Sweden

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 86, 11 August 1915, Page 5

Sweden

REGARDING CONTRABAND. United Peess Association. . (Received 8.30 a.m.) Washington, August 10. Sweden's inigotimioils'Svitli Americar £$ test against the British Orders-in-Council regar:lng contraband, failed, and'Sweden |ill contiifiic fthg M»T' , J I. £ i-'A. f . /.» sentations alone. a || QUESTION o| HER NEUTRALITY;

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The Times'! lot-respondent at Stockholm, in a renew of Swedish neutrality., expresses.the opinion that Swedes gene'raily lean; towards , Germany,., as agliinst•'"Russia. The classes almost exclusively pro-German are those supplying officers of the Swedish army and 'those connected with modern education.. The young officers, trained in Germany, return greatly impressed with the perfection of German military methods. The traders, merchants, and other numerous classes want Germany to win. At the other end of the scale a numerically insignificant group of idealists definitely favor the Allies. Every Swede dreads Russia and the defeat of Germany, because they have taught to regard Russia as a standing menace to Sweden's integrity.

In order to meet the grievances of legitimate Swedish traders also British grievances against Sweden, a British Mission has for weeks heen conferring with the Swedish authorities. In view of Sweden's economical situation it is to be hoped no sentimental considerations will be allowed to stand in the way of practical and prompt settlement, because the moment is rapidly approaching when Sweden will be entirely devoid of certain commodities of supreme importance to industrial life.