Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Recent Occurrences 81 interest
in Sweden. NORWAY anc
Denmark.
THE OUTSTANDING OF FINLAND
Subject 10 Conside - In Articles In .
Number OF Leading swed.
,sh Magazines,
SWEDEN.
StOCkholm.

eral Bobrikof has again called atten.
ton TO the benevolent assimilation"
of Finland by the Russian empire. A
number OF Swedish magazines consid.
er the subject in current issues. Konni
Silliacus, a Finnish writer. contrib
utes to the Nordisk Revu an exhaus,
tive study of the campaign for the
Russianizing of Finland. The ear
and his advisers, says the writer,
seem TO have forgotten that Finnish
development was due to Finnish la
Dor, unaided for centuries, and that
the Firms must be judged by another
than the Russian standard of ciyiliza.
ton. After reviewing the fight
against the imperial decree OF Feb
ruary, 1899, the opposition to the in
PRODUCTION of the Russian language
and the protests against the military
reforms, amounting to the reduction
Of the Finnish army, the writer tells
of a visit to the car by one Colonel
B~tornberg, whose explanation of the
whole situation in Finland would have
caused the retirement of Bobrikoff but
for the renewed vigorous efforts made
by him and his tool, the reconstructed
senate, TO misrepresent conditions and
discredit the Finnish messenger. Al
that time the car had actually de-
termined to replace Bobrikoff by
Prince Sviatopolak- Miriskis, and re-
verse the harsh policy pursued in Fin
land. Now, in consequence Of the as
sassination, the Russianization of Fin
land is TO be pushed still more ruth
lessly by the newly appointed govern
or general (Obolenskyl, according to a
Berlin dispatch. In spite of all off,
cial assurances to the contrary. Rus
STA has evidently determined to pun
ish all Finland for the act commit
ted by Schauman. The deed that re-
moved the oppressor has doubtless
caused another TO rise in his stead,
and the assassination, justified as it
may seem from the Finnish patriots
standpoint, is certain to bear the
most bitter fruits. Ii is even predict
ed that the long-suffering Finnish peo-
pie will be goaded to open rebellion.
If any one can carry on a reign of
vengeance II is Obolensky. He dis.
tinguished himself by his cruelty to
peasants, especially to women, during
the riots at Kharkov, In the spring OF
last year. His appointment as gov
ernor-general means either complete
Russianization or bloody rebellion. ac-
cording to prevailing opinion in we'll
informed circles. Prince Obolensky
has arrived in Helsingfors with per-
sonal orders from the czar to initiate
an immediate policy of revenge. All
Finnish and Swedish clubs will be
abolished. Leading Svecomans. in
Guiding the intellectual leaders of the
country. will be either deported TO
other parts of the empire or eXiled by
wholesale. All Swedish and Finnish
newspapers which have published ar
tfcles sympathizing with the assassin
and his family have been suppressed.
Former Senator Schauman. the fa-
Their Of the Finnish avenger. has been
thrown into prison after being thor
oughly questioned. 1t appears that
he had absolutely no knowledge of his
sons plan. When he arrived at Hell
singfors and made requisition for his
sons body, this was refused on the
pretext that a public funeral might
cause a disturbance. The old man
pleaded that his people had never been
known TO raise a disturbance at q
funeral. but, said he: IF it becomes
known that / am denied the right to
bury my own son. you may be sorry
for the results The appeal went
home TO the police project, but not I'M
til Bobrikoffs funeral had taken place
was the family OF Schauman permit
ted TO attend the burial of his remains.
They were laid at rest In a spot
picked out by the authorities. and the
last rites were attended by fourteen
persons, guarded by thirty-five gen
darms.
The picked chorus Of fifty singers
from the Lund university returns home
July 10 from their tour of the United
States. They have met with tremen-
dous success, singing to large audi
ences In the principal cities of the
eastern and central states. Their con-
cert was the chief feature Of Swedish
day June 24) at the ST. Louis worlds
fair. In Chicago its audiences num-
bered 10000 people, the Auditorium
being filled twice. and people turned
away at both occasions. "The cham
pion singers Of the world''-the title
bestowed upon Swedish student sing
ers at the international contest at the
Paris exposition Of 1867, and still
borne by them, have undoubtedly de-
Tended their claim to this distinction
BY their triumphant American tour.
I'VE will resubmit our former prop
osftion to the riksdag practically unal-
tered" This was the fiat statement
made by Herr Berger. minister OF jus
tice. in reply to al inquiry by a repre-
sentative Of the Misunderstanding n
garding the position o. the cabinet
anent the suffrage question. A m<oot
urs Of proposing ext>nsleo q
franchise AMI urnm<~I<H&&