THE DUTCH VIEW
HOLLAND LOOKS AHEAD. “As to our own measures, they have been widely misinterpreted. In the times we are passing through, neutral States are obliged to adjust their military measures to the general situation. When tension increased in the west we had to make changes in the nature and'in the intensity of our mobilisation. We mobilised in September this year, not because we distrusted our neighbours, but because it was our duty to be prepared for any emergency. It was our duty toward those who want to respect our neutrality and
who had less confidence in * the pledges of their enemies than we had. Our mobilisation means protection for all; but if it is to remain a protection it has to keep pace with changing conditions. We must never allow the impression to be created abroad that our mobilisation is only symbolic; others as well as ourselves should be convinced that it is effective. Therefore its intensity has to be changed in accordance with the tension near our frontier.”—The Dutch Premier, Jonkheer de Geer.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 60, Issue 4233, 19 January 1940, Page 8
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