Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-02
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences Of tntafe3t
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
DIVIDED COUNTRIES EAvIEs
Comparison Of che Sea Fighters Be-
longing to Norway and Syge-
den Other Matters.
SWEDEN.


Stock holm.
Ya these days when so much is
spoken cl the disI ption Of the union
between Sweden and Norway it may
be interesting to look into the naval
equipment o. both countries. The two
principal nav u stations OF Sweden are
Karlskrona on the south coast, and
Stockholm, on the west coast. The
navy consists al The present time Of
twelve second class battieships,
named Svea, Gotta, Thulc, OdeH Niord,
Thor Dristighctcn Arau, Wasa. Tap
perhetcn, ManBghctcn and Oscar H.
| All these are Of about the same tyre
between 300 and i21S tons and
making between 1862 and rs knots
They carry an armament Of 10 and 50
inch guns. placed in armored tUrrets
Besides they carry a large number Of
guns of smaller calbc" as we'll as
submerged torpedo tubes Sweden las
one aruaored cruiser the Tlvgia, of g.
coo tons and Of 1900 horse power.
making 2l5 knots She also haa FIVE
torpedo eunbOats Of IN effective type
two torpedo desToycrS, making 81
knots, thirty torpcdo-bonts Of tile lirst
class and number Of smaller classes.
The eleven monitors I'm the Swedish
navy can not be counted as having a
good fighting value az they were built
many years ago; some Of tlo;2 have
been reconstructed during the last
years and may be useful for harb0r
defense. One Submarine boat was
built in Sweden last year and has
proven itself to be IF good value. In
addition the Swedish navy consists ct
number Of cruisers, guub09ts and
training ships It is Differed by ~
/ officers and in the reserve there is
100 additional officers. The naval sta
ton Of Norway IS Horton on the south
coast. Tho navy consist at the pres
ent time Of four second class battle
ships-the Harald IIaarfagro the Tor
denski0lG, tho Norge and The Eidav0Id
These ships carry an armament Of
eight pinch gums and are capable Of
making 17.2 kno,s They also carry
| submarine torpedo tubes. The navy
further consists of four monitors. lmijt
in 1SGG-1S72; three unprotected gum
boats nineteen smaller guubosts of
from sixty to 400 tons. ANA thirty-fivo
torpedo-boats 1t is oGlccrod tv 110
officers and 800 are in The reserve.
The disruption Of the union viii.
judging from present indications,
cause a tremendous increase Of Scan
dinavian emigration to America. Re
| ferrmg to statistics we learn that tho
departures from Swedish ports were
/ % per cent. larger in June. 1903 than
for the same period IN 1904 and - per
cent lr~gor during thc first Fortnight
| in July than during the same Verl0d
III 1904. Many persons too, owing
to the warlike state Of affairs
lack courage to apply for steamship
tickets through the i2oular channels
in Sweden and leave ostcnsihiv for
Danish, English and German ports,
from whence they afterwards pur-
chase their transportation to America.
This class consists chiefly Of voUuE
men on the threshold Of military scrv-
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