NEUTRAL STATES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17285, 28 September 1916, Page 7

NEUTRAL STATES.

CHILDREN IN HOLLAND.!^ GERMAN PLAN TO EASE FOOD f PROBLEM. Sail .. - ; v4| DUTCH FEAR SHORTAGE. Hj'M ~ ' > . "V, sSI Australian and N.Z. Cabla Associatton. ■ (Received September 27, 5.5 p.m.) ||S| WASHINGTON. September 26. Official despatches received here state;.-a that the increasing arrival of large |i| numbers of German children in land, because of the scarcity of fPbdpl in Germany, is causing fear of a scri-i#.. ous food shortage in Holland., Ger--|' many has strongly indicated that the < prohibition of entry of children into>f Holland will bo regarded as an un- ,4 neutral act. ‘ 'M' — * LOOKED IN THE BALTIC. ‘ BRITAIN SEEKS RELEASE OF , ■ ' STEAMERS. ‘ A SWEDISH REPORT. ■ j ■ sSSI (Received vSeptember 27,- 8,55 p.m.) - STOCKHOLM, September 27. ' It is reported that Britain is mak-fvl ing an effort to secure the release of.|g, steamers in Russian and Finnish haf- -y hours. In Petrograd alone there ia 500,000 British tonnage held up. It is difficult to obtain Swedish crews, and the Government is endeavouring to | * secure Finnish. It is feared that it is impossible t-0 release tho- ships unless Sweden removes the mines from the |t| Krogund bassage which, it is believed, t>C ; were placed there under German prea sure. ■