Dutch cabinet interested in converting merchant ships into auxiliary cruisers according to the Dutch newspaper De Indische courant dated 9 December 1936

 Dutch passengership Willem Ruys as auxilary cruiser 1939 design

An item reported that although the Dutch cabinet thought decrees dealing with the easy converting of merchant ships into auxiliary cruisers were a necessity she did not want to regulate this by laws. She thought that contracts with the shipping companies with which were already relations for years was a better solution.