Tension Subsides in Low Countries; Precautions Perfected; German Troop Movements Continuing Amsterdam, Jan. 16.
UTCH military authorities today continued to revise the country's defence preparations, but no new measures have been announced. "Holland is prepared for anything, but it must not be assumed there is any imminent danger at the moment," Reuter was authoritatively informed at The Hague. Intensive movements of German troops continue to be reported but usually well-informed sources state concentrations are much bigger opposite Belgium than opposite Holland.
Political quarters here have the impression that Belgium is playing a leading role.in this particular crisis.
Rumours of a Belge-Dutch military alliance are discounted at The Hague, where it is pointed out the positions of the two countries are very different. Were Holland invaded, it would be vitally important that Belgium enter the war, but if Belgium were invaded, it might be more advantageous to Belgium if Holland remained neutral. Meanwhile the Belgium and Dutch Governments are keeping in continual touch with each other.
Soviet Planes Make Most Intensive Raids of War Dutch newspapers are dealing with the situation more fully than they did last November. The population is now noticeably less nervous, but crowds continually gather at news-stalls where Britisn and French newspapers are displayed and gravely discuss tne London and Paris versions of the situation, which are much nove alarming than the accounts published here.
Unknown persons today smashed windows at the German Travel Bureau in one of Amsterdam's main
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