TENSION IN NORWAY

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1940, Page 7

TENSION IN NORWAY

ANTI-QUISLING MOVEMENT [BY CABLE. —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, December 2. Correspondents of both “The Times” and the “Daily Telegraph” emphasise the developments of tension in Norway to fever heat after the attempt on the life of Major Quisling, when a bomb was aimed at him at Fredrikstad. The Helsinki correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says that an outbreak of civil war is feared. Followers of Major Quisling were again subjected to insults soon after the attempt on their leader’s life, when Major. Quisling attempted to address a meeting at Sarpsborg amid incessant catcalls, whistling, threats, and other interruptions. A hand-to-hand conflict followed. Four men were arrested and many were taken to hospital. A Nazi official, Herr Lunde, arranged to address a meeting at Narvik, but he found the hall empty. A hostile crowd outside manhandled the Nazis as they came out. The police report increased attacks against Nazis, and a growing number of kidnappings. The Stockholm correspondent of “The Times” says that internal strife in Norway is rapidly becoming more bitter. Followers of. Major Quisling threaten sterner measures and have banned all badges except those approved by Maj or’Quisling as a result of Norwegians wearing badges of various societies betraying loyalist sympathies.