STATE OF ALARM IN SWEDISH TOWNS
REPORTED GERMAN DEMAND FOR PASSAGE FOR TROOPS i By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) Received April 12, 9.5 p.m. LONDON, April 12. A Stockholm message states that a state of alarm existed all night, including a black-out at the Swedish town of Hamlstad. All military forces, police, firemen and air-raid precaution units were mobilised and ordered to stand by till dawn. The reason was not known. Similar tension existed at Malmo and Trelleborg. It is officially announced that Sweden has mined her territorial waters along the entire west coast. The New York Times’ correspondent, telephoning' from Stockholm, was interrupted and warned by the censor when relating reports that Germany was demanding the passage of troops through Sweden. The correspondent was again warned when he referred to reports in the Swedish Press that the Norwegians were blasting bridges and roads connecting Norway with Southern Sweden, also when he said it was evident that Sweden was speeding her mobilisation.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19400413.2.50
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 86, 13 April 1940, Page 7
Word Count
161STATE OF ALARM IN SWEDISH TOWNS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 86, 13 April 1940, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in