Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-05
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FINLAND.

SAA0t tne gap between the ter
mini ma u Of the Finnish and Russian rail-
way systems in St.. Petersburg shall
% nlled by the building of an ex-
~eehngly expensive line through the
g1ty: The connecting link will be of
maA commercial value; but it will
enable Russia to rush large armies
through st Petersburg and Finland
and throw. them against northern
sweden on short notice. So patent is
tnas fact that the. Russian govern
ment itself advocates the construction
of the line as a move of great STRAIT
segic Importance. .y~
DENMARK. 49, 49,. 49,
At the international cycling match
at Copenhagen the 200 kilometer pro-
1essional championship Of the world
was won by Ellegaard, the famous
Danish wheelman..
Great damage was done to the crops
by a rain storm in northern Upland,
especially in Vendsyssel. At the I'm
>dersted railway station the water was
two feet deep on the track.
The hotel at the Agger watering
place, Upland, was destroyed by fire.
Some of the inmates barely escaped
with their lives.
The state railways of Denmark ran
behind to the amount of about $685.
900 in 1oO1-19O2; but there was q
profit of 1925, 900 for the past year.
NORWAY.
The Liberal Fusion party seems to
be gaining ground. In many rural
districts in Hedemarken the moder-
ate Leftists and the liberal Rightists
have united on common ticket, and
Trondhjem has followed the example
of Bergen. About 70 of the most
influential Leftists in Trondhjem, in
Guiding former members of the stor-
thing and electors, have formally BOLT
ed their old party and issued a call
for new liberal club. Their pro-
gram demands: friendly negotiations
with Sweden; laws for the improve
ment of the economical condition of
the country; no expansion of the mil
itary system; shorter sessions of the
storthing; the division of the country
into as many electoral districts as
there are members by direct vote.
The two liberal papers of the city
are supporting the new club.
Sigurd Ibsen, an influential men,
Der of the cabinet, made an address
at Drammen on the international pol
itics of Norway at the present time.
He held that the prospects of a sue
cussful contamination of the agita-
ton for a Norwegian consular service
are due partly to the persistency of
the Norwegian people, partly to a
better understanding in Sweden.
partly to the recent political events
in Finland. The speaker did not sym
pathize with those who seem to be
an favor of Chinese wall between
Norway and Sweden. Norway is the
smaller and weaker of the two ma
tons, but she should only take this
than in the past.
The stories started by the Haalog-
aland, paper published in the far
north, about the alleged reasonable
proceedings at the fishermen's mass
meetings at Gamvik, have led to an
Informal trial to which 60 witnesses
were called. 1t was established that
the meetings were held June s, 10
and II, and that they were conducted
by fisherman named Edward johann
nesen. This gentleman depicted in
glowing terms the advantages of the
Russian fishermen and the favors ex-
tended to them by the Russian gov
eminent. He said repeatedly: 1T is
not worse to be under Russia than to
be in Norway" The following ex-
presses the sentiment of many fish
ermen: We ought to turn to Russia
for help; we have been offered gun
boats and military aid from Russia;
we fishermen have no objection to
make against being under Russian
supremacy, so that our needs are
cared for. But it has been very diff
ficult to name the men who expressed
this sentiment. The above account
was taken from Swedish newspaper
which, in turn, had taken it from
Norwegian sources.
At the close of the farmers ma
tional convention at Eidsvold an ad-
dress on the Russian danger was
made by Rev. Christopher Brun. Nor
way, he said, owns only a few kilo-
meters of railway TO the east of Mar
:v:k, while east of this is Russian
railway, which is 5000 kilometers'
Some fine day the colossus to the east
may take a notion to grasp those
few kilometers, his hot Asiat,c
breath strikes the Norwegians. ''Te1l
me, you farmers, who are the best
soldiers in Norway, will you defend
our country ask you, will your
To this question the orchestra struck
up :'Ja, in elseker."' and tempest OF
patriotism swept the audience. =.
The first election of storthing cleo
tors took place at Arcndal and Grim
stad. Antman n. +. G. Prebensen,
Conservative, will surely be elect
ed ]. nenIt.ersof the storthing. His