Dutch Temper Rises Against Nazis

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 307, 16 December 1940, Page 10

Dutch Temper Rises Against Nazis

SCHOOLBOY SABOTEURS United Press Association—Bv Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Dec. 13. The Free Dutch newspaper VrlJ Nederland says that the Dutch political organisation National Hertscl recently distributed a pamphlet throughout Holland declaring that Holland was on the verge of civil war, and appealing to Dutchmen to cease fighting Dutchmen. However, says the paper, the appeal was ineffective. Brawls between Dutch Nazis and others continue. The Nazi Governor, Dr. SeyssInquart, has failed to nazify the country. He encouraged an organisation known as the Netherlands Union, believing that it would help to conciliate the people with the new regime, and quickly secured 500,000 members. The organisation has now enraged the Germans by announcing that it is admitting Jews to membership. The Dutch Nazi “Fuhrer,” Mussert, has issued a warning against a repetition of what happened in 1815, when a fishing smack landed the Frinee of Orange at Schyeningen. Six! schoolboys who were arrested for placing a spirit lamp under a vital electric cable have become the heroes of Haarlem. They were charged with sabotage and given the third degree, but refused to implicate their parents. They told a German military court that they had formed a secret organisation to combat the Hitler Youth,