DUTCH NEUTRALITY.

Evening Star, Issue 16079, 3 April 1916, Page 3

DUTCH NEUTRALITY.

SECRET PRECAUTIONS. DEVELOPMENTS POSSIBLE. LONDON, April 1. The cables connecting Holland .and England have lwen out, and only postal communication is .ivailable. April 2. Delayed messages irom The Hague state that there was excitement in Holland on Friday at a report that officers' furlough had been suddenly withdrawn, and that goods trains had been requisitioned. The roports were soon authoritatively denied, but later it-ports aTiM-miee that an extraordinary Council of Ministers has been he;d. The ' Nkuwe Courant' says that no imm.duite danger oc var seems to exist. Tha anxiety that has ,-,rsteii is not connected with the Tubantia The cause lies ',ll the general war silnstion. which is entering on a, new phase and giving Holland cause for special anxiety. The paper conjectures that a changed situation may be the outcome of the Paris Conference. It adds that the Cabinet Council contemplates an early secret sitting of the Second Chamber. SCANDINAVIAN SITUATION. OHRISTHNTA, March 31. Germany has notified Norway denying that a German submarine sank the Silius. , The Norwegian steamer Memento (1,076 tons) has been sunk, and a sailor was drowned. LONDON,'ApriI 2. Messages from Amsterdam state that Scandinavian shipping circles are astir owing to Tumors that ths Entente propose to make a complete blockade of Germany. STRAIN IN AMERICA. London ' Times' and Sydney ' Sun' Sen-ices. LONDON, March 31. 'The Times V correspondent at Washington says that the situation has been aggravated by the torpedoing of the Eaglepoint, with, it is believed, an American on board. It is stated that President Wilson had decided on sending a Note framing a final indictment of Germany, leaving her no course save to renounce utterly her evil ways or forfeit American friendship. But it is asked what is the use of more words. Washington is full of gloomy forebodings. It is feared that Admrial Von Tirpitz and the extremists are in control. Count Bernstorff persists that the Sussex was mined, but the evidence received by the Government, although not yet announced conclusive, seems to point to her being torpedoed. It is noted that the Manchester Engineer, the Englishman tho Tubantia, the bdius, and the Eaglepoint were not armed The Germans are thus robbed, of another opportunity of quibbling. Each outrage makes it more difficult for Resident Wilson to translate into terms of diplomacy his countrymen's feeling, ihe Eastern States are fairly aroused and this feeling will soon be echoed in' the west. Germany perhaps -will be able to avoid abrupture, but if 6 ho attempts to surround Britain and murder is done it -will be difficult to &ee how she can avoid forfeiting the friendship of Washington. It is significant that whereas the Sussex despatches were edited by the Government so as to be sedative in character, the consular despatches with regard to the Eaglepoint have been handed to the Press apparently intaot. *' 'The Times,' commenting on its Washington telegram, says that it is ominous for Germany. It shows that the effect of crime is cumulative. Probably Germany thinks she can continue.deluding "idioticYankees so long as it suits her, but she may have a sudden and rude awakening