BORNHOLM ISLAND

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22612, 17 May 1945, Page 6

BORNHOLM ISLAND

RUSSIAN OCCUPATION LONDON, May 16 The British United Press’ correspondent at Copenhagen reDorts that Russian reinforcements continue to arrive on Bornholm Island, although nearly all the German soldiers have left. Addressing crowds which gathered to welcome him at Rhodes, the Regent of Greece, Archbishop Damaskinos, had no other ambition but to obtain her national rights, plain justice and the opportunity to collaborate with all her might in setting up a true moral order in the world. They couid await with confidence the official sanction of the Great Powers for their union with the Motherland. Telephone and telegraph communications between Bornholm and the Danish mainland have been cut since yesterday afternoon without explanation, according to Copenhagen reports. ' The Danish Cabinet may hold a special council tomorrow to consider the situation. The Government despatched an aeroplane to Bornholm to pick up the Danish Governor, but it has not .yet returned. Evacuation of the German garrison by the Russians should be completed by the end of the week.