Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-23

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government requested to break OF rela-
tions with the United States because Of
the requisitioning Of Dutch merchant
men. is contained in an Exchange Teie-
graph Company's dispatch, received from
Copenhagen, which quotes the Poiitiken's
Rotterdam correspondent
Dutch Minister Denounce&
THE HAGUE. Friday. March 2s-
Seizure of Dutch shipping by the allied
governments was unjust. DR.. Loudon,
the Dutch foreign minister. declared to-
day in the upper chamber.
Without. a shred of Justice" he said,
'sthe associated governments have car
ried out the proposal. although the
9be sn et IN Us ths sePy
the associated powers. The eresoundfng
protest of the government will find an
echo in the two chambers and among
the whole Dutch people. !. II IL; pro-
The government will not have to re-
proach itself, il the country is sub
jected to severe trials, with not hzving
done its utmost to prevent this in
justice" - 2e-g,
The second chamber passed unani-.
rnously q bill providing Tor the drain
age OF the zuyder Zee.
Senator cremer Attacks US.
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eyes when they saw ot1r Aek. 81 ~ 15S,eD
of Americans have no ;feAra 70 Md Abws
over the dfshOnor OF our nag &
America fregarde neutrality as, nAr-
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Senator Crefffers n slreal what an1e vo,,16
be flown from the seixed ships ana ssid
he hoped 1T would not be thes Butch
nag. but IL that nag was used, he hoped
it would be hoisted at half mast Re-
Ierring to- -fresfdents flson. the sena-
tor declared: s,sf ~
resioent Wnson calis nimdeif our
our , friends na.a..,s,..
would not take reprisals which could b.
carried out easily against the unfortu-
nate 1nterned prisoners IN Hoiland. but
tney snouio renoers good FOR evil. He
concluded: y >
prove that in these days OF brutality
the Dutch are the only gentlemen re-
in Europe"
Other speakers also criticised Presi-
ciaIist, said:
.aThe seizure of the Dutch feet by
President Wilson. under the nretert a.
war necessity. is Al had as the vin,s-
t;on ~ Poy1;nm Il, Cerr.ny -. IN.
same v nre,ey+ W. os M naiS..' y On ,.ne ..e
;ndanepdsnca .om. wh.t ~.
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aau .sa na.n vi. NC great
"meu .a,sn eney IeaIn tne :. utn.
IN the friendty speeches OF former
American MINISTER van Dyke. declared
Deputy Hooft, an anti-revoiuffonfst.
considered that often a wolf DISCUSSES
. tha nrs ctica ~ hrs1ans H. -,
holding a pistol to our head. THE as
sociated governments have acted Hike
common thieves. -:
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Motive OF Seizure Explained"
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ts own q sst ad
clared that England. aware Of this. was
na.uraiy seeking py seizing neuefai
merehsnt marine arisinr ont Of the
submarine warfare, but nevertheless
England, he thought, would fail to
keep its new competitors, the United
States and Japan. out Of ,the British
ers. he asserted. were at1emptins 70
saos snact,v DiaMe ma thev thsmss,ves s were
doing. -.
The neutrals were placed i'm 9 pre-.
cafious posieion, not py sne