BELGIAN RELIEF COMMISSION
MEMBERS' REQUESTED TO REMAIN.
Australian »nd N 7. Cable Association »
LONDON, Feb. 17.
.It is officially confirmed that Germany has now asked the Americans engaged in relief work in Belgium to remain. The 'Commission has consented, on the understanding that its activities are not restricted, and on the same basis as existed before the diplomatic break. Germany still adheres to her demand that relief vessels shall approach and leave Rotterdam by the North Sea route, which is so hazardous owing to •ninefields as to be almost impracticable. As a result ships a,re held up, #/hile the Belgians' position is becoming more critical.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 19 February 1917, Page 5
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