Morris tribune., 1905-12-09
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
NEW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION
Mr.. F. Berg Is Looked Upon as an
Especially Able Man to
Fill the Position.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Mr Il. Berg, the new minister TOT
education, is looked upon as an
especially able man, with thorough
knowledge of matters educational.
Says Mr.. Vallentin, the Stockholm cor
respondent: ''There is another re
nlarkable thing in his selection and
that is that the minister for education
is also the minister for the church. He
is chief of the department under which
the church with all it's dignitaries are
placed. Fancy a plain school teacher
and an utter radical to be set above
! the mitred heads of all the bishops and
the other dignitaries Of the church of
! Sweden! Is the world coming to an
end? And there is still another thing
that makes Mr.. Bergs accession to
this high post of state a remarkable
most ardently insisted upon peace
full solution of the union difficulty dur
ing the stormy days of last summer.
! For this he was most unscrupulOuSly
attacked not only by the conservatives
and the professional chauviniSts, but
also by such pseudo-liberals as The
Aftonbiadet, which journal did not
hesitate to proclaim him during the
election campaign this fall as almost
a traitor to his country. AS you know,
The Aftonbladet did not score single
victory and Mr.. Berg was returned
| c1ae ,iYoO
word "unpatriotic" was flung at him
by many who ought to know better,
I because he is one of our best patriots,
who has all his life worked for a
thorough and sensible education to
come"
( Says Hugo vaIlentin, the Stock
holm correspondent: cat last the
miraculous has happened. For the
first time in the history of modern
Sweden, a thorough-going liberal cab
met sits in the council chamber of the
royal palace in Stockholm and King
Oscar is to be advised by men who
represent the popular will of the coun-
| try as far as that can be ascertained
under the present franchise, and not
/ by men who seek their principal sup
port in the first chamber, that hot
bed of reaction and home of stubborn
resistance to every reform, be it ever
80 moderate and cautious. When the
coalition cabinet of Mr.. Lundeberg
| considered fulfilled the sole purpose
for which it was organized-the peace
full dissolution of the union-it natur-
ally placed its resignation in the hands
of King Oscar. He had vainly tried
to persuade them to stay and at this
junctilre naturally asked Mr.. Lunde-
+! berg to reconstruct the cabinet. This
attempt proving futile, Mr.. Lundeberg
, asked the king to send for Karl Staaf
and to get him to form a cabinet. Mr..
Staaf succeeded and when the whole
list was published, it caused not only
joy in the liberal camp and ill-conl
cealed wrath in the conservative, but
also general surprise. Many prophesy
that his government will not be long
lived one, but for my part I am not
so pessimistic. If he only makes his
franchise proposal he will get such a,
strong support in the country that the
opposition of the first chamber will
prove useless in the long run"
I DR. Sven Hedin arrived ir Constan-
tinople few days ago and prior to
continuing his journey east was the
guest of the Russian ambassador, who
gave a dinner in his honor to which
all the members of the foreign lega-
tions were invited. DR.. Hedin has
been extended many courtesies from
the Turkish government and was gwen
an audience by the sultan.
A quadruple wedding ceremony was
recently performed at the home OF G.
f. Erickson, well-to-do farmer OF
Upsala. Three daughters and son of
Mr.. Erickson were united to their re-
spective choice for life by the parish
priest in the same ceremony and in the
presence of a large gathering.
Dr. e. Wretman has donated Co.
600 crowns to the Samaritan hospital.
He is one of Sweden's leading philan-
thropists and has on many former oc-
casions made substantial donations to
charitable institutions.
Sweden's history will soon appear
in the language of the Lapps, King Os-
car having appropriated 5000 crowns
for this purpose. The history will be
translated by competent translaters of
Lulea.
Sweden has at present more than
1900 schools and the number is
steadily growing. The public school
system of Sweden is one of the best
h existence.
A generous Stockholmian, who pre-
fers to remain unknown" has donated
10000 crowns for maintaining the
eity's Notifications.