WAVE OF SABOTAGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1943, Page 4

WAVE OF SABOTAGE

CONTINUING TO SWEEP DENMARK REBELLION AGAINST NAZI ’ “PROTECTION”NEWSPAPERS FAIL TO APPEAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 30. A great wave of sabotage continues to sweep Denmark, where the population has rebelled against the Germans’ assumption of control. The Germans are rushing more troops to Denmark to quell disturbances. The Berlin radio quotes competent German circles for the statement that the armed forces which have taken over the “protection” of Denmark will continue with their task for the duration of the war. The Danish radio announced that newspapers in Denmark did not appear today, “for technical reasons,” and added that they may reappear tomorrow. The Danish radio, which is now Ger-man-controlled, today accused the Free Danish movement of being responsible for sabotage in Denmark. Earlier the Germans stated that a number of Allied saboteurs had been dropped in Denmark by parachute.

VARIOUS REPORTS CONSIDERABLE GERMAN LOSSES REPORTED. IN CLASHES~WITH DANISH TROOPS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 1.0 p.m.) RUGBY, August 30. The German-controlled Danish radio announced' that the Danish Premier and Cabinet had resigned. ; The Finnish radio today expressed deep sympathy with the fate of Denmark and said the long period of occupation had tried the nerves of the Danish population, while changes in the world war situation had raised great hopes of speedy liberation. An official statement by the Danish Legation in Stockholm, broadcast by the Swedish radio, says the largest part of the Danish Navy was scuttled at Copenhagen, while another part managed to escape. Another report estimates that 200 Danish refugees have reached Sweden since the declaration of martial law.

Several hundred German troops are reported to have been killed in clashes with Danish troops.

Postal and telegraphic communication between Denmark and Sweden was still suspended today.