A HANSEATIC LEAGUE
First steps to form a modern western European union of seaports, framed after the pattern of the Hanseatic League, were taken at Antwerp when the Hanseatic towns' congress decided to set up a committee for the .establishment of a new Hanseatic League. The presence of Leopold, King of the Belgians, lent special emphasis to the first session of the congress, which was attended by official delegates from 15 foreign towns and ports, among which were some which did not belong to the old Hanseatic League but which maintain close commercial relations with Antwerp. Among those present were the President of the Senate of Danzig, the Oberburgermeister of Cologne, the Burgomasters of Strasburg, Bergen (Norway), Visby (Sweden), representatives of Riga, and of four Netherlands towns: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Arnhem. The aims of the joint action as contemplated by the sponsors of the new Hanseatic League and outlined at the congress were: a lowering of Customs barriers, stabilisation of currencies, improvement of international credit, unification of legislation concerning sea transport, and international business transactions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1939, Page 20
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176A HANSEATIC LEAGUE Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1939, Page 20
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