Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15
Recent Occurrences OF Interest
in Sweden, Norway ard
Denmark.
INTERVIEW WITH DIR. LANCE
what the President of the Scandina-
Wan Parliamentary COMMITTEES
SAID To AN American.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


The Sea ndinsyian parliamentary
committee. which is at present repre-
ssnting the brother kirSdoms as guests
Of the French parliament, has been
royalty enterta ined In Paris. To an
American newspaper representative
Dr.. LANCE. the president Of the dele
gation. said: I'VE are giad to know
OF the prosperity and civic value OF
our compartriots in the United States.
Il 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
dustriai development is making such
strides that an American-Sca ndin WAN
would with dif1culty recognize the
fatheriand. Much farming land has
Quadrupied in value within q decade;
while the lumber trade. once confined
b northern Europe, is now extended
to the Pyrenees and the Alps More
over. copper and iron mines r being
developed with domestic capital. Ii
II expected that the valuable coal
ve4ns recently discovered viii be work
cd In the anne way. Progress is being
made in every avenue Of national i'm
dustry. This Ia shown by the fact
that the exports Of Sweden, which
amounted 10 $SO.0OO.0O0 in 1900. reach
ed nearly $fOO,OO0.OOO this year. Meas
ures taken 10 discourage emigration
ha We had their effect ON orr industrial
renaissance. The whole country has
recognized the seriousness Of this ques-
ton to Scandina via with the result
that emigration is becoming ~insigni6-
cant; while last year we enjoyed the
spectacle Of the return of more than
1000 emigrants. Scandina via 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 P~agenstecher. Her
mother. the grand duchess of Baden,
only daughter of old Emperor William,
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 a
much afflicted woman. For, although
IT has been frequently asserted in print
that she has a "malade imaginaire,"
yet there Is no doubt that she is a
chronic invalid, and her e 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
ut Stockholm. seldom seeing her nus
band and children.
Owing to a rumOr circu,ated in the
Swedish American press to the efect
that United States Minister Thomas
would possibly resign, the latter has
issued the following statement: The
rumOr recently circulated that r was
about to abandon my post is entirely
without foundation. On the other
ha nd I hope to remain here for many
years to come. trusting that I am dis
charging my duties 70 the full salts
faction OF my government"
The popular monthly "Varia' has
been sold by Torvald NystrOm to the
Swedish Finnish writer and author,
Axei BerndtsOn, from Finland. Mr..
Berndtson will assume charge Jan. l
and. it Is rumored, will make the varia
q weekly publica ton hereafter.
His exceIiency. Won L~agerheim's res
tgnation has not been accepted and he
will therefore,. temporarily, at least, re-
main at his post 1t il believed In
diplomatic circles that King Oscar
wishes IAgerhefm 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
ifsh legation.
Captain o. e. Lybeck. the Swedish
marine attache. has returned to Stock
holm. after spending a number OF
weeks at viadivostock. Captain Ly-
beck tried in vain to get into Port Ar
thur.
Decent Otto Nordenskioid will de
ifver a series OF scientific lectures this
winter before the geographical socie-
ties In Germany. Holland. Belgium,
France and Spain.