SWEDISH INDIGNATION
SINKING OF SHIPS RETALIATION PROBABLE (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyrlgnt LONDON, Sept. 25 The sinking of the Gertrud Brati has reacted most strongly in Sweden, says the Gerben correspondei it of the New York Times. Sweden is expected to retaliate by withdrawing iron ore supplies lrom Germany, which before the war she promised to continue. The full supplies of 10,000,000 tons a year cannot be exported because the maximum capacity of the harbour at Oxeloesund is 2,000,000 tons and Luleaa 4,000,000 tons, and the Norwegian port of Narvik, through which 4,000,000 tons a year were exported, has been closed by the British blockade. The Swedish maximum export is thus 6,000,000 tons, which is imperative to Germany’s armaments.
The Swedish Government has now ordered the suspension of all shipments of woodpulp, cellulose and timber until the situation has been clarified. Ships en route to England have been ordered by wireless to proceed to the nearest neutral port.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 7
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159SWEDISH INDIGNATION Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 7
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