THE STRANGLING OF THE HUN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2883, 22 September 1916, Page 5

THE STRANGLING OF THE HUN

EVER INCREASING PRESSURE OF THE j BLOCKADE j ELEMENTS OF NEUTRAL ] COMPLICATIONS J Australian-New Zealand Cable AesooifltlMU j (Rcc. September ?1, 11-2o p.m.) 'j London, September 31. j The Berlin correspondent of . tha j "New York Times" telegraphs: "For ai week there havo beeii, persistent; j rumours that tho relations between ' j Denmark and Germany have been. .; strained to a dangerous point. This is formally denied on tho Bourse. X at™ cei'tained that tlm rumour was due td , , i actiou under Eng- 1 •! land's growing pressure. Both Don-' I mark aad Holland have diminished thaic .. j food oxports to Germany to a verj) noticeable degree. Public opinion _ in. / ; Germany, which is now most sensitive/ ' ,v holieves that if this pressure by iha ! British continues to its logical limit iti i Lwill mean the complete closure of thfl neutral borders to food exports to Ger« "j many, -which,'many'Germans consider, J ; ! would bo tantamount to war.- Therefora i any further diminution of exports from >-j these countries might result an a grave, i even dangerous, situation. Sweden it) the last gap ill tho Allies' blockade, , i aud all Germany is watching anxiously, ,;] to seo -whether this last -useful back! door to Germany will be closed?) ■; •' .