“WILD RUMOURS”
NOT LEAST GROUND DUTCH ASSURANCE POSITION AS NEUTRAL PRECAUTIONS EXPLAINED (Reed. Nov. 14, 12 noon.) THE HAGUE, Nov. 13. The Netherlands Prime Minister, Dr. de Geer, in a broadcast address, said that there was not the least ground for wild rumours circulating recently about the acute menace to the Netherlands.
The sole basis for this seemed to have been foreign broadcasts, press reports and some measures taken by '-he Government. These measures were not due to any_ increased danger, but were a precautionary mobilisation. They were not ordered because the neutrality of the Netherlands is menaced.
Dr. cle Geer said there was no more acute danger than in the first days of September. During the last war, similar measures were taken, not because of imminent danger, but because the circumstances put greater demands on Holland's preparedness. “The present mobilisation is not because we have not trusted the word given by both warring sides that our neutrality would be respected, but because it is our duty to be prepared for all eventualities.” he declared. "The Netherlands Government believes the sincerity of the words of both warring parties. This provides mother stimulus to our strict neutrality.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 14 November 1939, Page 7
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