THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 24, 1939
NETHERLANDS PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH ACTION: BOOMERANG IN "THREAT"
The Hague, To-day.
THE NETHERLANDS Government has made repre- SHIPPING
sentations to the British Government against the MUST GO ON British trade reprisals planned in retaliation to the German mine campaign.
The proposed measures, the Netherlands considers, are particularly harmful to neutrals, whether as receivers or transporters of German goods. The reprisals are especially obnoxious to the Nether- lands because they are stated to have been in- spired by the recent shipping disasters, of which the sinking of the Simon Bolivar was by far the most important.
In London yesterday, Reuter learn- ¡tain. ed from an authoritative source that the contralmand service is with all possible speed.
If Netherlands supplies to this working | country are stopped, measures would be taken to obtain goods from other quite sources.-Router.
The British Government is as anxious as neufvals to avoid de- lays, and although the machinery is working quite smoothly it could be help accelerated shippers would by taking
elementary precautions, such as easuring that manifests ar- rive before the cargoes.
The same source points out that Britain must, of course, insist on take her belligerent rights and all measures to ensure that goods shall not reach Germany.
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WORKS BOTH WAYS Regarding the statement that Netherlands may consider stopping exports to this country, it is stated that this will 'probably hurt the Netherlands more than Great Bri-
HOLLAND'S PROTEST
LONDON, FO-DAY. SR ALEXANDER (CADOGAN, PERMANENT UNDER SKØRETARY OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN OF- FICE, YESTERDAY RECEIVED THE NETHERLAND MINISTER AND WAS HANDED HOLLAND'S FORMAL NOTE ON THE BRITISH TWO-WAY BLOCKADE PROPOSALS,
The Minister also gave verbally a detailed explanation of the Dutch attitude.
It is reported in London that Bel- gium, which has drawn up a protest in terms similar to that of the Nether- lands, will present a Note to the French Government.-Reuter.
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Washington, To-day. Political quarters are of opinion that the decision of the Allies to con- trol Germany's outward trade is not likely to have an important effect upon the United States, whose trade with Germany is extremely small,
German exports to the United States in September totalled about (1.8.$2,000,000, and the neutrality legislation has further curtailed (1, Havas.
BATAVIA TURNS BACK
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Amsterdam, To-day, As a result of the order by the Putch Government requiring ateam. shin companies, temporarity, to sur- pand their services the ga, Batavia, Which left. Rotterdam for London yesterday morning, turnest round in mid-Channel and returned to Hol-
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(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Amsterdam, To-day, Representatives of the Na- tional Association of Dutch Shipowners met Hague yesterday.
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The "Telegraaf" reports that the meeting decided that Dutch shipping
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London, Ta-day.
The latest Nazi "tall story that the Gestapo has been com- municating with the British Se- orot Service for the past three weeks through secret radio trans- mitters supplied to the Gestapo by British agents.
The Gestapo, says the story, had the British code without the British knowing it. But-and here's the rub of the story-the Gestapo got tired of the com- munications and broke them off on Wednesday!—Router.
will sail to-morrow for New York as scheduled.
Alternative routes into the Atlantic were discussed but it was finally de- cided to continue to use the Channel
activity, which is vital for the country, and Downs route.-Havas. must go on, but precautionary mea-
sures must be taken prior to sailings. It is deemed advisable to suspend sailings for some time of certain lines with fixed sailings.
The Holland-Amerika Lijn le deciding to-day if the luxury (28,291 tons) liner Statendam
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
Mr. J. Harrop, managing director of James H. Buckhouse Ltd., accomm- panied by Mrs. Harrop, arrived back in the Colony to-day from leave. Mr. Mr. J. Hickman H. A. Argus and were also arrivals to-day.
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