SERIOUS HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH HOLLAND.
SHIPPING NOW IN ALLIED PORTS TO BE TAKEN OVER. PRESSURE FROM GERMANY TO IMPEDE AGREEMENT. Australian and N.Z., Cable Association. LONDON. Mar. 14. It is understood that the allies are arranging to take over Dutch shipping now lying in allied ports. The ships will be insured, armed, and convoyed and returned to the owners after the war. Any sunk in the danger zone will bo replaced after peace. The Dutch Government, owing to German pressure, has not yet ratified the agreement arrived at with the Dutch commission in London two months ago, whereby Holland was rationed with fodder and foodstuffs in return for placing 600,000 tons of Dutch shipping at the disposal of the allies. WASHINGTON. Mar. 14. The United States and Britain have notified Holland that Dutch ships in American and allied ports will be seized unless the Entente demands for the use of tonnage be granted by Monday next.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16800, 16 March 1918, Page 7
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