Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-02-08

-. J. Eatre, of Stavanger, has invented
a very useful apparatus for smoking
herring and other fish. 1t Is claimed that
1t will save thousands of dollars year
to the canning establishments of Stavan-
ger.
The Armstrong company will have the
two new cruisers ready in about twenty
months. Each of them will cost about
ST. $780, 900.
Grand Hotel in stavanger, has been
sold to parties in Bergen for $4,000
The merchant marine of of Bergen has
tonnage of 255,045. Three firms control
over $4,000 tons each.
The following has appeared in the
American press: Russian agents have
long been actively at work at Kristiana
fostering discomfort and disloyalty to-
ward the Swedish crown, and the prin-
clpal organ of the republican party in
Norway is published without any inter-
ference by the imperial Russian censor at
ST. petersburg. where likewise the chief
OF the republican party makes his head
quarters.' This calls for a few remarks
In the hrst place, the Norwegfans never
had anything to do with Russian
agents of the kind mentioned, and. con-
sequently. those Russian agents. are
not fools enough to keep themselves in
kr1stiana> or any other place in Norway
In the second place, there Is no such
thing as republican party in Norway
at present, one reason for this being the
fact that purely republican forms of gov
eminent have not much of their Whilom
charm. In the third place. there is no re-
publican organ published in Norway. And
IN the fourth place, 1.-The chief of the re-
publican party does not make his head
quarters In St. Petersburg because this
chief has his headquarters exclusively
in the brain of the person who penned
the above epistle.
One writer evidently is of a bellicose
nature, for he proceeds thus:
There is no doubt that if Sweden
wishes to retain it's hold of Norway It
must take some immediate and decisive
steps to put stop to all these Russian
intrigues as we'll as to the strong trend
of both political parties in Norway to
entire separation from Sweden. 1t is be-
lieved here that in the event of the
Swedish crown resorting to force to re-
duce Norway into subsection it would
rely upon the armed support of Germany
But it remains to be seen whether in this
Encouragement of the political parties
In Norway is a future probability. The
present liberal cabinet that of Steen. has
settled down to a policy of inactivity in
regard to the question of establishing a
separate consulor and possibly separate
diplomatic service for Norway. and this
is so gratifying to the conservatives that
their acknowledged leader, Ex-premier
Stang. in a recent speech said it was the
duty of the patriotic conservatives to
support the present cabinet and that
faction of the liberal party which sides
with the cabinet on the union questions
Mr. Stang characterized that faction as
1.-The most sensible division of the liberal
party" This indicates an Impeachment
between the conservatives and the ad-
ministration, and the radical, anti-ad-
ministration wing of the liberal party
predicts formal coalition, which would
render the latter hopeless minority. The
radical leaders are already racking their
brains for campaign material, and one of
the first arguments evolved is that in
case of such a coalition there would be
no real call for such cabinet that of
Steen, because the conservatives would
be the controlling power in the new COM
bination and would. of course, crowd out
Premier Steen and put Ex-premier Stang
in his place. In this connection it is also
worth mentioning that the radicals are
trying hard to agree on a definite and
practical way of solving the consular
service question. The flag law was passed
in spite of the kings veto. Why not
establish separate consular service for
Norway in the same manner? Indeed, it
would take nine years. But nine years is
short time compared with what is Of
fered by the present administration
which, according to Verdens Gang, is
''drawing on eternity itself for time to
solve the International problems.'
DENMARK.
Georg Brandes writes to Berlin paper
that no self-respecting Dane can be in
duced to lecture in Germany as long as
the Danes are treated the way they have
been treated for months past in Slesvig
The occasion for this pointed remark was
that Brandes had been invited by the
press association of Berlin to give a Sc
ries of lectures in that city.
Copenhagen has 1905 wholesale mer-
chants, 1877 of whom entered the field in
the course of the year 1898.
A new company has acquired exclusive
! right to an automatic nickel-in-the-slot
lunch counter.
Alfred Christensen, wholesale mer-
| chant in Copenhagen, is about to start
a new line of steamers between Denmark
and Brazil.
Verdens Gang, Norwegian daily,
speaks in no uncertain strain about the
| hostile policy of Germany towards Den
mark: what becomes of the German
| talk about friendship when the Germans
! themselves trample some Of our nearest
| relatives under their feet? What is the
upshot of the story of common civili-
| cation when the Morse tongue cannot be
| tolerated in a corner of Germany? What
political interests can draw us more
! closely to Germany when it manifests it's
power only by conquest and oppression?
Acts speak more strongly than words. It
seems as though Germany has been nurs-
| ing our suspicion long enough; and now
her rulers are bent on making matters
| still worse by kindling an INDICATION
| which will burn for a long time in the
| minds sof the peoples of the North"
The decoration of Baron Won Koeller.
| governor of Sch1eSwip.TJolStoi,, witt,