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Show Mutual Determination to Keep Out of War Entanglements Norway-Sweden Entente Effective. APPEAL FOR THE POOR Germany Asks for Help for Maintenance of Families Bereft of Breadwinners. Copenhagen, vis London 4 1 " p m . i Aug is. The situation in the Scandinavian Scan-dinavian peninsula Is quiet, and there is mutual determination, for the pros enl to maintain neutrality. The entente between Norway and Sweden is considered an effective bar against attack. There is, however, a strong belief In Sweden thai an opportunity may come, with the territorial readjustments readjust-ments alter the war. for Sweden to regain her former Finnish provinces. Germany Appeals for Aid. The latest German newspapers re-I re-I celved here carry appeals for subscriptions sub-scriptions for the maintenance of families fam-ilies bereft of their bread winners by the war These papers show also that various German municipalities are spending large sums for food and in providing work for the unemployed Nearly all the German trade unions an- giving up one-fourth of their subscriptions sub-scriptions for the benefit of the needy The Berliner .Morgen Post on Au gust 15 says that the Russian gov eminent offh ials in Poland abandoned abandon-ed their posts August 3 and that ex ecutlve committees composed of all parties have been formed in every vil lage of Russian Poland, to carry on local government and supervise measures meas-ures of relief for the destitute |