Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-12
SWEDEN

A@OANoA SUySa l. uC o"CuASi1 ullt~
lister of foreign affairs is apt to refuse
to issue the necessary exequators to
the separate Norwegian consuls unless
their relations to him is clearly de-
fined The results will be still worse
stagnation without 4 mutual agree
ment. If the king refuses his sane
ton the Norwegians will either have
to beat a retreat or take revolutionary
steps which lead to the breaking up of
the union. A strong party among the
Norwcgians wish and believe that this
is the final purpose of the present cab
met of aggressors.
The ruins of Tycho Brahe's astron-
omical observatory on the island of
Hveen are considered to be of such i'm
portance that money will be raised by
subscription in all the Scandinavian
countries for their preservation. The
but Tycho Brahe was Dane. A call
for subscriptions will soon be issued in
all the large Scandinavian dailies.
A mass meeting held at Ytteran,
Sweden, and attended by $50 persons,
passed the following resolution: s'Thor-
oughly realizing the absolute necessity
of the union for the protection of the
political and social liberty of both ma
tions, this meeting expresses itself in
favor of complete equality of Sweden
and Norway within the union, which
can be secured only on the basis of a
Joint foreign service, the nature of
which should be such that either a
Swede or a Norwegian could serve as
minister of foreign affairs, and be re-
sponsible to q separate union parlia-
ment." Nineteen persons took part in
the discussion which preceded the adop-
ton of the resolution. An appeal was
made to the common people of Swe-
den to pass similar resolutions.
King Oscar has asked each chamber
of the Swedish riksdag to elect six
members of secret committee to meet
the king. The object is to devise plans
for dealing with the union problem.
The Swedish constitution provides for
such a secret committee in case the
king asks for one. Some Swedish
papers object to secret methods in deal
ing with Norwegian affairs, and the
Norwegian press is unanimously
against such methods. It is just ten
years since the Swedish government
made use of a secret committee of this
kind. At that time, too, it was Gre
ated for handling union troubles.
About 1900 Polanders were en-
ployed on farms in southern Sweden
last summer.
/. The sugar manufacturers have been
paying tax on the basis Of 12 per
cent sugar of the beets. But the beets
contain so much more than IL per cent
Of sugar that the sugar manufacturers
paid no tax last year on sugar, which
had market value of 81. 1876, OOO The
riksdag has been asked to raise the
taxes.
Over one hundred prominent women
of Sundsvall have petitioned the city
council to abolish the present treat
ment of the women of the town, and
to deal with them only according to
the laws governing the conduct of
other citizens.
The fishermen at Kingston Qalxe),
Skane, made good hauls in the latter
part of March, perch being the most
common fish.
The Lapps of Norrland do not want
to serve in the army in times of peace,
but in case of war they are willing to
shoulder their guns.
Many SHANE farmers STACKED" the
surplus of their potato crop last fall in
hopes that the price would be higher
in the spring. Their speculation
worked beautifully. The price was
rather high last fall, ranging from
IS to 60 cents n barrel, but now it is
up to $l.25 to 81. 81 o barrel.