GERMANY AND HOLLAND
GRAVITY OF A CONCESSION.
•B> Telegraph.—Fresi Association.—Copjrlgkl i LONDON, 25th July. The newspapers point out the gravity of the Vulkan concession.
The new waterway will be 115 miles from Britain, and will be capable of floating any - Dreadnought which the Vulkan Company builds. The public of Rotterdam protested against the earlier proposals, and the Minister promised to place all harbours under public control, but secretly completed the contract during the recess. The Daily Mail points out that the position is specially grave for Britain, in view of the decision to fortify 'Flushing. [The Dutch Ministry is being severely criticised for granting the Vulkan Company,, a German firm rivalling Krupps, permission to construct a private harbour for ocean-going vessels at Rotterdam.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1914, Page 2
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