The days are coming when small states may exist no longer without the all-protecting arm of a more powerful country.

I say no more than this.

The position of Belgium is artificial.

Of her own will, or of necessity, she must soon become merged in the onward flow of mightier nations." "What about Holland, then ?" "Holland, too," Selingman continued, "knows the truth.

She knows very well that the limit of her days as an independent kingdom is almost reached.