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Show ALLIES TO SEND NOTETOSWEDEN Claim Country Is Acting Contrary Con-trary to Neutrality in Regard to Submarines. Paris, Sept. 15, 11:45 a. m. Tho French government has instructed the minister at Stockholm to join with the other entente ministers in presenting a friendly but firm note to Sweden in regard to its policy of neutrality. The note takes Isbuo with the position of Sweden in distinguishing between submarines sub-marines for war and those for commerce, com-merce, which the French government affirms has an effect contrary to neutrality since the Swedish naval forceB would hesitate to attack a German Ger-man submarine in Swedish waters un-i un-i dcr the pretext that it might be a com- mercial submarine, whereas there would be no similar hesitation in dealing deal-ing with a submarine of the allies because be-cause they have no commercial submarines. sub-marines. Great Britain and Sweden have been at odds since the early period of the war and Sweden's unyielding attitude evidently has resulted in a decision to exert the combined pressure of all the entente allies on her. Difficulties arose from the allied blockade of Germany, Ger-many, resulting in the holding up of goods enroute to Sweden which were suspected to be destined for Ger many. Sweden retaliated by holding up large parcels post matter in tran sit between England and Russia, This led to an exchange of notes which accomplished nothing arid early this month a deadlock was reached. Great Britain insisted as a condition to submitting the dispute to arbitration arbitra-tion that Sweden must promise not to interfere again with English mail matter. mat-ter. Sweden declined and the Swedish minister at London went to the continent conti-nent to be gone for sever.il weeks. Negotiations were transferred to Stockholm, but the latest advices from London were that no solution of the problem was in sight Berlin, September 15. By wireless to Sayville, A Stockholm dispatch to tho Overseas News Agency says that Sweden has held up 10,000 tons of coffee destined for Finland, presumably presum-ably on account of the fact that Great Britain has detained shipments of coffee cof-fee for Sweden. As a result there is a great scarcity of coffee in Finland. oo |