The lack of meat, especially in the eastern part of Norway, is worse than ever before. People are actually waiting in queues from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next morning when the shops open. In addition to this lack of meat the civilian population has got many other troubles to fight with, On every side complaints are being heard about the flour which in accordance with an official statement "mainly is produced from European rye" but which everyone knows contains a mixture of cellulose, The nutritive value is very low and many people are suffering from digestive troubles on account of this new bread. The lack of fruit and vegetables has been and continues to 9t! be almost total The effect of this has been that lately several cases of scurvy have been recorded.
From June 2, the ration of bread was decreased by a further 12% per cent. This means a decrease in the bread ration of 200 grams flour and the corresponding bread per week It is a fact that the bread which is now being sold to the Norwegians is of a very poor qua! compared to that served to the German soldiers.
The popular wit which will not allow itself to be broken by even the most severe reverses has already given a name to this bread which is in complete agreement with the results experienced after eating it It is called: "Concert or musical bread."
The Foreign Minister for Norway. Mr. Trygve Lie, in a speech for England delivered in London on May 17. amongst other things said: "We Norwegian have experienced England and the English people in such z manner that we have realized they are of the same race and disposition. possess the same sentiments and the same emotional nature as the Norwegian, "Although our thoughts go out to our Fatherland. we are. in spite of all we miss, proud to be in England and war together with the courageous. persistent and determined English people...... Our united efforts at! home and here in the common struggle to regain our liberty and for the English nation to keep its liberty, will for generations bind these two peoples together.
"Norway without England today would be lost and doomed to slavery under the German yoke. The liberty and independence of-the Norwegian people depends entirely on what Last 4 Shows, 2, 430, 645, 9.15
The Germans have placed their military depots in such a manner that practically every point in the district is exposed to aerial attacks. It seems that the German policy as far as possible aims at compelling the civilian population to stay in the vicinity of military depots in the hope that the British will not attack for fear of hitting innocent Norwegian. Although a great number of new barracks have been built for the Nazi soldiers many of these have refused to move in for fear of British
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