HOLLAND'S POSITION.
MUST NOT OFFEND GERMANY
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. News from Rotterdam states that the Germans are confident that the blockade will substantial}* improve Germany's position in north-western Europe, because it will compel a greater exchange of trade between Scandinavia and Germany. The German Government is already officially dangling the bait of increased exports of German iron and coal in return for a monopoly of food business, and a few German newspapers address lengthy homilies to the Scandinavian countries on the insolence of President Wilson's invitation to follow his lead. Dutch newspapers do^nofc attempt to disguise the difficulty of Holland's position. They recognise that President Wilson's "invitation deserves sympathy, in view of Holland's injuries, but they frankly draw attention to the fundamental geographical distinction between Holland and America. Newspapers otherwise divergent in their w.ar views rtgreo v with striking unanimity as to the danger of weak Holland breaking ofF relations with a powerful neighbour, and mighty America doing so on the other side of the Atlantic.
The " Handelsblad" crystallises the Dutch press outlook, remarking that Holland does not want to make the Kaiser's heart "bleed" for the poor Dutch as it "b]ed" for the poor Belgians !'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 8 February 1917, Page 5
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197HOLLAND'S POSITION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 8 February 1917, Page 5
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