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OPINION

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Two Norwegian Notes, dealing with Referring to Swedish sea losses, he wash away the germs that cause red- ness, swelling and lack-lustre dull-supposed breaches of international law asks whether Sweden could continue ness. Optrex will retain and restore by ships of the Royal Navy, have been to suffer such treatment, and adds: for you the sparkle and freshness of delivered in London. They will be care- "Germany promised to respect Swed- fully studied, not only on their merits, ish neutrality, and this means that youth.

but with the special consideration due Sweden should continue to trade with The German press to a country whose friendship has both belligerents. long been valued by the British peo- suggests that dangerous waters should ple, writes "The Times". The posi- be avoided, but this would involve tion of small neutrals during a strug either the abandonment of neutrality gle between greater Powers is always or attempting to live on delicate; under the conditions of the resources.

"If Sweden is compelled to stop her new diplomacy, when anything short of the servile compliance with a dic- North Sea trade she must also stop Germany tator's whim may be denounced as her trade with Germany.

this trade, "intolerable provocation," it becomes benefits one-sidedly from nerve-racking. No doubt it may seem for she cannot pay for our iron ore prudent, in order to forestall any Ger- with the products we require, and the man charge of unneutral bias, to mid-winter coal shortage testifies to protest whenever there is the least the German incapacity to balance the suspicion of irregularity even when, Swedish account. It is no easier. to as in the case of the Altmark, the understand and appreciate German British ship has intervened in order goodwill when submarines sink coal to prevent a gross abuse of the hos- cargoes for which we have paid in pitality of

territorial England. Protests are unavailing, but Norwegian

German ability to pursue the war is waters.

The incidents cited in the new Notes largely dependent on Swedish iron are believed to raise similarly techni- supplies, and it should be made clear the less to the Third Reich that Swedish iron cal issues. They are not worthy of investigation for that; Brit- is available only if Swedish rights are ish naval officers have orders to res- respected. This is a grave step, but it pect the letter of international law as is better than allowing piracy to scrupulously as its spirit, But we are entitled to ask our Norwegian friends to preserve a sense of proportion, and, where they suspect that the law has been infringed, to distinguish between substantial injury and an accidental lapse which causes them no harm. The dominant fact is that the British Navy is doing all in its power to safeguard the interests of neutrals, while the German Navy is entirely ignoring them. Since the outbreak of war no Norwegian ship has been attacked by us, and the Norwegians well know that none is likely to be attacked. But, Norway has lost 60 ships and the lives of 400 seamen, every one of them des- troyed by German action. Some of these vessels the Norwegian Govern ment has the evidence have been tor-

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pedoed or bombed without warning the rest have been sunk by German mines. Even since Hr. Halvorsen visited: Berlin and received assurances of German abstention from the worst forms of outrage, Norway has had to complain of two more merchant steam- ers bombed from the air.

continue."

con-

The "Stockholms Tidningen"? siders that the Anglo-Italian coal problem would have serious conseq- uences and connected it with the changed tone of the Italian press. The whole question depended closely Italy felt bound to Germany.

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Referring to the Italian coal ques- tion, "Het Volk" writes: "This is a vital question for Italy from several points of view, and the British deci- sion is a blow. The best solution would seem to lie in the delivery of British coal to Italy in exchange for war supplies. This would draw Italy into the Allied orbit. The solution

will show how far Signor Mussolini has kept his pleasant and advantage- ous position."

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NORWAY

UNITED STATES

An attack on the British control The work of the British Navy and system was made in a recent issue of Air Force in the waters used by Nor- "Norges Handelsog Sjofartstidende." wegian ships is mainly directed to This paper, describing the areas around preventing these atrocities. The British control stations as “cemeteries,” King's ships are there to sweep the states: "It makes the Germans work mines, sink the U-boats, and shoot easier if ships are brought in in mas- down the aeroplanes by which Norses to known control stations.

As a wegian lives are threatened; they fur- result of this many ships

are assem- ther offer to Norwegian merchantmen bled in limited areas which the Brit- the direct protection of the convoy ish fleet have been unable to keep system. It is true that the Germans clear of mines, submarines, or 'planes. have announced that they will not We must presume that this task has respect the neutrality of ships sail- been beyond their powers." ing in British convoys; but Norwegian skippers have long since discovered by experience that neutrality is a poor de- fence in comparison with British guns..

The "New York Times," in a vein The truth is that the Scandinavian of irony, writes: "Hitler seems to neutrals have everything to gain and have been in a characteristically mod- nothing to lose by the regular and est mood when he talked to Mr. Wells. efficient functioning of the British. He simply demanded a free hand for patrol of the seas. They must not of Germany. Now how reasonable and course depart from their neutrality to how adroit it must seem to the Ger- the extent of active collaboration, nor mans to tell America that Germany are they asked to do so. But they

only wants a Monroe Doctrine for have every reason of self-interest to

Eastern Europe. The Monroe Doctrine view the actions of British officers in the most favourable light, and, while presumably gives us the right to oc- cupy the Argentine and Brazil, shoot steadfastly doing their legal duty as their leading civilians, close the un- neutrals, to refrain from straining the iversities, conscript labour, uproot law to the unnecessary hindrance of thousands of women and children operations from which they benent so from their homes, and impose our greatly. A fair fighter, in mortal combat with a foul fighter, is already ideas on Latin America at the point

of the bayonet.” at a sufficient disadvantage; and there must be a limit to the further handi cap he imposes on himself by a de- ference, that his opponent repudiates, to the susceptibilities of the specta- tors.

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In the "New York Herald-Tribune”.

The

Dorothy Thompson comments: anti-Nazi tirade arising from the Welles visit emphasises that the peo- ple and not the Governments of the Allies are fighting 'not capitalism, not Socialism, nor any other old bogy? but the brutal naked criminal power of Germany should be told plainly that runaway State. They have" moeri Sweden's iron ore will be available to power spreading, outopia-Lilong the Reich only if respect is shown for have seen people and individuami Swedish" rightd. “This view' was man beings, cntight-by: fedilmeling

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SWEDEN

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