London, Mar. 25.
Great Britain has taken and will hold fo a firm stand in the question of extension of Allied contraband control into Norwegian territorial waters if need be, authoritative quart-Jers informed Havas tonight.
The British Government, they as-Jserted, will examine Norway's reported Note of protest with sympathy a desire for conciliation but, at the same time, Britain will be frm her determination not to give Ger-[many the advantage of shielding con-[traband shipping behind the cloak of Norwegian neutrality. Neutral Norjway, and other neutral states for that ratier, may be compelled to give way the Reich. Britain need not and wil not.
Taking the case of Norway speclcally, the same authoritative circles
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