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OSLO EVACUATION ORDERED.
STOCKHOLM, April 10.
The population of Oslo was ordered
at 31.45 o'clock this morning to evacu-
ate the city immediately. British war-
ships are reported to have threatened
to bombard the eity if it was not sur-
rendered within 13 hours.
According to a frontier report Brit-
ish warships have penetrated Oslo
fiord. This morning there were dram-
atic scenes in thé streets and the rail-
way stations, as hundreds of persons
were fleeing' from the city in panic.
Measures are being taken to attempt
to organise the evacuation of women,
children and aged peoples first.
The President .of the Norwegian
Parliament (M. Hambro) has con-
firmed the recapture of Trondheim.
Forty thousand tons of German
shipping is reported to have been
sunk in Oslo fiord.
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