Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has had all her property seized by the German occupation authorities in the Netherlands. The seizure order applies salse to all property belonging to living members of the House of Orange Nassau, states a Hague despatch to the German news agency The confiscation is based on a decree dealing with persons fostering anti-German sentiments. In one a nouncement issued by the Reich Commissar it is stated that "the former Queen Wilhelmina has excluded herself from the unity of New Europe by her persistence in adhering to the Bolshevik-capitalistic front."—Reuter.
London, Sept. 17. T von Rundstedt, commander of Germany's forces in the south, were indications here today that General Karl Rudolf
had launched a tremendous offensive against eastern Ukraine aimed at smashing through to Crimea.
These indications coincided with unconfirmed reports that the Germans had completed the encirclement of Kiev.
The main attacks were reported to be developing within two arms of the Dnieper River, northwest and southwest of Dniepropetrovsk, where the Russians were said to be resisting desperately.
British military experts reserved their opinion as io the extent of Gen. von Rundstedt's offensive, but they admitted that the situation on the southern front undoubtedly was growing most serious and there were some indications that Marshal Semion Budenny may be forced to retire to the Don.
Some reports said that the German High Command had concentrated on scoring a victory on the southern sector and had thrown in the biggest Nazi armies yet used on this front.
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