London, Apr. 16.
All Norwegian military and civil authorities are ordered to enter into the closest contact with their British and French Allies, and to give all assistance they can, in a proclamation issued by the Norwegian Government following the landing of British troops in Norway hard times which lie the statement said, "the Norwegian people must establish its right to a victorious mnatiotal life and national independence, The Norwegian people are instructed in the proclamation to accept as legal currency English and French coins and notes, as here is said to be not sufficient Norwegian currency. The official rate of exchange, it is added, will be announced after an agreement between the Norwegian Note Bank and the Bank of England, "We are containning the fight," concludes an address by the Norwegian Government, broadcast from wireless station still in Norwegian hands, The message refers to the assurances of military assistance from the Allied Powers, and adds: "We are confident that, in ce-operation with these countries, we shall win back Norway for the Norwegian people."
—Reuter.
London, Apr. 16.
Only one British merchant vessel Economic Conference has been lost this month, according to the naval correspondent of the Begins in Peiping "Daily Telegraph."
The vessel in question was a 208- Peiping, Apr. 16. ton trawler which went down in the Convened by the Asia Development
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