has an- East Indian subjects, and finally other connexion with England, to play on the violin. This was too, because one of her ancestors by her own choice, because she in the House of Orange was that Dutch Prince, who became Wil- has a passion for music.

liam 11 of England.

Royally on Parade.

Became University Student,

As she grew up, in her teens, her fellow citizens in the capital It was at 18, too, that Juliann of The Hague xrew familiar with took a big decision for herself, the sight of three royal ladies It was represented to her that she Queen Emma, with # grand had passed the age when mere pri- motherly black hat perched on top vate tutors would do. She 'ought!

a university and pursue of her silvery white hair and firmly to go to clutching an umbrella, which she the higher studies. The Crown often used as. a cane; Queen Princess chose the University of Wilhelmina, the actual ruler; and Leyden, because of its historic as- Juliaantje, now grown up to be asociations with her own family. typical Dutch girl, with round, Centuries ago the most illustrious rosy-cheeked face, thick brown of her ancestors, the famous Wi- hair, similing blue eyes. With the liam the Silent, waged relentless two Queens she went with little war for the freedom of the "Low pomp to the Klosterkerk for divine Countries" from the oppression of services. With the two Queens the Spaniards under Philip the

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city of Leyden underwent It's an open secret that she and famous siege from the alien foe. the Premier's eldest daughter, William the Silent afterwards as Miss Ishbel, are not only fast n reward for the heroism of the friends, but co-conspirators. townspeople, endowed it with a Theke two young women make it university. So to Leyden went their job to preserve the strength, the Crown Princess. She went look after the health and save the semi-incognito as Frenle Louise time of the Prime Minister. Mr. Van Buren, because one of her MacDonald is a tremendous royal mother's titles is Countess worker. He has no very great physical strength and lives very much on his nerves. That's where

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when she was still a school girl she joined the Women's Social and f Political Union, which was bat- tling for woman's suffrage, but in later years quit them when they adopted their militant tactics. At the ripe age of 17 she joined the famous Fabian Society, a' Socialist organization of which G. Bernard Shaw was one of the shining orna- ments. At that same age she be- came assistant to the editor of a mining magazine.

lionaire business woman and poli Lady Rhondda, the famous mil-

tician, chose her as her political secretary. In 1918 she joined the office staff of the Parliamentary Labour Party and the following Year was given a post on its gen- dral staff. In 1923 she became personal private secretary to Mr. MacDonald, who was then the Parliamentary leader of the Labour party. When he became Premier for the first time in 1924, she still retained her post. When in 1925 Mr. MacDonald stepped out of the Premiership and once more became leader of the Oppo- sition, she went with him. When he became Prime Minister for the second time about a year ago, she went right along.

"Freule van Berea" mingled freely in the life of her fellow students. She became an active the young conspirators get in their work. "Miss Rose of No. 10" will member of the Society of Women scheme so that the P. M. will have Students. She wrote a prize poem. ;

a whole afternoon without an ap- She wrote and produced a play: called "Bluebeard." She went

pointment. "Miss Ishbel of No. skaling with fellow students. In

10 will then persuade father to between times, she worked hard lie down, take a nap and be lazy at law, literature, philosophy and for a few hours. as many as seven foreign langu- they manage it so that he is kept ages, including some of those of fit for the gigantic job of running

Nobody can see the P. M. with- the Orient. Last February she the Government and looking after passed her examinations and got the complicated affairs of the Em-; out being "strained" through Miss her degree as Doctor of Literature pire. as well as sitting in and Rose's office. She can detect

a mile: and Philosophy. She was serenad speaking during the long weari mere bore. or time-killer ed by her fellow students and some hours that the House of off. She can shunt others off to showered with little gifts com Commons keeps when it is in Cabinet ministers or their under- memorative of college days. Now session.

Jings. Between them. Miss Rose she is back in her little palace,

and Miss Ishbel manage it so that preparing to visit the Dutch East; Miss Rosenberg in herself is an in his social as well as his busi- Indies. Her people hope it will be example of the precociousness of ness hours Mr. MacDonald has her honeymoon trip.

Young England. Born in London, no time wasted.

A Precocious Girl.

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BURGLARY

£67,000 FOR OPEN SPACE.

The Middlesex County Council have decided to seek the consent of the Ministry of Health to the borrowing of £67,684. for the pur- chase of Horsenden Hill, and surrounding land, near Greenford, as an open space. (Times copyright).

FLEET ON VISIT TO FALMOUTH.

The visit of the Atlantic Fleet to Falmouth created much interest in the West Country, and thousands of holiday-makers took advantage of the opportunity to go over the warships. Our photograph shows the fleet at anchor in Gyllyngvase Bay with Pendennis Castle in the foreground. (Times copyright),

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