German press warned neutral countries they “must now say whether they are willing to oppose English power politics.” Premier de Geer exclaimed Dutch neutrality will be respected.

Last week was a week of jitters for Europe’s neutral States as the German press again went to work on them. This time they were warned that they “must now say whether they are willing to oppose English power politics.” Most of the talk of neutral battlefields—both German and…

Small neutrals were fighting their own war: The NL., closed its frontiers, are troubled by a severe grain shortage, and raised the water level of Dutch lakes to facilitate flooding if necessary.

Frenetic fears of little neutrals in a big war are three: lest they be drawn in, lest their borders be violated, lest their peacetime economy and habits be forcibly disrupted. Last week the small neutrals were fighting their own war against war:

¶Jitteriest was the 998-square-mile Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,…

Report about neutral countries during World War I and the resulting effect on their economy.

In World War II, if it comes, some nations may avoid fighting. But they will certainly not go untouched. Just as modern warfare is no respecter of lives, soldier or civilian, so it is no respecter of the pocketbooks of neutrals. To every neutral nation that has risen above the…