DUTCH EAST INDIES
FATE IF NETHERLANDS INVADED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, January 19. ” Explaining that it was necessary if New Zealand was to contribute the maximum war effort that there should be efficiency in industry, the Hon. P. Fraser, addressing the men at the Otahuhu workshops to-day, referred to the position of Holland in the event of its invasion by Germany. What, he asked, would happen to the Netherlands East Indies? There would be no Dutch Government and a Pacific Ocean Power, not Germany, would step in. Such a Power was a potential enemy to-day and not only would the Netherlands East Indies be seized but the same position would apply to New Zealand in the event of Britain going down in the war.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21557, 20 January 1940, Page 11
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124DUTCH EAST INDIES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21557, 20 January 1940, Page 11
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