DUTCH DEFIANCE.
RESISTANCE OF THE INVADERS. HARVESTS LEFT TO ROT. LONDON, June 12. “The Times” says that information reaching London indicates that the people of Holland are sullenly resisting all German attempts to appease the general feeling of hatred and anger. The Germans and Dutch traitors are urging the people to start rebuilding for a new future, but no definition is forthcoming to show whether this future will be worth the smallest exertion by the subjugated Dutch.
The Germans have a “big stick” for Dutch resisting their blandishments. A few thousand Dutch prisoners of war have been sent back to their own country, but more are retained in German camps as hostages.
German attempts to employ demobilised Dutch soldiers in the agricultural industries are failing because the landowners are refusing to take additional labour as transport is lacking for their produce. The harvest is rotting in the fields. Dutch stubbornness, courage, and love of freedom are showing between the lines in the statements, broadcasts, and articles of Queen Wilhemina’s loyal subjects.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 5
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