Pretoria, Jan, 5.
'The Union of South Africd is' linked up with the United Kingdom in the blockade of German imports and exports, under two now. proclamations published today in the "Omeial Gazette.
The first gives a lst of German ferns operating in neutral countries, and the second regulates the search: {ng of merchantmen which left German ports after December 4, 1939, Five Dutch Officials Dismissed Amsterdam, Jan, 5, Five Dutch officials of the Muni. cipal administration in Amsterdam have been dismissed because of suspected connections with the extremist circles of the leftist or rightist groups.
The dismissals followed the discovery of German spy activities In the "Netherlands, after which a thorough inquiry' regarding political loyalties of state officials was under-
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