DECLARATION OF WAR
BY DUTCH GOVERNOR OF CURACAO SEIZURE OF GERMAN SHIPS. ONE MAN KILLED WHILE RESISTING. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 11.35 a.m.) WILLEMSTAD, May 10. The Governor has issued a proclamation that Curacao is in. a state of war against Germany. This is the first such declaration in the American hemisphere since Canada’s. The crews’ attempts to burn and scuttle three Germans ships were frustrated. One German was killed while resisting. AMERICAN INTEREST MR HULL CONSULTING LATIN REPUBLICS. (Received This Day. 9.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 10. The Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, indicated that he is consulting Latin-American countries concerning the status of Dutch possessions in the Western Hemisphere. He -added that he had not communicated with Japan regarding the Dutch East Indies.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 May 1940, Page 6
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