DUTCH SMUGGLING.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 91, 23 May 1916, Page 3

DUTCH SMUGGLING.

36,073 SUMMONSES. Remarkable revelations on smuggling are supplied in an official statement by the Dutch General Headquarters. It is pointed out that- during 1915 there were <16,679 summonses issued for smuggling, of which about 10,000 were a t the instance of the Customs, 5000 by the State police, 20,000 by the military authorities, 600 by the local police anil 800 by the combined' forces. During the first fortnight of Jamiar; this yiea.r there were 1720 cases. I/at l ; year 1297 people were sent away from the frontier. From January J. to November 15 of last year the following were stopped at the frontier: 7<4 horses, 53 cows, 49 sheep, 20 pigs and 295 chickens. In the area of the commander of the field arniv there W"re seized 429 gallons of benzine. 1100 ..-.nitons of varnish, 13J toils of leallnv. 27,500 gallons of petrol, 21 tons of cabbages and 23 tons of seeds. In the area of the territorial commander on the Dutch-German frontier there were seized 65 tons of potatoes, 22J tons of margerine. 1350 gallons of machine oil, 80,000 gallons and 2194 barrels of various oils, 22 tons of eatable fats and 65 tons of wusages and meat. In the Zeeland area., among other things, were seized 25 tons of grain, 25 tons of flour, 26 tons of beans and 10$ tons of steam coal. In the same period it was necessary to take stricter measures, and 62 smugglers were killed or wounded by fire from soldiers. It is now forbidden to store any goods within an liour'6 walk of th« frontier*