To enable Danish ships to be transferred to the British or French flag, those ships in neutral ports should proceed to an Allied port as soon as possible. Special arrangements, however, may be made in the case of ships which are already loaded and which find it inconvenient to call at an Allied port en route to their normal destination.
Danish ships proceeding from neutral to Allied ports to be transferred will be held to be covered by the British Government against war and marine risks. After transfer to the British or French flag, Danish ships, if they so desire, may continue to fly the pre-war Danish national flag as the house flag, the official an nouncement adds.
500,000 Belgian troops are affected by the King's capitulation.
Herr Hitler, according to the German wireless, has ordered Leopold and the Belgian army to be treated with respect due to soldiers who fought gallantly.
As the King has expressed no desire regarding his own person, a Belgian castle has been assigned him by the Germans as temporary domicile Reuter.
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