Stockholm, Apr. 18.
Trondheim is stated to be now partially evacuated, and there is no communication southwards by train or motorcar.
The Germans are said to have reached Stjoerdal to the west and Heimdal to the south. Hegra fort is still held by the Norwegians.
The Germans are feverishly hurrying reinforcements to Trondheim by flying-boats, and have mined all bridges round the town, in addition to arranging machine gun-nests in villas on sites above it, "This fact should be considered in discussing the present measure, while steps should be taken to conform with such circumstances in the application of an immigration statute," he added.
Mr. Suma, while serving as Coun-oiller of the Japanese Embassy in Washington last year, had secured the understanding of Mr. Joseph Earle Jacobs, chief of the Far Eastern Division of the State Department, that Japanese would be exempt from the application of the proposed Filipino Immigration Law, when the same bill was being considered during the last session of the Philippine Assembly. The measures, however, was not presented.
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