Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-03-17 | Page 55 | Holland Ready to Give up Ships

I I HOLLAND READY TO GIVE UP SHIPS By sy Associated Press I WASHINGTON 1 March 16 Holland HolIan Holland on the eve e of or h her r shipping being taken over ovel by the United States Stales and Great Britain has given evidence e oi or a road road- mess Iness to make malte A a. voluntary agreement to lo that hint purpose even cn agreeing that the ships shall be sent through h thi the war zone In Jn view of or the continued pressure upon ullon The Netherlands by 11 German Germany In opposition illon to such a step tep officials here herp were mystified at the sudden Rudden ch change ne In the situation and began bean t to speculate peculate upon what whal arrangements Holland might have made with Ber Ber- I lin In It wa was stated In official quarters that Holland probably would make liberal concessions to Germany German when she turns the ships over to lo the allies but Lut it van as feared Oared that the sudden n ac- ac with the tho Ion long Ions opposed provision pro PO vision that th time the ships b be ie sent through h the war zone might Indicate that The Netherlands government was proposIng proposing propos propos- ing something new in connection conn with the tIme negotiations which Great Britain and the United States would h be unable unable un- un able ablo to acc accept pt The official attitude here i Is that all arJan arrangements have been made made- to take takeover takeover o over or r the the- ships on Monday and th that t the injection of or an any new proposals by Holland Hol 1101 land cannot stay tay the decisions reached in London and Washington I It was stated that If IC Holland desires to turn over o the ships on the terms al already already al- al re ready d raid down b by voluntary agreement agreement agree aree- ment menta it it IL would be considered erya very tery 11 1 a agreeable but that tha t the they must t be La taken ken kenover over Monday Io at all events on the final terms presented to The Hague IIa ue by the thc American and British diplomatic representative rep rep- e rep rep-I