No'. 22
Nya, Svenska Pressen_____________________________________________________
•	Vancouver, B.C., Torsdagen den 26 augusti 1943	Vol. VII
Radiogi ain till The American Swedish News Exchange i N.Y.
Stopping of transit traffic hailed with great relief and satisfaetion.
Glimpses from Sweden
Svensk-Italienska handeln avbruten
Tyskarna ha utan att angiva skäl underrättat Statens Järnvägar om att frakttrafiken mellan Sverige och Italien provisoriskt stoppats. Det svenskitalienska handelsutbytet upp gick under år 1942 till mer än 200 miljoner kronor. Clearin-gen mellan de två länderna uppvisar omkring 10 miljoner kronors svenskt exportöverskott.
Tyskt plan tvingas släppa sina bomber i havet
Tre flygplan kränkte den 12 augusti svensk neutralitet i närheten av Karlskrona. Två ha definitivt fastställts såsom va-
rande tyska. Ett av dessa plan träffades f........
värnseld, bomblast krona.
förmodligen av luft-
ty det släppte sin i havet utanför Karls-
Ätta ballonger
bärande flaskor med eldfarlig vätska drevo natten till den 12 augusti i land i trakten av Halmstad.
Svenskar i närbild
Crew of British Bomber Parachute to Safety in Sweden Stockholm, August 4
All seven members of the crew of a British bomber, who parachuted to safety near Lund,
Buenos Aires July 2, with car-goes of copra, hides, rice and linseed.
Stockholm, August6
The motorship “Sunnanland,’’ (3,064 gross tons, Swedish-Gri-
Den svenska U-båten “Illern”
vars deplacement är 429 ton och som byggdes 1921) kolliderade tidigt den 12 aug. i-dimma med motorfartyget “Birka-land”, tillhörande Tirfingbola-get. Ubåten sjönk och ligger nu på åtta meters djup i den' trånga norra passagen i Kal-i
taarsund. Hela utom maskinisten ner (född 1905, hamn) räddades.
förmodligen bärgas.
besättningen K. G. Ham-från Karls-“Illern’’ kan.
Stockholm, August 7
“Seldom has a Government announcement been greeted with greater satisfaetion, nor awaited with a greater impa-tience,” said yesterday‘s issue of the Stockholm newspaper, Dagens Nyheter referring to the end of the transit concession to Germany. The editori-al recalled that the concession had been made under hard pres-sure—-“the hardest Sweden was ever subjeeted to”.
Another Stockholm Newspaper, NYA DAGLIGT ALLEHANDA, said yesterday:- “The 1940 transit concession was due to the 1925 reduetion of Sweden’s armed forces. This made Sweden a poorly armed nation. We have every reason to ask foreign critics what they would have done in our position.”
Swedish Government’s representative to Norway’s King and Government. And now comes the report that the German transit traffic through Sweden has been stopped. By this de-
ent Line) arrived in Gothen-
in Southern Sweden, on the yesterday with a cargo of night of August 2 have been! fodder_cakes and wool from tbe
found unhurt,
and are being
cared for by the Swedish mili-tary. No trace of the bomber has been found, and it is be-
lieved to have fallen into the
cision the Swedish Government sea Their gasoline supply hav-
has removed one of the gravest
obstacles in the path of coope-ration based on confidence and understanding.
“We have always realized that the great majority of the Swedish people understood that Norway’s fight against her op-pressors was a battle for the freedom of the North. Both the help which the Swedes have contributed to the advantage o. Norway, and the good-wiil shown our countrymen by the people and the Swedish autho-rities have pleased us. ”
ing been exhausted, the bomb-er’s crew took to their para-chutes. They expressed satis-faction when told they had landed in Sweden.
Argentine, making the voyage in the record time of 22% days. The ship traveled under safe conduct from all the belliger-ents.
Safe Conduct Ships Arrive in Sweden
Stockholm, August 3
The motorship “Danaholm,” arrived at Gothenburg today under safe conduct from all the belligerents with 5,000 tons of Brazilian cotton, coffe, cocöa- ferrjno-beans and tobacco. Two other; ”
Swedish School Teachers Prefer to Teach English
Members of the Swedish Public School Teachers’ Association, polled by that organiza-tion on the question of making a foreign language an optional subject in the school curricu-lum, voted 75 procent in favör. Of 147 districts in the poll. 98 replied “Yes.” Of this number 48 wanted to teach English, I only two German, the rest pre-
a free choice.
AMERICAN COMMENT
THE NEW YORK SUN: Aug,6 “.An island of democracy in a , morass of totalitarianism, Swe-....	,	- ..o ! den had little choice when the
mght m a communique of the 1
THE COMMUNIQUE
STOCKHOLM, AUG. 5TH
Announcement is made
motorship. “Ecuador,” and1 “Gullmaren,” arrived at Gothenburg July 28, having left
Tyskt ultimatum framdrev transitomedgivandet
Affärsvärlden hälsar med tillfredsställelse upphörandet av transitotrafiken. Tidskriften sp. ger bl.a. “Medaivandet gjordes under trycket av ett tyskt ultimatum vilket allmänt avsågs innebära ett praktiskt krigshot.”
