THE DUTCH CRISIS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16205, 7 May 1918, Page 8

THE DUTCH CRISIS.

AGREEMENT CONCLUDED WITH GERMANY. (By Cable.—Proas Association. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 6th, 7.50 p.m.) THE HAGUE, May 5. The Foreign Minister notified Parliament of the conclusion of an agreement with Germany, who claimed the resumption of the transport of unlimited quantities of sand and gravel through Dutch waters to Belgium. The Dutch Government agreed to a maximum of 1,600,000 tons being transported annually, subject to a guarantee being given that they would not be used for military purposes. The Dutch agreed to Germany's second claim for the unhampered exportation of 2-10,000 tons of gravel monthly from Holland to Belgium, and also agreed, after a modification, to the third claim for tho re-establishment of railway tratfic from Germany to Belgium, via Roer. mond, which has been suspended since the outbreak of the war, subject to the exclusion of aeroplanes, arms, munitions, and army victuals from the traffic. (Keutci's Telegram*.) THE HAGUE, May o. Allied aviators sank 23 Belgian boats in a single day, laden with gravel and crushed stone for the German front. Thev aro daily destroying others, and have also destroyed two piers of the Luxemburg bridge, at Namur.