NETHERLANDS SURRENDER
MOTIVES WELL UNDERSTOOD NAVAL UNITS STILL FIGHTING STATE OF WAR CONTINUES (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph. Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received May 16, 9.35 a.in. . RUGBY, May 15. The proclamation announcing the abandonment of the fighting in the Netherlands, with the exception of Zeeland, has caused keen disappointment in Britain. The motives of the Dutch Commaiider-in-Chief (General H. G. Winkelmau), however, are well understood and there is a new feeling of sympathy for the Dutch. The presence of the Dutch Government in London had already indicated that Holland might soon be overrun, involving appalling destruction and loss of civilian life to little purpose, and the surrender was not unexpected in informed circles here.
IMPORTANCE OF ZEELAND
Military experts all along have emphasised that it.will not he in Holland that the mn.in battle will be fought. The proclamation, it is noted, concerns only the troops engaged in the Netherlands fighting. It does not include naval units, and it is specifically stated from the . seat of the Dutch Government that Holland is still at war with Germany. The importance of Zeeland to the Allies lies in the fact that the province includes Dutch territory at the mouth of the Scheldt covering not only the approaches to Antwerp, but the general defences of Belgium. I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 142, 16 May 1940, Page 9
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