RIOTS IN HOLLAND
OPPOSITION TO NAZIS CONTROL BY GESTAPO (United Press Awn.—Eler. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, August 26 With the introduction to Holland of the German criminal law under which the Dutch will be punished for offences against the Reich, the Gestapo will have unhindered sway, says a Dutch correspondent in the Times. The correspondent points out that continued Dutch resistance and resentful opposition to foreign oppression has led the Germans to tighten the screws of the vice in which the unfortunate subjugated people are held. It is reliably reported that riots broke out in Amsterdam, The Hague and other cities on Prince Bernhard's birthday. Great crowds, wearing the orange cockade or white carnation, which is Prince Bernhard’s favourite flower, participated in demonstrations of loyalty to the Royal Family lasting for several hours.
When the crowds refused to move, clashes occurred with German soldiers and Dutch Nazis, after which the police ordered a baton charge, while German aeroplanes roared overhead with the object of terrorising the population. Finally, the Germans cleared the streets by force and threatened the public with machine-guns. It was as a result of these riots, in which several people were killed, that the Mayor of The Hague was summarily dismissed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 2
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