Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden. NORWAY ard
Denmark.
RUSSIA ARoUsEs INDIGNATION
Requests Sweden to Refuse Rights of
Asylum to Firms and Asks That
They Be Arrested.
SWEDEN.
stock holm.

Literary Digest, "of al shades of opin.
ions are aroused by a request from
Russia that Sweden refuse rights OF
asylum to Firms. and that officials
from st. Petersburg he permitted To
institute on Scandinavian soil a sys.
ten of house to house investigation FOR
the arrest of the refugees The
Posten (Gothenburg) in touch with
Finnish interests, understands that
Russia wants prominent Firms now
residing in Stockholm surrendered to
agents of the st. Petersburg police,
and all Firms in Sweden declared
amenable to the jurisdiction of the
Russian authorities. There is moth
ing strange in all this" comments the
Scandinavian daily, las Won Plehve.
Immediately after the assassination OF
Bobrikoff, declared that Eugene Schau-
maan (who slew BobiikOff) had been
simply a tool in the hands of a Finnish
group operating from Sweden. Tbs
country was pronounced a seat Of anti
Russian agitation. The Russian
claim is likewise based up the inter
national agreement that anarchists
are to be surrended upon demand.
Now. the Russian idea of anarchists
is that anybody mourning the displeas-
ure Of the rulers of a country Is to be
classed in that country" The Fad
erneslandet (Stockholm), ~pro-Ffnnish
In its ideas, observes: Eve may ex-
pect that our government will not be
influenced by any such Russian no.
lions, and will not fear to give a Arm
answer, even to 80 great a power as
Russia" From what appears in the
comment of representative Swedish or
gans, such as the Misunderstanding.
(Stockholm), and the Aftonbladet,
(Stockholm), the determination OF
Russia to eliminate all that is Scand-
inavian from Finnish institutions has
given great offense in Sweden, and
the public opinion of both countries Is
set against any refusal of the right of
asylum TO refugees from Finland. The
Russified land contains a large Swed-
ish-speaking element. Finus and
Swedes are united by common bonds
of language, traditions, and institu-
lions. and it Is becoming increasingly
difficult for the government of Stock
holm to avert popular manifestations
in favor of the prosecuted nation
In Norway the somewhat democratic
"yerdens Gang" (Christiania) says
much to the same effect. while the
radical Norwegian organs, such as the
Arbeidet (Bergen) and the Nytfd
CTrondhjem). are W. more outspoken.
There is, according to the Alton
bladet" (StockhOlm) an open rupture
between the Russian and Finnish
members Of the committee appointed
TO investigate the charges against the
financial methods Of the provincial
boards of Finland, which are controlled
by the Russian governors, vice gov
ernors and their secretaries. The COM
mittee began it's inquiries in the
province Of Nyland. where it discov-
cred populations that appeared to in
volve Governor Kaigorodoff and his
chief secretary, Colonel Reinhart. On
the Russians refusing to continue the
investigation the Firms protested to
the p%rocurator, who ordered the in
curry to proceed. Then Governor
Kaigorodoff locked up the official rec
ords. His action vas approved by the
governor general. Prince Obolensky.
The Finnish committeeman. who are
jurists Of reputation, have appealed to
the st. Petersburg government.
Helsingsfors university, the leading
educational institution Of Finland, is
in a state Of unrest, according to re-
cent Stockholm dispatches. The stu.
dents threaten to strike because of the
governments unlawful treatment of
three professors. The students have
tried in vain to hold a public meet
ing In their own clubhouse, but the
police have seized and held the en-
frances every time. During one of
these disturbances the rector Of the
university appeared with his wife by
his side and induced the students to
dispense. Another meeting is being
organized and the authorities threaten
to expel the ~ringleaders.
Judge w. E. Fahlkrantz, Sweden's
delegate to the congress Of jurists at
st. Louis. has presented to the de-
partment of the interior a detailed pro-
ject to encourage Swedes and Nor
wegians who have accumulated for
tunes in the United States to return
to their native countries to invest their
money. He urges the submission at
the coming session Of the riksdag Of a
proposition for a law designed to
render the project effective.
ANRWAN