200,000 personer dödade i Hamburg
En svensk affärsman Gustaf Petterson i Hamburg som anlänt till Malmö har berättat för Svenska Morgonbladets korrespondent att den tyska allmänheten varit upprörd över att myndigheterna som skrutit ö-ver det tyska försvaret icke utfärdat några som helst varningar. “De som fortfarande tro på tysk seger äro lätt räknade,” säger Herr Pettersson.
En grupp av svenskar från Hamburg som anlänt till Mal mö ha uppskattat antalet döda de vid de allierade bombraiderna i Hamburg till mellan 65, 000 och 200,000.
Rykten om fred för Finland
Stockholm den 31 juli. Afton tidningen offentliggör idag på framskjuten plats “ryska antydningar om villkor för en fred med Finland. Tidningen uppge> att uppgifterna härröra från “en rysk diplomat’. Enligt denna källa skulle Sovjetryssland under alla omständigheter foröra att den karelska gränsdrag ningen från 1940 års Moskva-fred bibehållas. Men för det fall en separatfred skulle slutas, vore enligt ryktena Ryssland villigt att låta alla de andra gränslinjerna dragas liksom iöre vinterkriget 1939-40.
Vissa förhållanden ge vid han-den. säger Aftontidningen, att denna information ger yttryck åt Sovjetrvsslands synpunkter' På en Finlandsfred.
Edvin Adolphson “Leading man” inom svensk film, Edvin Adolphson i en av s[ina senaste rollskapelser,, general von Döbeln.
Om man kan tala om någon leading man i det svenska film-skådespelargardet så är det förvisso Edvin Adolphson. Och då icke i ordets amerikanska bemärkelse, d.v.s. motspelare åt kvinnlig stjärna, men ledande man utan föroehåll. Den senare årens stora roller, alltifrån “Ett brott”, ha väl överskuggat minnet av hans tidigare talrika prestationer. Men redan 1928 var det påpassliga Metro-Goldwyn ute efter den svenske filmaktören, och när han 1935 lämnade Dramaten, var det till stor del därför att han ville ha fria händer att ägna sig åt det växande filmarbetet som både regissör och skådespelare. Alltsedan sistnämnda år har Adolphson spelat teater endast som uppskattad gäst men knutit långkontakten med fru Filmia. I de fåtaliga första älskarnas led, där omsättningen varit livlig men sällan lett till några betryggande nyförvärv, har Edvin Adolphson varit en osvikligt säker tillgång. Den omständigheten att han i februari fyllde femtio år betyder ingenting inför det faktum att han är så gott som ensam ont att kunna få en kärleksscen i en svensk film eldfängd. Han behöver
inte anstränga sig för den sa-
Swedish and German Govern-' ments that agreement has been | reached for the cancellation of । the transit traffic concession to Germany, effeetive begin-J
Germans began sending ‘soldiers on leave’ and munitions across its territory to Norway and Finland. It had to have necessary supplies obtainabie only by Nazi consent. . .
In the way it has comported
versial issue at home and a constant irritant to Norway. During these years Sweden has built up her armament to the point where she has a well e-duipped army of 400,000 men.
but it is not the sense of own strength that impels
her her
Hamburg ‘Practically Deserted’ Stockholm, August 3
Swedish refugees reaching Sweden from Hamburg, Germany, report non-stop bombing raids condueted by British and American ainnen. Incendiary' bombs on July 30 entirely gut-ted the building occupied by the Swedish Consulate General • but no one was injured, as the
ning August 15. On that date( transport of war materials to itself throughout and from Norway and Finland,] gweden has earned the sym
the ordeal,
respectively, will
cease, while
on August 20, the leave, or “fur-lough traffic” from and to Norway, and the so-called “horse-shoe” traffic” over Swedish rail lines between Trondheim and Narvik, will halt.
The text of the communique follows: “Between the Swedish and German Governments an agreement has been reached for the absolute cessation dur-ing August of transit traffic through Sweden of soldiers on leave and war materials.”
PREMIER SAYS HE ACTED
IN BEST INTEREST SWEDEN
OF
Stockholm, August 9
In speeches at Valö and Edsbro, in central eastern Sweden yesterday, Premier Per Albin Hansson diseussed the cancela-tion of the German transit concession. ‘The circumstances under which the traffic came into being are still fresh in our minds,” he said. The Govern-
inte anstranga sig wi ™ kens skull; det är utan vidare^ uppenbart att han här ageiar, en karl som både känner drag-j ning till och utövar attraktion på det motsatta könet. Någon påtaglig ansträngning är for övrigt aldrig märkbar hos Edvin Adolphson vare sig på scen eller film, därför att han KAN sitt yrke från grunden och har en på denna säkra grund murad auktoritet i hela framställ-
ningen.
to change her policy. It is her
considered judgment of
the
pathy of the whole family of truly democratic nations a family of which it managed to remain a member never hav-ing stopped to anything remo-tely approaching dietatorship. Fellow democracies will rejoice that it now dares say ‘no’ to the Nazi banditti. ”
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
“..In the summer of 1940
the tual the the
Nazis had become the vir-masters of Europé. Sweden one unconquered island in north, was almost comple-
tely surrounded by Germany The military traffic between the Reich and Norway was resent-ed bv the great majority of the Swedish people as well as by
growing weakness of her once omnipotent neighbor. The Swedes are no longer afraid of the Germans. The believe they are risking no fatal consequences in showing at last their real feelings. Three years ago they recognized the existing power situation by bowing to Nazi demands. Today they recog-nize present facts by closing the doors to the Nazis. The reversal expresses a “neutral” ver-dict which. quite apart from its military consequences wiil discourage the Germans äs much as their defeats on the field, because it is a proof of their increasing isolation.”
