INCREASING TENSION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 14 October 1942, Page 2

INCREASING TENSION

OCCUPIED COUNTRIES COERCION AND SABOTAGE CRITICAL SITUATION IN DENMARK ! Rec. 12.25 p.m.) New York, Oct. 13. Increasing tension, coercion and sabotage in occupied countries *« reported by the New York “Times” correspondents j n various parts of Competent observers agree that the situation in Denmark continues j critical and sensational developments must be reckoned a possibilI ity, says the New York “Times” Stockholm correspondent. The situation is tense but reports that the Government is interned are denied. Attacks against King Christian in :he Dam h Nazi Press are the latest symptom between Denmark and Germany. One newspaper stated: “The long autumn reign will soon be followed by a dark winter.” In Norway saboteurs blew up a power station near Bodo. While Nazis under cover of the state of emergency executed obviously innocent Norwegian.. the Germans believe British parachutists accomplished the deed An extensive manhunt produced no results. It is reported from Oslo that at least 200 Norwegian officials were dismissed after a state of emergency was pro* claimed in the Trondheim area, while many employers in private undertakings have been ordered to join the National Samling or otherwise risk a court-martial. People who fled the territory to escape Todt’s compulsory labour regulations must return. Police control over the youth organisation is intensified because of the development of undesirable idealogical tendencies from the Nazi viewpoint. SIX GERMANS KILLED Six Germans were killed on the outskirts of Oslo in a clash with Norwegian patriots. A young Norwegian shot a German officer in another skirmish and escaped. News from Yugoslavia indicates fierce fighting is going on in many oarts of the country between patriots and Italians and German punitive expeditions. It is reported from Dalmatia that patriots captured the town of Kotok from the Italians. Ihe compulsory draft of manpower from France to Germany met with little success, although pushed with exceptional energy. Even if official figures ar«? correct, which claim that ’50.000 workers are ready to leave for Germany, there are still 118.000 skiller workers lacking under the French German Accord.—P.A.