Ke komo nei nā aniani Dutch i ka pae hope o ke kau. 'Ōleloʻo Teun Paarlberg o G. Sevenhuijsen i ka hopena o ke kau he mea nui loa.
“Ua wānana mākou i kēia. Ma waena o ʻAukake a me Kekemapa hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā helu hoʻoiho i kēlā me kēia pule he 35,000 a 42,000 tonnes, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo like i ka pūnāwai. “Ua ʻike ʻia kēia. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā aniani a ke manaʻo nei au he 100,000 a 150,000 tonnes e waiho ʻia no Polani a me nā hipa.
Me nā helu hoʻopuka i kēia manawa ʻaʻole mākou e kūʻai aku iā lākou ma nā ala maʻamau. Me nā pule hoʻokuʻu aku o 13/14,000 tonnes ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e piʻi ke kumu kūʻai, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka hihia inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana aku ma luna o 35,000 tonnes. He pinepine ka ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā aniani maikaʻi hope loa, akā i koʻu manaʻo ua nui nā mea i koe.
"I ka hapa lua o ka manawa pono ʻoe e manaʻolana aia ʻo Brazil ma ka mākeke. Ua hoʻāʻo mākou e hoʻokō i kēia me ko mākou ikaika āpau i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki, akā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻohi. Inā haʻalele ʻoe i ka Eastern Bloc, a laila loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ākea nui. Ua mālie ke kūʻai aku i ka Caribbean. Ua hala loa ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma laila a waiho ʻia ke kūʻai aku i ka poʻe kamaʻāina. Ua manaʻolana wau e hoʻomau iki ka Hikina Hikina, akā ua kū lākou i ka wā i piʻi ai nā kumukūʻai. Ke waiho nei i ke kūʻai ʻokoʻa iā ʻApelika.
"Ke neʻe nei mākou i kahi hiki ke koho ʻia o 40/45,000 tonnes ma Netherlands. ʻO ka pilikia ke hoʻonui ʻia nei nā mākeke. Hoʻokō ʻia ka nui o ka paʻi ma kahi o ka koi. ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻokomo i nā pahu i ka wai inā ʻaʻole pono ka mea kūʻai aku iā lākou, akā ua hana nui ʻia kēia ma ka lawe ʻana aku i nā packers ma muli o ka nui o ka hiki ke hoʻopili.
"ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke kahaha nei au aia mākou i nā kumukūʻai bale ma waena o 22 a me 23 keneta. Manaʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai he gula ko lākou i loko o ko lākou mau hale, akā e hoʻouna ana mākou i nā aniani hou i loko o ʻekolu pule a laila ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻopā i nā aniani kahiko. A laila, pilikia ka lawe ʻana i ka lako i kēia kau a me ka wā e hiki mai ana ma muli o ka hemahema o nā ipu. Pono wau e ʻike e pili ana i ke kau hou. Akā ʻo nā aniani hou, nā manawa hou, "i hoʻopau ai ka mea hoʻopuka.
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Teun Paarlberg
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