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Show HOLLAND FEELING I EFFECJSJF VI GREAT UNEASINESS OVER REPORT RE-PORT THAT GERMANS ARE MASSING TROOPS. A Dutch Army of More Than Three Hundred Thousand Men is Scattered Scat-tered Along the Belgian and German Borders. London. Holland Is feeling the pressure of the war almost as much as if she were engaged in it. The report re-port that the Germans are massing large numbers of troops on the eastern east-ern border is causing great uneasiness uneasi-ness throughout Holland. A Dutch army of more than 300,-000 300,-000 trained men is scattered at strategic strat-egic points along the Belgian and German borders. 'Roosendaal is the principal troop center, as it is the only railway gate to Belgium that is now open, hundreds of military automobiles aut-omobiles leave here daily with messages mes-sages and supplies for the border troops. The mouth of the river Scheldt and all the canals are heavily guarded. A large garrison at Flushing Is guarding guard-ing the docks and railway station in order to prevent any attempt to violate vio-late the neutrality of the Scheldt. The river is heavily mined and Dutch cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers are lying at its mouth to give necessary neces-sary co-operation to the land forces. The Dutch government is paying to the cities 30 cents dally for food for each refugee. The cities bear the other expenses connected with the influx. in-flux. The strain of attending properly proper-ly to the refugees is hard on Roosendaal, Roosen-daal, with its 15,000 population; Flushing, with 7,000 and other towns with lesser numbers. In these places there are more refugees than inhabitants. |