^ersonnel had the city taking paintings and Swedish ship sunk in the
moved outside valuable papers, fumiture. The “Gapern” was harbor, while
another Swedish ship, the “Hildur,” was damaged consider-ably, two of the crew being killed. Three members of the crew of the “Gapern” were reported missing, but two of them arrived in Sweden today, having
been rescued after for two hours.
Swedish Red Cross French Children
Stockholm, August 9 The Swedish Red
swimming
Feeding
Cross to-
the Norwegians, bitterly because there seemed to but to accept the man dominance.
all the' more at t be time be no choice terms of Ger-
The Swedes,
hoping for nothing better in their military weakness than to preserve their precarious neu-trality, argued that they were
Svenskt spaningsplan skadas vid tysk beskjutning
Stockholm den 6 augusti. Ett tyskt handelsfartyg öppnade tidigt i morse eld mot ett svenskt spaningsplan i norra Östersjön. Planet som flög i närheten av den svenska territorialgränsen skades, men föraren som vid beskjutningen lätt sårats lyckade föra sitt plan tillbaka till dess bas. En under sökning har igångsatts.
Prinsessan har fått namn Stockholm den 5 augusti.
ment in 1940 made the decision forced to recognize an accomp-after thorough deliberation and( lished faet.”
in the best interests of Sweden. | “For three years the traffic Since that time there has been has not ceased to be a contro-i no disagreement between the, Government and public opinion j regarding it. In common with] the public the Government has. looked upon the concession as a burden.”
“With the cessation there disappears a canse of grave irritation amongst our people and in our relations with others, particulartly with the Norwegians. This is a great relief to us and we welcome with pleasure the statements made by the Norwegians.’’
NORWEGIAN FOREIGN
MIN ISTE R’S STATE MEN T
Stockholm, August 6
All Swedish Newspapers to-
day prominently display a State
btocKnom nrinsessan kom-'ment issued in London by Tryg-Den nya Maga-pimsessan	pnrpip-n Minester of the
mer att dönas till Kristina Loir, ve Lie. horeign Minester me s Helena Hon vägde vid fö- Royal Norwegian Government, delsmi 3^8 kilo (8.1 lbs).	। The text follows:-
“Du svek oss inte.”	,/
Bra gjort. Du svek oss inte, । skriver Dagens Nyheter i en ledare, i vilken tidningen tac-| kar Gunder Hägg för hans in-, sats i Förenta Staterna.
“Norwegians have followed with pleasure the develop1 which has taken place in re-gard to relations with Sweden. A great satisfaetion was felt when Baron Johan Beck-FriG resumed his activities as the
The New York World-Telegram “... Morally the agreement is of perhaps greater significan-ce than it is materially. Until now, Sweden has not da ved to take such a stand against Ger many,*** Today Sweden is much stronger than in 1940. And Germany is much weak-er. Germany is no longer in a position to ride roughshod over the once helpless Sweden. And not only Sweden, but every-body else. knows it. It marks another letdown for Hitler... ’
day began providing daily meals for some 300 children in Marseilles, France, and, it was announced, soon will start similar work in Lyons and Nice.
LEGATIONEN I CANADA ETT VIKTIGT STEG.
Stockholm den 6 augusti. ' öppnandet av legationen i Ka-■ nada anses här vara ett viktigt svenskt steg på vägen mot ' bättre relationer med den kom-' mande stormakten Kanada^ 1 skriver Stockholms-Tidningen. Hela folket har hälsat åtgärden med stor tillfredsställelse. Tidningen påpekar att Kanada är en hörnstenarna i det brittiska imperiet och att landet har många svenskättlingar liknande diplomatiska aktioner hordo följa när det gäller våra förbindelser med andra, suveräna stater inom brittiska imperiet. “Trots avstånden känna svenskarna, att de ha nå-
ting gemensamt med dessa fria framtids-nationer,” slutar
tidningen.
Finland har övertagit ges roll av exportör av
slutar
Sveri-tänd-
stickor till Bulgarien. Tio mik joner paket tändstickor anlände nyligen till Bulgarien från Finland och vtterliggare stora sändningar väntas.
Den stora Wärtsila-koncernen har underhandlat med svenska Volvo-bolaget om uppförandet av en automobilindustri i Finland . Till följd av kriget liar det dock visat sig omöjligt ett erhålla alla nödvändiga maskiner varför förslaget tills vidare fått förfalla. Statsmakten har i gjort allt den kunnat för att | möjliggöra planerna.