Quisling True to Form

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 103, 2 May 1941, Page 7

Quisling True to Form

LONDON, March 27. The Lofoten raid continues to agitate official circles in Norway. Quis ling’s chief organ, Fritt Folk, suggests that future raids may be averted by a hostage system,‘and adds: “The word hostage has not a pleasant sound in Norway. It is a long time since hostages were used here. Wo believe that a number of persons well choSen from suitable circles and with their names duly published would work wonders.” The Swedish newspaper Handelstidning of Gothenburg, reflects the opinion of large circles in Scandinavia about the German vengeance on Lofoten after the raid, and states, among other things:”—The Germans say we have succumbed to propaganda. Yes, perhaps we have. “When wo hear that German airmen who have crashed or are shot down in England are buried by the British with the same military honours as their own who have fallen, in spite of the fact that they were dropping bombs on English towns, killing women and children we doff our hats to the British. When just afterward the radio tells us about houses and homes burned because some Norwegians have gone to England to fight, for their country’s liberation and others, allegedly, have helped them tc go , comparisons are forced upon us.’