Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-01-12
Recent Occurrences OF Interest
IN Sweden. NORWAY ard
Denmark. /.
FINLAND SEES IMPROVEMENT
Newspaper Correspondent Gives His
Views ON the Situation There
% Independence Nos Wanted.
SWEDEN.
stockholm.

respondent, IN a letter dated HeiSin IS
fors, Dec. 10: There IL no feeling OF
widespread and determined enmity "a
the imperial government, as part Of the
European press would lead It's readers
TO believe. The wrongs.aan trials Of
the last three or four years are, by the
intelligent classes. generally attributeI
to the mistakes or sins Of individuals
not TO the government as q whole.
Finland has absolutely no ambition TO
be completely independent. ALI the
Firms wish Is that their constitution
be respected, as was the case for near
.ly q century and until 1900, and that
the attempts to make the people Rus.
sian by force shall be abandoned. or
. population Of nearly 3.OOO.OOO. only
about 5000 understand the Russian
language. Our people are sincere
Protestants, too. The national type Of
character Is SO different from the
Muscovfte that the attempts at absorb
ing us into Russia are certainly doom.
cd to failure. Since the wal In the
east has been In progress there are In
dtcatiOns Of Improvement I'm the ~situas
ton In Finland. During this period.
too two Of most dreaded enemies,
Piehve and Bobrikof, have disap-
peared from the Gene. From the pres
emit governor general, Prince Obolen-
sky, better things are hoped. He en-
tered upon the duties Of his ONCE only
Q few weeks g and the time Is too
short to form a Judgment; but ne has
declared his determination to govern
constitutionally and to restore general
content and confidence. Oboiensky
has already summoned the landtag to
meet this month. This will be an i'm.
portant national event, for the first and
most important business will be the de-
fining OF the subjects to which the
February manifesto Is in future to
apply. There are also difficulties like.
ly to arise at the elections. Quite a
large number Of men Of the aristocratic
and professional classes, who ha W a
sort of prescriptive right to sit In the
landtag. are at present in Punishment.
They will Tor some OF them at least,
nevertheless be elected. and the ques.
ton will then arise whether the i'm
perial government will allow them to
return for the discharge Of parlla-
mentary duties. The funda mental law
OF Finland provides for this ease ana
says that the grand duke (the emperor,
must allow a banished man to return
IL he be chosen TO represent a con
stituency In the landtag. The censor
ship Of the press IL very severe now.
Several good papers have been sup
pressed altogether. and c%onfiscation OF
single issues are of very frequent oc-
c~urrence."
The Chicago Hemlandet, a Swedish
weekly newspaper. wen known NOT
only In America. but also In Sweden.
celebrated It's golden anniversary.
The paper issued a Jubilee edition In
colors reviewing the important events
Of the last half century In It's own and
the Swedish-American peoples history.
When the paper was organized In 1861.
there were about 5000 Swedes. In
America. n eaxly became the o0ieiai
organ OF the synod and continned az
such until 1872. since then having been
owned by private parties. It's editors
during this half century have Included
the Rev. DIR. IL. Noreliue. DIR. Erland
Carlson. Jonas Engberg; DIR. II. r. Ger
vim, r. A. Sundelius. and the present
editor. DIT. John A. Ennander. who for
thirty five years has been connected
with Hemlandet, part of the time as
proprietor. From, 1854 until 1859 Hem.
landet was pubiished In Galesburg. III.
when II moved to Chicago. which since
has been its home. Its principal own:
err, and president Of the Hemlandef
company since 1884, is A. f. johnson.
knight Of the royal Swedish order OF
the wasa. who came to Chicago In
1854. The principal members of the
stan are DR.. Enander, vice president:
A. Schon, secretary and assistant edi-
tor; Aaron Edstrom, exchange editor
for the last twenty years, and Carl
+. Strandberg, treasurer and general
manager.
The fall of Port Arthur has created
a profound impression on the Swedish
people. Naturally II was joyful news
to the Swedish people whose sym
pathies for obvious reasons have been
entirely In favor Of the Japs. And the
Swedish speaking Firms who reside In
Sweden are. OF course. jubilant. The
Stockholm dailies are very outspoken
In their comments on the surrender
Of the Asiatic fortress and predict that
Russia will be compelled to sue for
peace.
Crownprince Gustaf will not meet
the German emperor at the 2O0th an
niversary Of the Horse G%renadier regi-
snent as had been planned In Brom-
berg. The Swedish Norwegian govern
ment will on this occasion be repre-
scented by Minister Tsube.
Rents are high In the business sec-
tion in Stockholm. The "Operakal-
iaren" pays a rent Of 5000 crowns .
year, "Hotei Rydberr' aO.O00, the
"Handelsbanken" pays 10000 crowns,
and the Dramatic theater $4,000 croWns
annually.
Rnmer has It that There ~ beou I
serious breach harWupn t4eir oxoo).