Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
DENMARK.
lllnplettact Rag

in Lolland held q meeting at Noks-
kov and aectod cDmmi3too to pro
pose defni&e plan 61r Ae establish
those oommunon.
It b stated tlAsE 0s ualted soeam-
ship Company a DznaRark who w3H
remove the headQaaeenrs of fts Scan
dinavian-Ames1caa passenger depart
ment from Oopeuhagon TO KHst1nia
because the emtgpak traffic from
Denmark Is light onpared with that
from Sweden and Norway. The DAN
ish passengers and ba&gage VIII be
carried to Krist1anio By the old
Thingvalla boats.
A Hamburg steamship company
has fnaugurated q regular war
against the United Steamship Com
pany Of Denmark by reducing the
rates 20 per cent ON the routes sof the
latter. -.
Politics. The Socialists and the
Left1sts OF Porsgrund have fused. In
Trondhjem they have also fused, the
Socialists to nominate Is storthing
electors, the Leftists 1O7 electors. In
several localities the Socialists. will
have an Independent ticket in. the
field. In Tromso the Leftists refused
to cooperate with the Socialists.
Genral %L'Orange has resigned as
commanding general, and Major Gen
eral Ole Hansen has been appointed
lieutenant general and commanding
oi' .:,',' "a
Arne Hammer, Norwegian wri-
ter, made the following statements
and questions in L'Europeen, Paris:
''Russia at the present moment is
engaged in crushing the liberty of
the loyal Finlanders. Europe, which
is not very sensitive, does not inter-
fere. Suppose that Russia tried to
absorb northern Norway in its . -.
course-would Europe still remain
with her hands in her lap? Or would
she finally understand that Russia,
possessing powerful navy and har-
bors on the Atlantic ocean, would
be terrible and perpetual menace to
all the countries of the West, to the
liberty of entire Europe?"
Rev. Erikson of Karlso, Norrland,
has been travelling as lecturer for
the Socialists.
Bjorson has written q newspaper
article against the tyranny of Rus
sia and also against those who are
supporting that tyranny by loaning
money to the Russian government.
The article has been printed in the
Berlin Tageblatt, L'Europeen, Paris,
and very many Scandinavian papers.
A man who speaks Norwegian,
Swedish, Russian and English and
who carried pass from Russian
military officer in Finland, kept on
acting so funny near the fortlfica~
tions at Bergen that he was taken
for Russian spy and arrested. A
strange ship is also said to have been
seen at night near the place where
the man kept himself.
Kaiser Wilhelm has aga1n-tn fact
for the eleventh time-donated $27O
to the fund for the restoration of
the famous Trondhjem cathedral.
SWEDEN.
A model fruit orchard will be a
new feature of the Landstrona nor
NAL school, - :
The one-hundredth birthday ami
versary of John Ericsson was cel-
ebrated in several of the largest
cities of Sweden.
A Swedish scientific expedition to
the northern part of the Pacific ocean
will leave Sweden April next, going
by rail through Russia and Siberia
and embarking ON q vessel at Port
Arthur. The expedition will consist
of half dozen scientists under the
leadership of Prof. Koathoff. The ex-
penses of the expedition are paid by
Consul Broms.
The summer course at the unfver-
sity of Upsala is a greater success
this summer than ever before The
total attendance is about 400 includ-
| ing about so Danes and about 20
Norwegians.
| Canadian oats have been tried IN
Norrland and prove to npen in less
time than any other kind Of oats.
The first rye of the season was re
ceived Aug. at the 0rebro grisa
mill.
The first Scandinavian photograph
ers' congress has been Aeld at Hell
sinborg, Sweden A committee was
elected to make inquiries as to the
effect of the copyright laws of the
scandinavian countries upon the
copying of Photographic productions
Stockholmstidningen holds that i
the Swedish academy Is to continue
the customs Of favoring men who al
ready are enjoying firmly establish
ed fama, the next literary Nobe
prize should be divided equally be
tween Henrick Ihsen and Biornst
terne Bjornson-
It is seriously proposed to establish
naval station near the mouth O.
the Angerman river, the deepest wa
terway from the Bay OF Bothnia int
the interior of Norrland.