Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-12-17
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
INTERVIEW WITH DIR. LANCE
What the President Of the Scandina-
Wan Parliamentary Committee
Said to an American.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

The Scandinavian parliamentary
committee, which is at present repre-
| senting the brother kingdoms as guests
of the French parliament, has been
royalty entertained in Paris. To an
American newspaper representative
DR.. Lange, the president of the dele
cation, said: eve are glad to know
of the prosperity and civic value of
our compartriots in the United States.
1t is impossible, however, not to see
the great gap they have left at home
| where conditions have so changed
within the last few years. Neither
Norway nor Sweden can spare any of
her sons and daughters. Their in
dustrial development is making such
strides that an andinavian
would with difficulty recognize the
fatherland. Much farming land has
Quadrupled in value within decade;
| while the lumber trade, once confined
to northern Europe, is now extended
to the Pyrenees and the Alps. More
over, copper and iron mines are being
developed with domestic capital. 1t
Is expected that the valuable coal
veins recently discovered will be work
ed in the same way. Progress is being
made in every avenue Of national in
| dustry. This is shown by the fact
that the exports of Sweden, which
amounted to 100000 in 1900, reach
ed nearly $10OOOO.OOO this year Meas
ures taken to discourage emigration
have had their effect on our industrial
renaissance The whole country has
recognized the seriousness of this ques
ton to Scandinavia with the result
that emigration is becoming insignif-
can't while last year we enjoyed the
spectacle of the return of more than
1000 emigrants. Scandinavia is ade
quate to the needs Of her sons.'
Princess Victoria. consort to the heir
apparent. is in serious danger of be
coming blind. and has been obliged to
proceed to Wiesbaden in order to Sc
cure treatment by the celebrated
oculist, Professor Pagenstecher. Her
mother, the grand duchess of Baden,
has likewise almost completely lost her
sight, so that the affection of the eyes
from which the crown princess is suf-
fering apparently comes to her by in |
heritance. The crown princess is
much afflicted woman. For, although |
it has been frequently asserted in print |
that she has ''malade imaginaire,"
yet there is no doubt that she is a /
chronic invalid, and her numerous all
ments which include weak lungs, have /
forced her to spend almost her entire
married life abroad. In fact she is
practically unknown in Sweden and
Norway, of which she will become
queen on the death of King Oscar, and
takes no part. whatsoever in court life
at Stockholm, seldom seeing her hus-
band and children.
Owing to a rumor circulated in the
Swedish-American press to the effect
that United States Minister Thomas
would possibly resign, the latter has
issued the following statement: "The
rumor recently circulated that I was
about to abandon my post is entirely
without foundation. On the other
hand I hope to remain here for many
years to come, trusting that l am dis
charging my duties to the full salts
faction of my government
The popular monthly "Varia' has
been sold by Torvald Nystrom to the
Swedish Finnish writer and author,
Axel Berndtson from Finland. Mr..
Berndtson will assume charge Jan. 1
and, it is rumored, will make the Varia
a weekly publicat ton hereafter
His excellency, Won Lagerheim's res
lgnation has not been accepted and he
will therefore. temporarily, at least, re-
main at his post. 1t is believed in
circles that King Oscar
wishes Lagerheim to remain.
Sir Kennel Rood. recently appointed
English minister to Sweden and Nor
way, has now departed from Rome,
where during the last three years he
was employed as secretary to the Eng
lish legation.
Captain o. E. Lybeck. the Swedish
marine alta che. has returned to Stock
holm, after spending a number of
weeks at Vladivostock. Captain Ly-
beck tried in vain to get into Port Ar
thur.
Decent Otto Nordenskiold will de-
liver series of scientific lectures this
winter before the geographical socie-
lies in Germany. Holland. Belgium.
France and Spain.
NORWAY.