The military campaign in Finland ia a struggle for nickel and iron, says an English military authority, who thinks all Scandinavia may he dragged into it. In summer the iron supplies go by railway to Lulea and thence by ship down the to Stettin. If the Russians should occupy the Aaland .Isles they would completely dominate this traffic In winter, when the ice blocks the North Baltic, the ore for Germany goes hy railway to Narvik, in Norway There it is shipped for Germany, via the Atlantic. The ships creep down the Norwegian coast, safe inside the three-mile limit. To protect this trade the Germans now contemplate seising a large part of Norway, rul probably that part of the Swedish coast which faces Skagerak.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 43, 20 February 1940, Page 7

The military campaign in Finland ia a struggle for nickel and iron, says an English military authority, who thinks all Scandinavia may he dragged into it. In summer the iron supplies go by railway to Lulea and thence by ship down the to Stettin. If the Russians should occupy the Aaland .Isles they would completely dominate this traffic In winter, when the ice blocks the North Baltic, the ore for Germany goes hy railway to Narvik, in Norway There it is shipped for Germany, via the Atlantic. The ships creep down the Norwegian coast, safe inside the three-mile limit. To protect this trade the Germans now contemplate seising a large part of Norway, r ul probably that part of the Swedish coast which faces Skagerak.