DUTY TO EUROPE
Claim By Netherlands Minister VALUE OF REMAINING NEUTRAL By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright THE HAGUE, January 25. The Foreign Minister, M. van Kieffens, during a debate in Parliament in which Mr. Churchill’s broadcast was widely criticized, said:— “The nation solidly supports the Government’s neutrality policy. We will not be diverted by those attacking the Government’s policy in their own interests. The Netherlands has a duty to Europe to remain neutral, because its entry into the war would greatly complicate the situation. Whoever takes up arms against us will be met by force.”
In his speed) M. van Kleffens said that military precautions in Holland were necessary, for foreign forces were near the frontier, but they took these precautions on all sides. lie deprecated the light-hearted way in which the possibility of attacks on neutral countries was discussed, and said it must not be assumed that nations intended to live by the law of the jungle. Discussing the League of Nations, he said that hope that the League might take on new life was not yet excluded. There was no moral or judicial obligation on members as neutrals to take part in the war.-—By radio.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 105, 27 January 1940, Page 11
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