Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26
NORWAY SUFFERS
FROM GERMAN IRE
Punished for Her Neutral
ity by Campaign Against
Sea Trade.

Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
CHtlSTlANlA, Norway. Nov. 20
Norway, with the third largest mer-
can-'ie marine in the world, has suf-
fered severe losses. Up TO dale they
have totaled One hundred and ffty
steamers of $4,000 tons. insured by
the War Insurance association 70;
$40 90, ,OOOO. sailing ship aggregating
10000 tons, and insured for S1,SSS,-
600. and many sailing craft loaded
with lumber and pit props for Eng
land which were not insured. Onu
hundred and fifty sailors have lost
their lives, fifty of them by Germal.
torpedoos from submarines and the
Others hen ships have been destroyed
by mines. Beside these many boats
have been tai;en by belligerents and
confiscated after prize court proceed.
ings.
Germany, after "a few months rest,
suddenly started submarine warfare
again"t Norwegian ships last Septem-
Der much sharpe: and more mercilesS
than ever befcrc-.oNposing the lives of
many sailors to the dangers of the
Arctic storms. Al the same time, II Is
declared, IA hostile campaign against
Norway was launched In the German
press all of which the Norwegian
people have been unable to under
stand, The more Norway has tried
to preserve its neutrality, the more
dissatisfied. according to the Nor
wegian viewpoint, has the German
chauvinistic press been, and papers
such as the Koelnische Zeitung ana
Franlfurter Zeitune very often have.
threatened mercantile reLrsals after
the war.
Nothing seems to have created a
greater bitterness in Germany against
nances prohibiting the export Of GER
tain foodstuffs, which Norway needs
for tself-especially the ordinance OF
last August prohibiting export Of cer-
tain kinds of fish. Altho fishing is
one of NorWay's main trades yielding
great surplus for export, since the
war so much fish has been exported
that there has not been enough left
for Norway itself and the country has
been deprived of one of its main food
stuffs rhc export to Germany has
been increasing to such au extent that
the people demanded that the govern
ment should take steps to provide fiss.
enough for the home market.
After the torpedoing by German
submarines of Norwegian ships in the
Arctic ocean and arong the coast this
fall the ordinance of October 13 was
passed, which. like the swedish, for
Norwegian waters.
The Germans themselves declare
they do not need and never used Nor
wegian waters in their warfare. EvcIy-
body here then asks how the Nor
wcgian ordinances car be taken as
alone directed against Germany ana
now ii can be taken as an attempt to
tamper with the German machinery.
'rhe lress-eXcept the socialistic pa
pers-unanimouslv stand by the gov
ernmcnt in this case aud will support
its upholding the right OF Norway TO
keep the sovereignty of its own terri
tory.
The German press lately claimed
that no Norwegian sailor had been
KILLED by German torpedoing of Nor
wegian ships. The Morgenbladet re-
calls that the Norwegian steamer
steamer Sveir Yorl, on June 9, 1915,
was torpedoed when bound for Nor
way with a cargo OF coal for the
steamship line itself. Twelve of the
crew lost their lives. and Germany
has recognized its guilt and agreed TO
pay full damage. The steamer Lougi
in ballast was torpedoed without warn
ing and ore man killed, and in al.
about forty Norwegian sailors arc de-
clared to have directly lost their lives
by German torpeGoing.
The Morgenbladet continues: "If
the German press believes it can mis-
lead opinion in Norway and depriv.
the government Of the necessary sup
port it Is greatly mistaken. Nobody
here-loving the fatherland-will- In
a scri Dus situation help overthrow the
cabinet by discalming Norway's right
and duty to protect the lives and
property of its citizens to the best OF
our ability. We do not want to wrong
anybody, we do not want to injure
foreign life or foreign property-we
only want to live by ourselves, our
own rational life. without being hu-
inflated or treated with arrogance"