The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-22
GERMANS WOULD MAKE SWEDEN
 NORTH LINK IN MIGHTY WALL
 AGAINST RUSSIA AND AS|ATICS
Report of Proposed Alliance With Germany, Austria
 Bulgaria and Turkey Creates Sensation in North land.

Stockholm, July PA sensation
 has. been created through all of Swe-
 den by the publication of an alleged
 official report from a German agent
 in this country regarding plan to bring Sweden into a political, If not
 closer" alliance with Germany as the
 northern link in. "an imrnovable wall
 against Russia and against the Asi-
 atic danger" This wall, representing
 a new idea as to \Germany's plans, Is
 referred to as being constructed by
 Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria and Ger
 many.
 | For the work of propaganda in
 Sweden the alleged report asks for a
 preliminary appropriation of more
 than 100000 marks and suggests that
 Turkey and the other allies of Ger
 many be asked to contribute their
 proper share. The anti-German news
 papers in Stockholm comment rather
 bitterly upon this suggestion of an in-
 ternational ''slush fund" for Sweden, but assert that many of the recom-
 mendatiens in the report, evidently
 written last December, have been car- ried into effect. It also is asserted that the report explains much of the recent activity in Sweden against Rus 1 sia and the attempt to force situa- ton which would cause Sweden to de- clare war as an ally of the Central Powers.
 The report as printed in detail, be- gins with discussion of the possible effect of Russian offensive this sum- mer It said that if Russia showed sufficient signs of recuperation to re- organize it's armies into an effective force, it would be necessary at once to carry forward propaganda in Swe- den showing the Swedish people how greatly it would be to their advantage to interfere and ally themselves with Germany thus preserving their pres ent interests and assuring their fu- ture." The report is addressed. to f'Your Exce1lency'' and says among other things: Even If you have only political union in mind, considerable work will be necessary to win oyer, the Swed- ish ele ments not already on our side and actively favoring an alliance with tho Central Powers. Swedish senti- ment cannot be swayed by sporadic methods. It must be trained by sys- tematic and sustained propaganda. We must win over the entire\ people by an intensive effort. This propaganda must be cautiously executed if we are to gain the active interference of SEe- den in the Spring of 1916. We must be particularly careful not to let it ap- pear that the propaganda springs from a foreign source. Every political thinking Swede must be convinced that he had made his choice voluntarily and in the interest of his own nation. 2'..s <
 5"In the opinion of pro-German poli- ticians Sweden has not come into the war because she has lacked a direct cause. But gradually the political in- fluences are becoming more and more unfavorable to the Entente, especially to England. The new constellation of nations, arranged by German diplo- macy in the Balkans. has tended to win not only the sympathy but the reason of the Swedish people for the Central Powers.
 Concerning the tactics of the pro- paganda it should be carried forward on three main lines:
 First, opposition to and guarantee against British power.
 Second, information concerning true conditions in Russia and the dan- ger threatening Sweden from that quarter.
 .Three. the advantages. of a fasting union with the Central Powers.
 'The so-called Activist group in Sweden has lost considerably in in- f1uence lately. Perhaps the designa- ton was lnharpily chosen. for even soine of the best pro Germans, who be- lieve in the ultimate goal of war on behalf of Germany. have / hesitated publicly to align themselves with the group which has demanded immediate action without the necessary working up of public cpin'on.
 There is no denying that in the last tea months sentiment has been grow ing against throwing Sweden into the horrors of the war without a compell- ing cause. The pro German group, however, in it's press and in it's agita- tion againSr the Entente Powers, has been directing public opinion toward a neutrality as 1t should be-"
 The report then declares that the Activists have been so impatient and sharp in n<their demands as to create the spspicio.n of being foreign agents. Some O. these unwisc Activists, itisays, must be cast aside, like many .other pioneers
 
 ablep" lad entered their ranks. The report continues:
 T believe that most of the Swedes who must decide the fate of their nation, can be won over for union with the Central Powers. It is "a question now of gathering our friends, and many of those whose sympathies are with us but who yet stand apart, into a new party which will stand between the Activists and the Pacifsts, but which at the psychological moment will combine forces with the Activists to bring about the desired result. Into this group or party we must get men whose names and whose standing place them above all suspicion. Our pro- gram must avoid .Jingoism or being more Swedish than the <Swedes.' It must smooth the path for the eventual political union of Sweden with the Central Powers as a move that makes certain the future of the country for years to come. If the ground is prop erly prepared in advance this position will win the adherence of the people at large. The movement must appear to come from the broad mass of the people,"
 The report refers to several unfor- tunate incidents of the Activists' cam paign, and particularly deplores the lecture delivered in Stockholm by the German professor, Wilhelm Ostwald, publicly proflaiming Germany's plans