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Show AIRPLANE ROUTE TO SWEDEN Trelleborg and Sassrtitz to Be the Termini Ter-mini of the Proposed Line Connecting Con-necting With Germany. The following bulletin on Trelleborg. and Sassnitz, the termini of the proposed pro-posed Swedish-German, airplane route, which assumes special significance in the light of recent developments ir the diplomatic relations betwei Germany Ger-many and Sweden, has been issued by National Geographic society. Between Trelleborg, the most southerly south-erly town in the Kingdom of Sweden, and Sassnitz, a summer resort on the-northeastern the-northeastern shore of the German. Island of Rugen, express steamers in times of peace make regular trips--across this arm of the Baltic in four hours. This is the chief water link in the 24-hour express service between. Stockholm and Berlin. Neither town would be of any importance were it not for the fact that they are the termini of this steamer service. Trelleborg is a quaint old town of some 10,000 inhabitants, lying 20 miles southeast of Malmo, capital of Skane. teh most populous province in all Sweden. Swe-den. It is only 16 miles from Malmo-to Malmo-to the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Sassnitz is one of several popular seaside resorts on the Island of Rugen. the largest insular possession of Germany, Ger-many, having an area about equal to that of Cape Cod. Only about 2,50f people make Sassnitz their permanent home, but during the bathing season ia times of peace the village is visited annually by more than 20,000 pleasure seekers. The water trip from Trelleborg to Sassnitz is 60 miles. Thus the rall-and-steamer distance between Stock" holm and Berlin is 415 miles. |