SWEDEN.
A THREATENED DANGER. MATURE NOT DISCLOSED. GRANT FOR DEFENCE OF NEUTRALITY. Received Feb. lii, !>.30 p.m. Stockholm, l''eb. 2.i. The First Chamber of the Diet carried ti military grant of thirty million krone! for the defence of Swedish neutrality. The Second Chamber voted only ten million. During the debate the Foreign Minister stated that something had happened in the past few days which greatly ag gruvated Sweden's position, necessitating «. larger v()te to safeguard her neutrality. The situation was more grave than ever, and the future was very dark. The grant will be submitted to a joint session. It is evpeeted that the Government will disclose the nature of the threatened danger at a secret silting.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1917, Page 5
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