Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-05-16
Recent Occurrences OF interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
GRAVE SITUATION IN FINLAND
GpoIiation, Terror. LawleSeness and
Confusion Reign Supreme. 40
cording to Reports.
SWEDEN.
Stock holm.

The situation in Finland is growing
more serious every day. Recent re-
ports from Helsingfors via Stockholm
state that spoliation, terror, laWless-
ness and confusion reign supreme and
the final outcome is enveloped I'D
doubt. Russian spies infeSt every cir
Gle of society and gendarmes, led by
reckless and brutal officers descend at
night upon the homes of blameless cit
liens, maltreat their families, wreck
and pillage the premises and carry on
to prison whom they please. Flnnlsn
laws are entirely Gisregarded and
whenever the tyraIt, Bobrikoff. so
chooses, he suspends them. Eugene
Wolff ex-Brltish vice consul at VibOrg.
Finland, who. together with five other
distinguished exileS, has sought ref
uge in Sweden, said recently to a
correspondent for one of the Stockholm
papers: Russia is decapitating Fin
land, and e:-iling its intellectual and
moral leaders by process unsurpassed
in history for inhumanity. The Films
are innately law-abiding, and will re-
sist by every means in their power
the substitution for law of the arbltra-
nv commands of the Russian autocratic
government The car should come to
the rescue of this highly civilized PEG
pie in these dire straits. He should
abide by the laws of the country, pro-
tect the rights of his law abiding sub
jects and punish transgressors."
P. A Rosenberg, the Danish jour
nalist, in referring to the recent his
torical congress in Rome, in the Dan
nerOg, has The following interesting
item regarding Professor o. Monte
Illus: lone Of the most interesting
features or the congress was the lee
on Italian Influence on Morse Culture
This learned Swedish scientist whose
name is we'll known and honored in
Denmark, delivered his lecture in Ital-
ian, a language over which he has
perfect control. Professor Montelius
has made a thorough study of his sub
ject and the way in which he han
died it and his excellent command of
the Italian language easily made him
the center IF attraction at this con-
gress, which was attended by Europe's
most learned men,"
Prince Oscar Bernadotte's contemplate
ed visit to America: Intelligence
comes from Sweden that Prince Oscar
Bernadotte, son of the reigning mon
arch, has taken up the work of an
evangelist, and devotes much of his
time to holding prayer meetings and
distributing tracts. AS these are held
to be pursuits most singularly at vari-
ance with the ordinary princely relax
atoms of getting drunk, gambling, and
pursuing ballet dancers, it is the gen.
eral impression in Europe that his roy
al highness is crazy"
King Oscar will leave Stockholm
July TO- He will journey via Foden
and Narvik, and afterwards board the
"HeimdaP' and continue the journey
to Tromsoe He will return to the
capital July 60, and remain there until
Tie ldLlcI part VI AuSuoG, w hCH uO
will depart for his favorite Marstrand,
Sweden's most aristocratic watering
place
Prince Gustaf Adolf, accompanied
by Captain Roll from Christiania, re
turned to Stockholm April 20, after
spending the winter at he Christiania
university. The young prince will
participate in the annual military
maneuvers in Skane this summer. He
has the rank of second lieutenant, and
has to earn all of his promotions.
The government on May intro
duced a bill in the riksdag granting
about $4,000 for the equipment of a
vessel to be sent to the relief of the
Nordensjold antarctic. expedition,
which should have been heard from
long before this. The expedition left
on board the steamer Antarctic.
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