Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
GOSSIP FROM:
SCANDINAVIA:

| Nerdens Gang, the great Norwe-
gian daily. contains a significant edi-
torial under the caption, Armament
or Disarmament. The defenceless
condition of Korea is used as warn
| ing to the peoples Of the Scandlna-
Wan peninsuar to be prepared to de-
fend their independence by force OF
arms. The Introductory and the clos
ing remarks will suffice to give
clear idea of the character of the
! whole article: THE extreme advo-
Gates of the cause of peace in our
country may be able to learn some
) thing from the events in East Asia.
| In that section Of the globe there is
! a country which, without intending
J to do so, is exhibiting to, the world
a spectacle Of disarmament and i'm
+: potence the counterpart Of which
would have been furnished by Nor
! way and the Scandinavian peninsula
if the plan Of disarminy the small
states had been realized. The po-
sition of the Scandinavian peninsula
with relation to Russia and Great
Britain is highly similar to that of
Korea with reference to Russia and
Japan. Our peninsula, indeed, is less
exposed to an invasion by land; but
on the other hand, Russia can make
more effective use of her forces in
! Europe. At sea, England is far supe-
! rior to Japan: but in place Of a pow
erless China there is Il powerful Ger
many to the south. \ we'll armed
Scandinavian peninsula may mean a
great deal to the conservation of the
peace of the world. But if the $780,
900 square miles of territory lying
between the fifty-fifth and seventy
first degrees north latitude were left
to the mercy of any armed power it
would be difficult to see the impor-
lance Of this territory to an everlast-
ing peace"
The Scandinavian and German pa
pers arc paying considerable atten-
ton to plea for an alliance be-
tween Scandinavia and Germany,
made by Hemlanilet, u Swedish pa
per published in Chicago.
The Russians are evidently annoy
feeling between Sweden and Norway
at the present moment than ever be-
fore in the histories of the two coun-
tries. This annoyance on the part of
Russia is no secret, for it is en-
bodied in newspaper editorials that
any one may read.
Stockholm, FeP. 1o.--The govern
rs Of Il
day decided to observe strict neutral
ity during the war between Russia
and Japan.
DENMARK.
The Danish cabinet has assigned
$56O,OOO to be loaned out to small
farmers for the purchase Of land dur
ing the year l9O4-19O5. Only> persons
that applied for loans before Dec. !,
1908, will be entitled to aid from the
above amount.
The United Steamship Company is
going to sell bonds amounting to
$l,35o,0Co. The price will be 96H
cents on the dollar. and the rate of
interest AZ per cent. The bonds will
be redeemed in 20 annual INSTALL
ments.
The snowfall was so heavy in Co.
penhagen the eighteenth of January
that many street car lines were
blockaded for hours
The most precious postage stamp
in the world is said to be a blue
Mauritius stamp of 1874. Only II
copies are said to be in existence,
and $1,000 was recently paid for one
of them in London. Mr.. Sterchel, a
nurseryman in Nestved, thinks he
has another copy in his possession,
and experts will be asked to decide
the question.
SWEDEN.
Henry Nilsson, young sculptor, is
the object of considerable attention
in art circles on account of a work
which he has just completed. It is a
statue representing Narcissus dream
ingly contemplating his own picture
in the brook, the motive being bor-
rowed directly from Greek mytholo-
gy.
The doctor that was called to sick
woman in southeastern Skane''
found the patient so sick that he adj
vised her to notify her husband, who
was stopping away from home. But
this suggestion made the woman so
leave her immediately, which he did.
Soon another doctor was sent for,
and he telephoned her husband with
out telling her. When he husband
appeared she seemed to forget her
sickness, jumping out of her sick bed
and chasing the men off the premises.
The most interesting feature of her
escapade was, that the excitement
cured her of her ailment.
King Oscar has authorized the tele-
graph bureau to make arrangement
for giving its employees the proper
amount of rest on Sundays.
Consul A. Schmitz, the proprietor
of the woollen mills at Furulund,
suburb of Malmo, has opened large
reading hall to the general public at
his own expense.
The late Mrs. Clementine Eskilsson
of Ystad bequeathed $1,000 to charita-
BILE concerns in her city.
1t was brought out in a debate
in the second chamber of the riksdag
that some of the royal committees
working in conjunction with that
body are expensive affairs, the whole
amount paid out for that item in
1902 being $637,550. 1t must be added,
however, that large part of this
money was spent for the worlds fair
and for the geodetic survey of Spitz7
bergen.
In many localities in Skane' the far
mers that have been in the habit of