Holland

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 100, 3 April 1916, Page 8

Holland

GABLES TO ENGLAND GUT. POSTAL COMMUNICATION ONLY. United Press Association. London, April 1. Tiie cables connecting Holland and England have boon cut, and only postal communication is available. A PERIOD OK UNREST. WAR NOT EXPECTED. London, April '2. Delayed messages from The Hague state that there was much excitement in Holland on Friday at the report that officers' furlough had been suddenly withdrawn and that goods trains had been requisitioned. The reports were soon authoritatively denied, but later reports announce that an extraordinary Council of Ministers had been hold. The Xieuwo Courant saysHhat no immediate danger of war seems to exist. The anxiety that has arisen is not connected with the torpedoing of the Tubantia, but the cause lies in the general war situation, which is entering a new phase, that-is giving Holland cause for anxiety. The paper conjectures that a changed situation may be the outcome of the Paris conference, and adds that the Cabinet Council contemplates an early secret sitting of the Second Chamber. Messages from Amsterdam state that Scandinavian shipping is astir, owing to rumors that the Entente propose to complete the blockade of Germany.