BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1562, 10 June 1916, Page 4

BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.

Despite the British official categorical denial of aggressive British intentions against Holland, the malevolent anti-British rumours which were partly traced to the German Consul-General, were Continued in Holland long after the sinking of the Dutch steamers Tubantia and Palambang. An interview which Lord Newton gave to a correspondent. of the Amsterdam newspaper Handelsblad was of great service in removing doubts of British good faith from (he minds of a few Dutchmen who honestly regarded Loial Newton’s utterances as an expression of (he views of the British Government. The correspondent’ s main ((uestions were whether the allies at the Paris Conference had resolved to land troops in Holland, or had even discussed such a project ; whether the British Government still maintained the promise, which was made at the beginning of the war strictly to respect Dutch rights in regard to tin l Scheldt ; and whether there was any truth in the rumour that the British Government has requested the Dutch Government to renounce' the Rhine treaty with Germany. Lord Newton denied that any such projects had ever been entertained, and also answered negatively the last. question.