SWEDEN: Price of Neutrality

Of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Europe's traditional "Northern Neutrals," only Sweden has managed to maintain even the appearance of neutrality in World War II. Last week from Stockholm came some details of the price Hitler puts on neutrality:

> At the beginning of the Russian war, the Swedish Government gave the Nazis permission to transport one division of troops through Sweden from Norway to Finland. The "one division" rolled over the Swedish railways for weeks in hundreds of trains crammed with soldiers and arms.

> Proud of her tradition as a sanctuary for...

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