Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 9 ga Afrilu Jamus
sun mamaye Denmark da Norway. Wannan ya kara fargabar cewa za a mamaye Netherlands, don haka a ranar 12 ga Afrilu hukumomin Dutch a Aruba sun tsare ma'aikatan "Antilla" a cikin jirgin su. A ranar 10 ga Mayu Jamus ta mamaye Netherlands don haka gwamnatin Netherlands ta ba da umarnin kame dukkan jiragen ruwan Jamus a cikin Antilles na Dutch. Da karfe 0310 na ranar 10 ga Mayu wani bangare na sojojin ruwa na Holland a cikin jiragen ruwa biyu sun kusanci "Antilla" don su hau ta amma Schmidt ya ƙi saukar da gangway. 'Yan bindigar Holland sun yi umurni da Kyaftin wanda ya yi tsammanin juriya da makamai daga ma'aikatan Jamus. Saboda haka ya jinkirta shiga jirgin zuwa hasken rana, lokacin da bindigar bindiga da aka sanya a bakin teku zai iya samar da kariya.