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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1940
Nazis In
And
What is going on in Holland?
Holland-- Norway
The Dutch themselves don't know very much more than what they see in their own districts.
True, their newspapers are still be- ing published, but the only news they contain is supplied by Germany.
True, the radio stations are still broadcasting even music by English and non-Aryan composers-but the news bulletins are supplied by Ger- many.
The B.B.C. news broadcasts in Dutch are eagerly awaited, but listening must be done in secret.
repairs will take tons of material and weeks of labour.
Through this widespread disorgani- sation the Dutch are in great peril. They have no work and no money. Their supplies of food and raw ma- terials are taken away from them.
The health of the nation is in dan- ger, too. Demobilisation of the Dutch Army has been postponed in order to isolate outbreaks of typhoid. In Rot- terdam the whole population has had to be vaccinated against the disease. The German propaganda machine is now. promising the Dutch a great war The German High Command swiftly on únemployment. The important which plastered the country with huge post-group of vegetable growers, ers ordering the population to keep used to export huge quantities, has calm. The Germans are willing-these been told that Germany will buy the posters declare to "co-operate" whole lot-but at fixed prices. with the Dutch local authorities pro- vided that "no action is taken against the Reich, its leaders, or any of its soldiers."
Similar posters also announce orders to the people by the Dutch burgo- masters "in complete agreement with the German commander."
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For instance, Rotterdam recently learned in this way that its burgo- master, “in complete agreement with the German commander," had order- ed that from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. each day, traffic over the Maas bridge would be suspended.
Everybody understood that this was to protect the Rotterdam aerodrome and oil tanks from sabotage.
This use of the civil authorities to announce such measures shows that the German High Command, for its own sake, is try to keep life in Hol- land as normal as possible. No steps are yet being taken to suppress re- ligious services. The Jews feel nervous and stay at home, but there are so far no signs of active persecution.
Naturally, there is everywhere a feeling of uncertainty and unrest. Something must happen, but nobody knows how or when. There are whis- pers about sensational events "in other places," but nobody is able to check up on these rumours and the spreading of such "news" is in extreme cases punishable by death.
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Trade and industry have come to a standstill. On May 19 the German High Command ordered all workers to resume their duties. But many fac- tories have been wrecked. The big textile plants in Eastern Holland are intact, but lack of raw material pre- vented the workers from obeying the German order.
In the province of Brabant the tex- tile factories are ruined. The big radio and electrical works in Eindhoven, which used to employ about 30,000 people, have closed down.
Dock workers in Rotterdam and Amsterdam And nothing to do. The big ready-made ladies' clothing in- dustry of Amsterdam, which worked mainly for export, is standing idle.
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The German High Command has tried to get Fokker's aeroplane in dustry and the munitions factory near Amsterdam going again, but both plants were seriously damaged by Dutch troops before the surrender and
Even then it is a boast. The Dutch railways are completely disorganised. Nearly all wagons have been taken to Germany.
There are no vâns available either. In any case, oil and petrol are re- served for military purposes.
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Dutch
Finally, a word about the Nazis. They are very unhappy just now. They feel that the entire popu- lation holds them responsible for all the lives that have been lost and for all the misery that has followed. .
The worst enemy of the Dutch has been the Fifth Column in their midst. The Dutch Nazis feel that the day of They reckoning will surely come. dread more than anything else the return of freedom of Holland.
And Holland will be free. It is only biding its time to regain what it has lost.
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Norway has been a great disappoint- ment to the Nazi invaders.
They had expected to be received with open arms. Their commanders had not counted on any losses.
Instead, and in spite of treachery within, they were met with resistance. They lost some of their most valuable ships.
The German naval attache at Oslo was.heard to reproach a Norwegian bitterly with the sinking of the cruiser Blucher at the entrance to Oslo har- bour.
He had good reason to be concern- ed. Among the 1,500 men lost on were the advance Gestapo board
forces..
For several days after the occupation of Oslo, therefore, the Norwegians were able to organise without fear of Nazi police control. The Nazis also lost men, far more than they counted on. The full story of the resistance made all along the coast has not yet been told. More is known of the guerilla warefare inland,
Above all, the Nazis lost in morale.
soldiers -young
be- Innumerable lieved that they would be welcomed had as protectors by people who shown them hospitality when they were child refugees during the last
war.
Some of them went visiting their.. foster parents. Their dismay at being thrown out was such that soldiers were seen to collapse in tears outside.
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By George McManus
Bringing Up Father
I'VE TRIED EVERY WAY TO
LOCATE MY COUSIN DAN HERE IN WASHINGTON-THE LAST TIME I HEARD FROM HIM WAS A YEAR AGO - HE
WAS HERE THEN-
REMEMBER THAT LETT
IT COST ME FIFTY
BY GOLLY-TO MAKE MAGGIE HAPPY-1
THINK I KNOW HOW
TO FIND OUT IF HER COUSIN IS HERE IN WASHINGTON «
J. EDGAR HOOVER.
PRIVATE
IF ANYONE WILL KNOW- HE WILL "
HELLO-MAGGIE-YOUR COUSIN IS NOT IN WASHINGTON-BUT HE WENT THROUGH HERE LAST WEEK ON A STOLEN BICYCLE-HE IS PROBABLY IN HOBOKEN NOW AS NEWS JUST CAME IN OF BANK HOLDU
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