The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
BRITAIN DENIES
TWO WARSHIPS.
SUNK BY NAILS
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"fu aid" and that it was a point
of honor for them to fulfill that
promise.
we must trust in them and on
our side we must not lose patience"
he said.
1--WE, on u side must not give
up the struggle"
In such an event, he added, there
could be no hope that Germany
would restore Norway's independence
after the a He mentioned Aus
tralia, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland
in this connection.
ences, DR.. Koht said:
II have een German bombs rain
over defenseless Norwegian homes,
seen trembling women and crying
children run into the forests or hud-
die in cold, dark cellars in order to
get away from the German weapon
of murder"
The Germans are doing to Norway,
he asserted, the things they have
not dared to do to England and
France.
Savage Attack
THAT part of Norway which was
not subdued in the first bout" he
said, "is being attacked in a merci-
less, savage way. The Germans
have found an opponent that they
think car be scared into submis-
sion."
Instead, the Norwegians' will to
fight has been awakened, DR.. Koht
said, land in the end they will sweep
the enemy out of the country"
DR.. Koht told the Norwegians that
he will go to Paris and thence back
to Norway, where King Haakon VII
and his fleeing government are in
hiding from the Germans.
With the two Norwegian ministers
was the British minister to Norway,
Sir Cecil Dormer, who had been with
the Norwegian regime since it fled
Oslo a jump ahead Of the Germans
at the start of the Nazi invasion
April 9.
Inquest Asked
Meanwhile, strong demands for a
grand inquest" in parliament on
the governments conduct Of the
Norwegian campaign were heard
throughout gloomy Great Britain.
Press criticism of the British gov
ernment's handling of the Norwegian
campaign which saw the Allies aban-
don southern and central Norway
to the Nazis presaged a torrid meet
ing of parliament Tuesday for a
two-day debate.
The average Briton appeared more
concerned over the strategic reverse
in Norway and the potentialities OF
German domination there than any
danger in the Mediterranean, where
the Allies concentrated nava
strength last week.
Norway is a good deal nearer Brit
ain than the Mediterranean and the
traditional British confidence in thu
might of the royal navy prompted
the belief of the man-in-the-stree
that the British-French naval for
ces were capable of handling any de
velopment in the Mediterranean.
Some political circles professed t.
see indications of a swing to thu
Chamberlain governments favor il
the coming debate.
They argued that the fact tina
the cabinet apparently is united OF
the Norwegian policy would blum
the weapons of critics hoping t.
score against the prime minister OF
the grounds that the Trondhein
sector would have been saved i
Chamberlain had not restrained
Winston Churchill, first lord of thu
admiralty.
1t was also said that the prospect
of Churchill, generally the cabinets
most popular minister, heading {
new cabinet or even a new war poll
cy was receding.
Neutral arguments that Britain
would let down other neutrals who
rely on her after trouble has started
are strongly resented" by parlia
ment members and might rally the
house of commons to support the
government, it was said.
That resentment, coupled with
hitherto undisclosed details of the
| governments difficulties, likely
would persuade the commons to "let
the government off with a warning"
British asserted.