Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-30
Stories of the War
sweden's Trouble Remaining Neutral.

SwedeT's Trouble Remaining Neutral.
 The more recent outbreak of trouble
 for Sweden in tht Baltic began several
 weeks ago when two Russian suhma- rines slipped inside the three mile limit and carried away the German steamers LissabOn and Worms. Two Swedish pilots were captured, but re- leased after a, week or so. The Rus sians claimed the Germans were just outside the territorial waters, but SWe- den maintains they were not and is demanding their restoration.
 This incident as scarce two days old when a German destroyer boldly came into the southern territorial wa ters and captured the English steamer Adam. The Adam was calmly lying at anchor-sone say not more than 200 yards from shore. Several days later, in response to Q Swedish protest, the Adam was released and escorted back to the point of capture. She was shy some hundreds of gallons of oil. Two other English ships on their way out or the Baltic in the very teeth of the enemy were captured, "de-oiled" and released.
 Next came an incident in the Beth niC gulf, near Luloa, when two Rus sian destrOyers attempted to raid four 1 German traders, the Malaga, Gretchen Muller, Friedrich Carl and kette. It is claimed these ships were only Q mile and a. half from shore when the on coming Russians signalled them to stop. The four Germans did not obey the order. Again it was flashed from signal pennanCs, but the Germans only GteerGd a little closer mshore. The | two Russians with black smoke pour l ing from their short, raIIish tunnels, < bore down upon the vessels with all speed, but when they reaChtd hailing ] distance the Germans stopped and in their very midst appeared Q Swedish Ha aCTVOvnT inc NiTsC-A cleared nFro 1 The destroyer had been steaning in i side the vessels all the way up the 1 coast. A few hot words were exchang- ! ed, and the Russians, making off as i rapidly as they had come, were soon ! hull down on the horizon.
 1 AS q further means of stopping the raids in territorial waters, the SWed- i ish authorities are placing many new 1 hints, and the international game of l hide and so seek' or Prisoners base" which has been played so freely ! this sumner, will hereafter be fraught 1 with the gravest danger to the offend l ing craft. The Swedish naval autnOTi- i ties are determined to put an end to 1 the pOaChing and every available ship i has been ordered to keep ipcessant ] newspapers have warned Germany against territorial infringements, and ] have reminded that government Of the recen teEperienCe of the commercial O-DOaJ DeULSCDlanQ III AL1eFlCan wa ] ters. They say if Germany is to seek 1 the constant protection of American l territorial waters the government should be careful to respect the wat i ters of the smaller neutraIs.
 1 Some of the Swedish papers recog- nize how difficult it is for Q German 1 CT a Russfna destroyer to lie outside the three mile limit and watch a rich i prize sail safely by with an enemy | flag fauntingly flying at he mast 1 head. They say it is but human for
 these craft occasionally to "break 1 over" and fall upon the prey.
 i In relating some of his experiences 1 at Sea a Swedish naval officer of dis tinguished rank said to the cores | pOrdent of The Associated Press: 1 You see we think 1t is ,luite easy for the United States to be neutral l The neutrality of the United States is 1 theoretical. Here in Sweden we have
 Q, very practical neutrality, a very diff fcult and expensive neutrality. We are
 in the midst of tht war, but not of it. 1 We are a small nation but so far as
 firm determination and steadfast prin- cipIe will carry us, we intend to re-
 main neutral even to the point of
 1 fighting for our neutrality"