SILENT PROTEST

Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22009, 10 April 1943, Page 5

SILENT PROTEST

THREE YEARS’ SLAVERY

ANNIVERSARY IN NORWAY PROSPECTS OF INVASION (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received April 10, 1 p.m.) LONDON, April 9 Quisling police, specially armed by Terboven, Gauleiter of Norway, patrolled the empty streets of towns and villages as the fourth year of German occupation opened. A state of extreme emergency was ordered throughout Norway, but Norwegians repeated the tactics of 1941 and 1942, shutting themselves in their houses as a passive gesture of defiance. The day passed quietly, but resentment against the occupation is still growing because the Germans are extending their control of the country’s economy and 157 Norwegians have been executed and thousands thrown into concentration camps and prisons. The Stockholm correspondent of the Times says that on the third anniversary of the German invasion of Norway, Sweden made no secret of her sympathy for Norway. The Bishop of Stockholm spoke at a memorial service in Stockholm Cathedral for Norway’s dead. Those present included the Foreign Minister, Dr. Gunther, and high officials representing the Swedish Navy, Army and Air Force. Similar gatherings throughout Sweden included one attended by 9000 Norwegian refugees. Denmat 1 -. Waiting for Peace Denmark’s newspapers, which hitherto have been forbidden to mention anniversaries of occupation, to- ] day freely mentioned the country’s . defeat, recalling the recent general { election as proof of the nation’s adherence to the democratic spirit. Many newspapers declared the country was waiting for peace and for the return of freedom. The newspapers, ■ moreover, freely expressed sympathy with Norway’s fate. “The whole Norwegian people now comprise one united front,” said the Prime Minister of Norway, Mr Nygaarosvold, speaking in London. He said the Norwegian Navy and air forces were in active service and the Norwegian Army was preparing to play an important part during the reconquest of Norway. Speaking of a possible invasion of Norway he said it was vital to organise Norway’s comparatively small | forces so that they could be of the greatest possible use, and it was ! therefore particularly important to I organise co-operation with Norway’s | Allies in advance. As soon as i Norway was free again, he said, the • Government would ask the King leave to resign, and he hoped thereafter a Government of unity would be formed with the broadest possible I basis.