HOLLAND.
THE SHiPPiMG AGREEMENT. NOT YET RATIFIED. London, March 14. Jl is understood thai the Allies are arranging- lo dike over the Dutch shipping now lying in Allied ports. The ships will In- insured, armed, convoyed, and returned to the owners after the war. Any sunk in the danger zone will be replaced after the peace.
The Dutch Government,' owing to German pressure, lias not yet. ratified th» aerccinei.t arrived at. with the Butch '.'oiiiiDi-sion in London two months ago, whereby Holland was rationed with fodder and fu< ,'lstnfl's in return for placing ™,!.") i) ton- of DiiKh shipping at the disposal of the Allies. BUTCH SHIPS MAY BE SEIZED. .Washington. March 14. Tin- United ;Vmt"s aiid Britain have notified .the Netherlands that Dutch ships in American and Allied ports will be seized unless the Entente's demands retarding tonnage, are granted by March IS.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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143HOLLAND. Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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