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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 20 February 1915, Page 5

Captain Hanson, of' tho steamer ..'Tysla, "which arrived • aV-Ere; mantlo this month, said he was ftrmly convinced, that Germany would bo forced to sue for peace by April or-May noxti an opinion, he declared, \yhkh\,v;as hold in most neutral countries. This idea was based on the fact that Oermtany and'Anatria; with their. 110i000,000 of'people depending on the coming harvest for thflir very existence, would have no one to sow seed in the sowing- season, which, commences in April. Women would doubtless bo given the task to do., but it was not to be .expected that t lh£y would be able to do ev-eiythmg at then first attempt. Both countries had every available man from IT'to 70 years in''Hie firing line, and neither could afford to withdraw any/tWdpsT In reply to the question.'. that .''perhaps Sweden and Denmark might bfr l ablo ,! t6 sup pi v Germ any with foodstuffs, ' '.' thp captain said that both countries were-at present, finding it verv difficult to ! supply their own lu-eds. and both Governments wore observing the strictest neutrality. '■

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