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Show HOLLAND DOES NOT LIKE ATTITUDE OF GERMANY THE HAGUE. Dec IS. The foreign office of-fice believes the rumor that Venezuela l as declared war aGalnst The Nether-ands Nether-ands arose through the confusion of the term "state of defense." recently declared de-clared bv acting President Gomez of Venezuela, with "state of war. According to an Amsterdam news agencv Minister of Foreign Affairs van Swinderen has personal reasons for believing be-lieving that news of an entirely different character will speedily be received, although al-though ho admits that It Is not Impossible Impos-sible that affairs have taken a now turn. Popt ar opinion hero Inclines to the belief that President Castro's rulo is dPhlnBoWeloi German attitude toward Sonor Castro Is Kieatly resented In lhc Ti'itriio Tho newspapers ask how a friendly nation can thus receive Holland s avowed enemy, and whether Germany wishes to drive Holland Into the embrace nf the Franco-British entente. Tile Handelsblad favora the blockade oi Venezuela, and especially now that cof-feo cof-feo shipments are commencing, and It makes the interesting suggestion that Castro - might be treated as contraband. The Telegraph thinks the Dutch war-Bhlps war-Bhlps should be ready to make a demon-r'rntlon demon-r'rntlon before T-a Giiayru at the proper moment in order to give support to the revolutionists. |