SWEDEN’S PLIGHT
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. May 11. The plight of Sweden under the influence of Germany is strikingly illustrated by figures from a reliable source. Thp import of coke into Sweden lias declined by 500,000 tons so far this year compared with the previous year. file food position is perceptably worse. The 10-10 harvest was 38 per cent, below that of 1930. Lack of fodder so far lias forced the authorities to order the compulsory slaughtering of 15 per cent, of the country’6 cattle. Coffee rations have been cut by 50 per cent, and butter, bread and meat rations by 33 per cent. During 1040 Sweden lost 78 merchant ships due to war conditions a total of 10.500 tons. All the ships lost were destroyed by German mines and the unrestricted U-boat wariare.
“THINGS ABOUT Tf) HAPPEN.” LONDON. May 12. 'flic Independent French News Agency reports that telephone com--7111111 ication between Stockholm an( Berlin was cut for ten hours Irom the night ot May 10 to the morning of May 11 .. - Swedish correspondents say >t 1 obvious things arc about to happen.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 138, 13 May 1941, Page 5
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