Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-10-07
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION
All Indications Point to the Accept
ance by Norway of the
Terms-Criticism.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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Norway nave resulted apparently IN an
agreement on the subject of dissolu-
ton and all indications point to the
acceptance by Norwegans generally OF
the terms, though at present some per-
sons are inclined to critieise severely
the Norwegian commissioners for con-
| ceding so much to Sweden. The
| protocol which will become treaty
| when ratified by the riksdag and the
| storthing consists of five articles and
| thirty-five subclauses The first article
| deals with arbitration: the second
| with the neutral zone and the demoli-
| ton Of the Notifications; the third
| with reindeer pastures, ETC.; the fourth
| with inter- traffic and the fifth with
common waterways. Says the Pioneer
Press (St. Paul. in part regarding the
agreement reached at Karlstad: ''The
significance of the STRAIGHTFORWARD
affair is that by the exercise of for
berance and by the exercise of COM
mon sense, both acting on mutual
knowledge, a difficult position was
safely traversed. But the forbearance
and the common sense, both acting on
mutual knowledge, were mutual. In
stead of suffering in their honor, both
Sweden and Norway have won such
honor from the world as has been &C
corded to few nations, who have
sought honor at the lannon's mouth IN
wars. however righteous. The honor
due Sweden and Norway is not
lessened by the fact that circum-
stances were favorable to a peaceful
solution, or by the fact that the world
is progressing, which is the second
point of significance. The settlement
would have been, as has been said,
impossible century or even half
century ago. 1t was made possible,
so far as machinery could have any
influence, by the fact that arbitration
stood ready as a recognized mode for
settlement of future difficulties, which.
unknown as they were, jealousy and
prudence would, without arbitration
have magnified into insuperable OBJ
Stacles."
One of the notable books of the day
is "Antarctica; or, Two Years
Amongst the Ice of the South Pole"
by DR.. Otto G. Nordenskjold and DR..
Johan Gunnar Anderson. 1t is il
Illustrated with maps and index and
published by the Macmillan company
of New York. The semitic material
collected by the Inflated Swedish Ant
arctic expedition of 1901-1904 is being
examined at the cost of the Swedish
government DR.. Nordenskjold wrote
at once on his return an outline Of the
expeditions experience to the London
Times; later one to the Deutsche
Revue; also short sketch to the
Independent this year. DR.. Nordensk-
jold will come to America in the near
future and deliver a number of lee
lures in the large cities, telling of his
experiences among the polar ices.
American scientists are much inter
ested in DR.. Nordenskjold's coming
and that his lecture tour will prove
a popular one is quite certain.
In the recent death of Sven Adolf
Hedin, Sweden has lost one of it's
greatest public men. For years he has
been in the public eye, having served
most efficiently in the second chamber
of the riksdag since 1870 with the eX
ception of the years 1876 and 1887
CO. He was born in 1884 in Bo,
Nerike, and came from one of the
leading families of the Swedish nobil-
ity. He took his Phi. D., at the Uni
versity of Upsala in 1861 and moved
to Stockholm the following year and
has ever since resided there. He was
an eminent speaker and writer and
was considered one Of the most inf1u-
entail members Of the Swedish riks-
dag, in the deliberations of which he
very nearly until his
death.
According to recent dispatches, rep
resentatives of the international Har-
vester company have secured options
on sites in southern Sweden with
view to building factories from which
the trade of northern Europe can be
supplied. 1t is asserted that patrons
of the International Harvester COM
pany in Sweden have joined with the
companys representatives abroad in
protests to the government against
threatened tariff changes unfavorable
20 the continued importation there OF
American machinery.
Labor conflicts are still raging IN
Sweden. 1t is estimated that 1900
laborers at present are without work
on account of the strike. These men,
together with 10000 women and chill
dren who are dependent on them,
a total of $1,000 people are
now living on the assistance offered
them by the labor organizations. This
support amounts to 10000 crowns
(S42, COO a week, making 10 crowns
($240) a week for each striking Ia
borer.
Fritz Norden, who is making
daredevil trip from Stockholm to
Paris in canoe arrived few days
X az IL. &c