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half an hour aeroplanes could reach the Swedish capital.
In general, the absence of international stipulations of a
clear and precise nature on the subject of the Aland
Islands was a source of inconvenience and real danger to
Sweden, and the Royal Government thought it its duty
to profit by the occurrence of the war to obtain from
the two parties face to face, beginning with Russia, the
definite neutralisation of the group of islands separated
from Swedish territory by the Aland’s Haf, which is
deep but not more than thirty miles wide.
The question of the Aland Islands was of great use
to the Swedish Activists, by giving them a plausible
pretext for arousing national anxiety. This agitation
lasted throughout the year 1915; it calmed down a little
towards the end of that year, in view of the assurances
that the Swedish Government received from us as to
the absolutely temporary nature of the fortifications
erected by us in the Archipelago. But at the first
favourable opportunity this agitation would revive, and
I considered that it was to our interest to meet this
agitation by a formal and frank declaration, which would
serve as a basis for the future regime of that part of the
Baltic, and which would prevent all misunderstandings
on this subject between Russia and Sweden.
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