Amsterdam, Apr. 17.
Suggestions regarding foreign help for Holland's overseas possessions, should the Mother Country be vaded, are firmly rejected in responsible circles here.
Should Holland be overrun, the East and West Indies will simply be a part of Holland that has not been conquered, it is stated.
The "Telegraaf" writes that, should unexpected events in Europe result in the breaking of the connection with the Netherlands Indian Government, the latter is quite capable of continuing to administer the Indies without help or protection.
The East Indies, it is added, possess a fleet and army whose strength it should be unwise for any Power to underrate—Reuter.
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