SWEDEN'S PLIGHT
"Things About To Happen** With Germany COMMUNICATION SEVERED LONDON. May 12. The independent French news agency reports that telephone communication between Stockholm and Berlin was cut off for 10 hours from the night of May 10 to the following morning. Swedish correspondents say it is obvious that things are about to happen.
The plight of Sweden under the influence of Germany is strikingly illustrated by figures from a reliable source. The import of coke into Sweden has declined by 300.000 tons so far this year, compared with the previous year, and the food position is perceptibly worse, says a British Official Wireless message.
The harvest of 1940 was 38 per cent below that of 1939. Lack of fodder has forced the authorities to order the compulsory slaughtering of 15 per cent of the country's cattle. The coffee ration has been cut by 50 per cent, and the butter, bread and meat rations by 33 per cent.
Sweden lost during 1940 78 merchant ships owing to war conditions. All the ships lost were destroyed by German mines and unrestricted Üboat warfare.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 111, 13 May 1941, Page 7
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