Square-faced Hermann Jónasson, Premier of Iceland, last week decided he could no longer face the problems brought on by foreign occupation of Iceland. His Cabinet had split wide open.
Last year thousands of British soldiers (some estimates run as high as 80,000) descended on Iceland. This year thousands of U.S. Marines and soldiers followed.
Iceland's 118,000 hard-working farm and fishing folk did not like the strangers.
Moreover, the diversion of farm labor to military construction reduced food sup plies.
Civilian stores of staples were drained.
Recently a U.S. officer found he could not buy...
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