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The Prime Minister made the gratifying statement in the Dutch

Chamber on Tuesday that Queen Wilhelmina, who was in perfect health, was in the happy expectation of an heir to the throne. The announcement was greeted with hearty cheers, and the President of the Chamber observed that all present were filled with a respectful and sincere desire that, with the blessing of God, her Majesty's hopes would be realised. In no country outside Holland will that wish be more cordially echoed than in England, not merely because of the complications involved in the extinction of the house of Orange, but because of the personal goodwill which has always been felt for Queen Wilhelmina.

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