Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-07-27
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
DIVIDED COUNTRIES NAvIEs
oomparison or the Sea Fighters Re-
longing to Norway and Swe-
den Other Matters.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

In tneSe DAYS wnen so mucn II
ypoken of the disruption of the union
between Sweden and Norway il may
De interesting to look into the naval
equipment of both countries. The two
principal naval stations Of Sweden arc
Karlskrona. on the south coast, and
Stockholm, on the west coast. The
navy consists at the present time OF
twelve second class battleships,
named Svea, Gotta, Thule, Oden. Niord.
Thor, Dristigheten. Aran, Wasa, Tap
perheten, Manligheten and Oscar III.
All these are of about the same type,
between 300 and APIS tons, and
making between 1872 and Is knots.
They carry an armament Of 10 and 81
Inch guns. placed in armored turrets.
Besides they carry large number OF
guns Of smaller caliber as well as
submerged torpedo tubes. Sweden has
sne armored cruiser, the Flygia. OF a.
800 tons and OF 10000 horse power.
making 21.b knots. She also has five
torpedo gunboats Of an effective type.
two torpedo destroyers. making 81
knots, thirty torpedo-boats OF the first
class and a number Of smaller classes.
The eleven monitors In the Swedish
navy can not be counted as having a
good fighting value. as they were built
many years ago: some OF them have
been reconstructed during the last
years and may be useful for harbor
defense. One submarine boat was
built in Sweden last year and has
proven itself to be OF good value. In
addition the Swedish navy consists OF
q number aof cruisers, gunboats and
training ships. 1t Is officered by 212
officers and In the reserve there Is
100 additional officers. The naval sta
ton Of Norway is Horton. on the south
coast. The navy consist Mt the pres
ships--the Harald Haarfagre. the Tor.
denskiod. the Norge and the Eidsvold.
These ships carry an armament of
eight pinch guns and are capable OF
making 17.2 knots. They also carry
submarine torpedo tubes. The navy
further consists Of four monitors. built
In 1S66-1S72: three unprotected gun
boats, nineteen smaller gunboats OF
from sixty TO 400 tons. and thirty-fve
torpedo-boats. IT is Differed by 100
officers and 100 are In the reserve.
The disruption of the union will.
Judging from present indications,
cause a tremendous Increase of Sean
dinavian emigration TO America. Re-
ferring TO statistics we learn that the
departures from Swedish ports were
2s per cent. larger in June, 1905 than
for the same period in 1904. and 81 per
cent larger during the first fortnight
In July than during the same period
In 1904. Many persons too. owing
to the warlike state Of affairs
lack courage to apply for steamship
tickets through the regular channels
In Sweden and leave ostensibly for
Danish. English and German ports.
from whence they afterwards pur-
chase their transportation to America.
This class consists chiefly Of young
men on the threshold Of military serv-
ice and II Is especially large at the
present time. DIR. Jonas Stadling. the
sociologist. considers this increased
emigration one of the most disastrous
features OF the union crisis and says
that the peasant classes are inclined
to leave for sentimental reasons-this
applying to Norway also-because the
union has been to them the symbol OF
Scandinavian greatness and that they
feel that the disruption has lowered
their position as individual citizens OF
the world.
During the past two weeks both
houses Of the riksdag have been hold
Ing secret sessions and many rumors
have been started viz. to the effect that
the riksdag will reject the govern
ment's bill and that the cabinet will
likely resign. etc. The situation is an
extremely delicate one and specula-
tons as TO the ultimate decision OF
the riksdag is the one topic Of con.
versation throughout the entire coun
try. Many are now firmly Of the opin-
ion that when the houses meet joint.
ly that the government will be re-
| jected.
The enlisted army of Sweden has
peace footing Of about $4,000. The
conscriptien troops consists OF every
Swede between the ages OF II and 40.
The army on a peace establishment
consists Of six regiments Of Infantry.
twelve batteries Of field artillery. six
batteries OF foot artillery. three regi-
ments OF cavalry and five companies
Of engineers. The general STAFF con
sists OF thirty-five officers.
The much talked court ball to be
given In honor OF Prince Gustaf
Adolph and Princess Margareth has
been indefinitely postponed owing to
the strained political situation In the
two countries.
Anders Zorn, the eminent Swedish
pointer, has been awarded the Os
mamie order by the sultan Of Turkey
Nine. Zorn has been awarded Chefkal