Footnote 721: Cambridge Modern History, XI., Chap. 23.[(Back)]
Footnote 722: Arts. 194-197. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, II., 118. The text of the constitution, in English translation, is printed in Dodd, II., 80-119. An excellent annotated edition of the instrument, in Dutch, is G. L. van den Helm, De Grondwet voor het koningrijk der Nederlanden (The Hague, 1889). An elaborate commentary is contained in J. T. Buijs, De Grondwet, 3 vols. (Arnheim, 1883-1888). One of the best expositions of the Dutch constitutional system is L. de Hartog, Das Staatsrecht des Königreichs der Niederlande (Freiburg, 1886), in Marquardsen's Handbuch, though this work antedates the amendments of 1887. More recent is J. van Hamel, Staats-und Verwaltungsrecht des Königreichs der Niederlande (Hanover, 1910).[(Back)]
Footnote 723: The official title is "The Kingdom of the Netherlands." In ordinary usage, however, the term "Holland" is more commonly employed.[(Back)]
Footnote 724: Wilhelmina was at the time but ten years of age. Until she attained her majority, August 31, 1898, a regency was exercised by the Queen-Dowager Emma. E. Lemonon, La succession au trône néerlandais, in Questions Diplomatiques et Coloniales, December 1, 1908.[(Back)]
Footnote 725: Arts. 20-21. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, II., 84.[(Back)]
Footnote 726: Art. 75. Ibid., II., 94.[(Back)]
Footnote 727: Art. 54. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, II., 90.[(Back)]
Footnote 728: Art. 94. Ibid., II., 99.[(Back)]
Footnote 729: Save that treaties which provide for modifications of the boundaries of the state, or impose a public pecuniary obligation, or contain any other provision touching legal rights, may not be approved by the crown until after sanction shall have been accorded by the States-General, unless the power has been reserved to the crown by law to conclude such a treaty. Art. 59. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, II., 91.[(Back)]
Footnote 730: Art. 61. Ibid., II., 91.[(Back)]