HOLLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1918, Page 5

HOLLAND.

A MILLION TONS OF SHIPWMi FOR THE ATiT.TEK Washington, March 14) It. ia estimated Hint a million tou 0 Hutcji shipping will be available.. ofwfcJjS i C per cent- is in American ports. Allies propose to give Holland fooditjis in return for shipping. Holland will ilk receive a liberal monetary oonsiderstbfl The ships will be armed and insuwA FULLY WARRANTED. •ff WHAT GEHMAiNY MAY Da •% Received March 10, 7.15 p.m. -'A. New York, March J&ij Tlie New York World states tho «|i| uro of Dutch aliipa is fully warr»ntaj® international law. ,'j lhe New Vork Tribune savs it m W| 0 taken for granted that Ge'rm&ny «# ! threaten dim consequences if IffntjSj submits, but it is hardly likely ah* 1(1 deliberately add Holland to her lkfcff enemies. Tho seizure lms a liistoriC.JM cedent in Germany's seizure of nepftij s in the l*Vanco-Prussian wtesO sei.'.ure. , «ja SHIPPING AGREEMENT ABAfjj DONED. lij ~ ' J OWING TO GERMAN THREAT®. J

DUTCH SHIPS TO (BE SEIZED^

Received March IT, 3.5 pjn. ■ *fl9 Washington, March Britain and America have decided, wH sei/.e Dutch shipping, becauso it is TgjjJM ently needed. Holland wished to eaflH into an agreement, but was by German threats to torpedo Dgnßfl ships and to establish a U-boat in tho North ■Sea route to Hollumel Officials do not expect that Hollajld'wlH Connally sign an agreement, but balhitlß that shs will tacitly acquiesce in thflfl

GERMAN PRESS ANGRY^J

. • DEMAND FOR REPRISALS AGAINBI HOLLAND. ' ; . i ' «»! Received March 17, 5 5 p.m. 1* Amsterdam, March 3Qff«'-i I The 'Dutch Government objects tOsSJj i being used in the danger zone in Hon pean waters, but otherwise is prepsts to accede to the Anglo-American reqdfi for an exchange of foodstuffs lii America and facilities for traffic *wl the Dutch colonies. p. Copenhagen. March 16.; The Anglo-American deeition to iltQijj Dutch shipping lm s thgbwn the Goftglg press into a towering rage. Thejr'-K demand drastice measures against "3$ land if she vields." ' _, UNITED »TAXE) ENEMY PEACE MOVE."V CERTAIN TO BE )' ARMENIANS IN CAUCASUS*;? Received March 18, 12.5 a.m. ,v New York, March Ifcj Advices received by the Allied % baesy state that representatives of £$ tria, Turkey and Bulgaria have ed the American. Envoy at Berne, 'N endeavored to open unofficial negtifj tiona fov peace. They suggested'- $ terms, which included Turkey's and JM garia's endorsement of no antiet&tttti The move is certain to be ignored, i J Unoilieinl advices state that 25fJ$ Armenian and Georgian troops bold' $ frontier in the Caucasus Isthmus, frjj Kara to Baioum, and will resiat the Cfi man advance. The Armenians, who <jt commanded by General M&zarbegoft, % armed with tho rifles and abandoned by the Russian Army. J Advices received in Washington «ttti that tho Germans will obtain little whji from southern or eastern Russiss, w Siberian farms will supply fats. ' v , A prominent Chicago grain exptj who has just returned from &uapjj states that practically there b no wttfj| at Odessa. f •'< ~ '£■ REJOICING OVER AMERICA SUCCESS. /* MELBA SINGS TO MEN IN CAltgj Received March 18, 12,5 mm. ■ \ ' New York, March fts The newspapers are cnthusiastie W* the occupation of the trenches at Batesvillers, which is t3io first dhemy t»rs tory captured by Americans. . 'i| Madame Melba- sang to thousand < American soldiers in camp at Lewis, $ coma, and Washington, being rlotW applauded. In a letter to tha comnwta big officer Melba advocated healthy %t tertainment in "every war camp. '"i REINFORCED CONCRET* 1 r j -A BIG 'HHSffiaJtoQIE. -J

Received Mawih lift, 57.15jp.m.-' San FMrtMJisco, Mwch'3 A reinforced conuTeUe- ship of:) tons has been launched (*h 'a paeiflo S Fifty-four otters wlft Hft <bnfl* wfti delay.

JAPAN'S HOUR SflßWfcl

TO lOTBRVSKE IN RUSSUfc ' Received March IG, 7.16 p.rt% v' Wr'shingtou, MarcWHiii It {a. unofficially expected that $$ Sbviet Conference at Moscow will Al to the German terms, wherwjMM <bgm] immediately vrin,ajmounee*«^tosi|l