Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-12-21
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAyD,
principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About tho
North Sea Within y Week
or So just Past.

North Sea Within y Week
or SO just Past.
comparisons are od'ous. Especially
comparison between the fighting
1orceS OF different states constituting
political union like tina, of Sweden
ana Norway And still the leading
Norwegian dail1es are indulging in
TINS sort Of pastime Morgen bladet,
which IS decidedly friendly to the
union and to Sweden. began by pub
hsh1ng an article on military equip
ment against Sweden" The regular
army Of Norway. says the paper. uum-
'oers $4,000 men Theoretically, the
militia Is Of the same numerical
strength as the regular army But on
account Of defective equipment, only
lS.o00 m'l'tia1nen can be put into the
field. Against this combined force of
43.ooo men. Sweden can easily muster
10000 Thus the Swedish army is
more thau twice as large as the Nor
Weg1an Moreover. Moryenbladet is
inclined to think the Swedish, arlny is
better drilled Norway has two IRON
craft, Sweden IS also far ahead Of Nor
way. In View Of these facts. the paper
thinks that the talk about equipment
against Sweden Is not only the most
frivolous. but also the most foolish and
uncalted for that can b. imagined" To
TINS. however. the paper adds that
Norway must be prepared against any
aSSautt-even against on assault from
oWeden-and though Sweden IS much
stronger. "a Norwegian war of de
tense Is not entirely hopeless" Yer
dcnS Gang, OF course. must have its
say on TINS dangerous subject. and 1T
reasons as follows. The union Of Sve-
den and Norway IS Il small affair COM
pared with the great powers. And yet
1t may be able to make a successful re-
slstalce against a great power because
such power could spare only compar-
atlvelv small part Of It's military forces
Tor an INVASION Of the scandinavian
peninsula. In the same manner Nor
Way may succeed IN defending itself
against Sweden. Aud 10 one ever
thought Of clash except by Il Swedish
INVASION. No Norwegian has thought
or spoken Of attacking Sweden
Dever' All tins war talk is only talk;
out there Is SO much OF 1t that people
who desire peace are kept ~ d state OF
continual apprehension.
SWEDEN
For upwards OF half century the
Swedish and the Norwegian CONNER
clal flags have contained the union
jack. In View Of the fact that the
storthing Of Norway has removed the
union symbol from the Norwegian flag
the question naturally suggests itself,
What are the Swedes going to do about
the union jack in their dag?
The growth Of the Swedish merchant
marine for the present year is about
10000 tons. Sweden now ranks No. s
among the seafaring nations of the
world, but she is close upon the heels
of Russia and Spain, and not very far
behind Italy
Mr. Sachs a Swede. - the manager
of he Grand Hotel 10 kr,stiaula. The
king. co his recent visit to kristiania,
met Sachs "a tn. street. After mutual
GREETINGS. the king said: Well, Mr..
Sachs how do YOU like .nv Norwegian
capitaI'" First rate, your majesty,
but lack Que thing" "Wha.'s that.
Mr.. S;.chs?'' That your sna}.a,v
honor my csta bl,shrrcrt with his PIES
ence.' II Al coming. brother Sachs,
be sure Of that Aud he came. Thus
it happened that his majesty ~.ut To
Grand Hotel
An S5-ycAr-old w'do., IL: Sim ri,lamn
had to ha.e Que Of he, arms atnpniated
Her Condition. points to d SPEEDY re-
cOvery.
The strike at the Svedala sugar fac
tory is attracting national attention
According to the earliest reports the
strikers did not give the manager of
the sugar factory due warning. This
is not borne out by the facts. The en-
ployes demanded higher wages Oct. II,
but as their demands were not needed
they quit work at p. III. Nov l. The
firemen. however. remained until the
fires under the boilers were so low that
that there was no danger of explosion.
The Lund students who took the places
Of the strikers seem to have been
among those who were misled by the
earliest reports. while the people who
made it so unpleasant for the students
were closer to the real facts in the case
than were the students. The scale of
wages at the sugar factories is quite
complicated. But we do not hit far
from the mark in stating that the aver
age pay for ~ hours work was 80
cents. and that raise of 12 cents was
asked for. The sixteen raw" sugar
factories in Sweden have formed ,nu-
t,,al insurance company against strikes.
50 that the Svedala factory will carry
only small part of the loss caused by
this celebrated STRIKE
The congregation of Odensvi has re-
solved to keep wooden shoes at the
school house for the children to put ON
when their feet have become wet on
the way TO school
NORWAY.
The London Times recently con-
tanned a contribution by Fridtjof Nan
SOW AN tho snninn question NaoSor