SWEDISH GOVERNMENT RESICNS
OBJECTION TO EXPENDITURE ON DEFENCE. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Stockholm, June 15. The Swedish Government has resigned owing to Parliament’s decision to spend more on defence. Per Albin Hansson, editor of a Socialist newspaper and leader of the Social Democratic Labour Party since 1925, formed a Cabinet after the election of September, 1932,. In coalition with the Agrarians and Communists. Compulsory military service is required in Sweden, with volunteer training permitted. There are 655,000 men on the Army rolls, with 400.000 reserves. In 1926 the peace establishment was reduced to 25,000. The Swedish Navy has 12 vessels of from 3600 tons to 7180 tons, with 10 destroyers, four torpedo gunboats, 40 torpedo boats and 14 submarines. Treaties outlawing war for 20 years have been signed with Norway, Denmark and ' Finland, and an arbitration treaty has been signed with Germany.
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Southland Times, Issue 22918, 17 June 1936, Page 5
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