Morris tribune., 1904-08-13
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
KING OSCAR WRITES LETTER
Expresses Cordially Toward Swedish.
Americans and Good Will To-
ward Americans Generally.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

In a letter expressing cordially to.
ward Swedish-Americans and good
will toward Americans in general,
King Oscar states that he is unable
to comply with the request that he
send a member of the royal family to
visit the st. Louis exposition and Chi
cago. His letter reads as follows:
'The SWedish-NOrwegia
constant love for their old mOtherland
has deeply moved me and l tender
them my heartfelt gratitude as well
for these sentiments as for the sympa>
thy expressed for me and the mem
bers Of the royal family. 1t is my be-
lief and my earnest hope that the
bonds that unite the free people Of
America and the people Of Sweden and
: Norway never shall be sundered, and
l am certain that the fraternal feeling
between the jewellers Of Sweden and
Norway and former compatriots will
continue even in the event Of expert
encing a serious test. 1t is with great
regret, however, that l am compelled
to decline the invitation sent me in the
address presented to me, signed by
representative Swedes and NorWegians
in Chicago, for member Of the royal
family to visit the st. Louis EXPOSE
| ton and Chicago this summer, as my
two oldest sons, Crown Prince Gus
taf and Prince Carl, are prevented by
their military duties to leave Sweden
at this time Of the year, and the health
of my youngest son, Prince Eugene,
is such that he cannot undertake such
an exhaustive voyage" The answer
was written in Swedish and contained
no reference to the letter of invita-
ton sent by Mayor Harrison Of Chi
cago recently. 1t was in reply to an
address forwarded some time ago by
some Swedish and Norwegian resi-
dents.
AS successor to the archivarian and
historian Ohdner. of the Svenska
Akademien, has been appointed E.. A.
Karlfeldt librarian of the Landbruks
Akademen and one of Sweden's
youngest poets. He thus becomes
zone of the eighteen" the highest
literary distinction which can be
awarded a person in Sweden. Says
the Stockholm "Dagens Nyheter:"
"17he immortal eighteen have for the
first time in almost a century sue
ceeded in bringing real poet into
their midst. viz Erik Axel Karlfeldt.
The news of his appointment seems,
for poets at least. to come like a
thunderbOlt from a perfectly clear
academic heaven. The choice is an
excellent one"
The Finnish National Alliance Of the
United States has issued a public dec
laration concerning the attitude OF
Finland to Russia, in which it says:
eve are aware that the Finnish peO-
pie, in spite of all means of cOmpul-
sion, still regard the Russian military
ordinance as illegal and unlawful. !
And even though some sort of rep |
for the purpose of approving all these
viola tons, we still know that the Fin |
nish people are not in such posi- !
ton as to become responsible in any |
manner for the actions Of this pros
sr-SfI
pective congress"
"Scientific Results of a Journey in |
Central Asia, 1S99-19O2," by DR.. Sven
Hedin, the eminent Asiatic explorer, |
has now appeared. in print and is now
in the hands of the critics. The work |
comprises six volumes and is the most |
exhaustive of it's kind ever, published |
In Sweden IT will aDDear in five diff |
ferent languages and will be read and
used as a reference work by the
worlds greatest scientists.
Says a London correspondent: 1T
is not expected that the new governor
of Finland. Count Obolinsky, will
prove more acceptable to the Films
than his predecessor, General Bob
rikoff, recently assassinated. Count
Obolinsky, as governor of a province
in Russian Poland, earned the INDY
ing enmity of the Poles by reason of
his harsh measures
Carl Miles, the Swedish sculptor,
has been made member OF the
French "Societe Nationales des Beaux
arts. a distinction which has come to
but few European sculptors. One of
Mr.. Miles finest productions is the
Sten Sture monument.
Axel Runnguist, of Stockholm, has
taken his "diplome de virtuosite" at
the Academy of Music at Geneva.
Mr.. Runnguist will spend the summer
in Stockholm and will continue his