The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-25
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NORWAY TO SPURN
RIKSDAG'S TERMS
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"There are still to be found men in
Sweden, would they but come forward;
but it is now, as skald says, the
golden age Of mediocrity,' and now
personal interest and party intrigue
flourish at the expense Of the country's
welfare. Those who rule cannot offer
more than a minimum for our defense.
And yet they know that our coast,
properly defended, presents such great
advantages over any possible enemy
that even relatively small feet, as
regards tonnage and cost, would be in
position to protect he country it it
was adapted to the Nters in which it
is to move.
"We have lost, and no one mourns
If the natural bonds uniting us to two
and half million Swedes in America
could be bound tighter than before,
change @ea Swedish Americans have a
mission to perform when it is necessary
tc protect the glorious land wherein
theirs and their fathers cradles stood.
The time has come, an opportunity
which must not be lost: The sacrifice
late The emigrant must remain IN his
.neWs5abode, but his thoughts and deeds
and his self-sacrifce must return home
ward when his country's welfare and
safety demand it. 1t is from you,
Swedish Americans, that we await a
powerful impulse which, like a fresh
gale from the western sea, shall arouse
a new life and a new spirit in our ,peo-
pie. You should, like the Dalecarlians
in former days, arise as one man to
the aid Of the fatherland, and that
strength and substance Of which you
have robbed your fatherland when you
left it and sailed to the distant west,
you should now gather in a spirit Of
sacrifice a. ssturn it to your home
/ country. .-..- ......--....-
F. AS to Swedish Attitude.
'There are many ways in times of
distress to send welcome greetings over
the sea to the land of your forefathers.
It is said that the Norwegian-A meri-
cans in these days send disturbing petit
tions to the president of the. United
States. From similar agitation the
Swedes should hold themselves aloof.
wegians have collected a million dollars
for a warship. What prevents the
Swedes in America from collecting five
millions for strengthening Sweden g
sea power? Or are the Norwe gians
more generous, more substantial than
the Swedes out there7 -,s~-4.. u -.
r., ~ Urges Contributions. "
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"Countrymen in l., America! You
should not doubt that it is wholly from
patriotic motives that I, who am more
at home in Asia than in Europe, take
the liberty Of proposing the following:
Arrange for collection Of money over
the entire Swedish-America, one of
American dimensions, in which every
Swedish man and woman according to
means, desire and good will gives his
share, and then place the total sum in
the form of a grand national fund at
the disposal of the king or the riksdag,
7 with the request that this fund which
T represents Swedish enterprise and Swed.
4 ishs labor shall be used to surround
Sweden's coast with the torpedo-boat
not be protected from attack.
Even tho the collection should not
suffice by far for the purpose, it will
bring the greatest blessings. First and
foremost, it will always remain a hand
some beginning and compel the adop.
! ton Of means Of defense for which we
who love our fatherland have waited
teach us here at home that we in Amer
lea have brethren and countrymen who
think and give as Swedish patriots
And lastly, this gift would arouse ou1
!. Ipeople and give them the impulse from
without which they need to arouse then
from their trance: For yourselves this
contribution should not be heavy. II
should be given in the form Of al
acknowled gment. However it may fare
with old Sweden in the present dis
turbed period, the memory Of an out
stretched hand will ALWAYS be Joy tt
you, and every giver will be glad thai
when unfriendly clouds were raised
around the mother country they did no
desert the time-worn rocky cliffs ant
! the red forest cottage. A thousand ant
: again a thousand thanks shall greet 20,
over the sea, and the bonds between III
and you shall be stronger than before
since we learned that when days ar
dark we can rely on the Swedes il
4 America
con my own initiative have writ
ten these lines in the same manner a.
one writes to faithful haa friends and
: to personally thank you for every gif
you bring to our old fatherland.''