BRITISH SHIPPING TIED UP IN THE BALTIC
SWEDEN THE DIFFICULTY. Australian-New Zealand Cable ABsoaiation. (Reo. September 27, 8.35 p.m.) Stockholm, September 27. It is reported that Great Britain is making an effort to'secure tho release of her steamers in Russian and Finnish harbours. In Petrograd alone half a million of British is held up. Ifc is difficult to obtain Swodisb crews, and tho authorities aro endeavouring to secure Finnish crews. It is feared that it may be impossible to release tho ships_ unless Sweden removes the mines in the Kognrad Passage, which, h is believed, wero plaoed there undor German pressure.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2888, 28 September 1916, Page 5
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101BRITISH SHIPPING TIED UP IN THE BALTIC Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2888, 28 September 1916, Page 5
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