Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-04-20
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
items Of General interest from
the Old World and
the New.
SWEDEN WANTS HER SONS BACK
Will OfYer Inducements for Emf
grants to America to Return
TO Mother Country.

According to United States Consul
Bergen at Gothenburg in report 10
the state department the Swedish gov
eminent is seriously considering plans
for promoting the return TO Sweden OF
such emigrants TO the United States
as are able to invest money in real
estate. AS step in that direction II
is proposed to send agents 10 the states
in the American union having the larg-
est scandinavian population for he
purpose of investigating the conditions
there and using the information OBJ
tanned for the purpose mentioned. one
of the proponents says that even now
some immigrants return 10 Sweden,
but that the movement is counteracled
by unfavorable conditions there-such
as defective Judiciary conditions, ana
the bureaucratic state of society. which
repels the Swedish Americans. who are
accustomed 10 more liberal social rela-
tons, ard finally the intolerance of the
whole public In Sweden. which does
not understand the self-esteem natural
to the Swedsh-American who by his
own exertions has passed from power
| ty to good economic circumstances. lie
says that these unfayorable conditions
ought to be changed and that every
thing practical ought to be done 10
promote the return of emigrants: that
the Swedish Americans are practical
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strong men and women. noted for their
sobriety and moral and religious lives:
that a greater return OF the better
classes Of immigrants would also bring
more money to Sweden: that the opin-
lon of wedish-Amercan is fayorab bic
to such arrangements and that the
American authorities are too noble
spirited to put any obstacles in the
way of such a movement. although
they recognize the good qualities of the
Scandinavian immigrants. The pro
penent says that arrangements should
be made so that it would be easier 10
obtain land in particularly
government land--and loans of money
on easy terms for the erection of good
homes; that attempts should be made
to bring about the return of engineers
/ and skilled workmen, who in tile
| United States have gained good posi-
tons. and to invite American capital
which would promote the utilizat on
OF Swedish mines, waterfalls, etc He
says that such connections with the
United States weuld be Of advantage.
economically, and in other ways.
Princess Margaret of England is al
most year older than her future hus-
band. Prince Gustavus Alophus OF
! Sweden, duke of Scania. Not being
i daughter Of the sovereing nor even Of
the heir apparent. she will not receive
\ from the English nation the dowry Of
/ $4,000 and the further annuity Of
/ 10000 which was granted 10 all the
1 daughters Of the late Queen Yictoria
on their marriage. But for all that
1 she will not he portionless 1t is true
/ that her father, the duke Of Connaught.
may not have been able to save much
! from the allowance of $4,000 a year
| which he has been receiving from the
nation since his marriage to which of
course must be added the $4,000 OF
salary now paid to him as Inspector
general of the British army. But The
duchess of Connaught Inherited con
| siderable share of the immense fortune
of her father. Prince Frederick Charles
Of Prussia. the red prince. and one of
the richest royal personages of Europe.
besides which Queen Victoria made
! special provision for the children of
! the duke of Connaught and for other
| Of her grandchildren. so it is estimated
that Princess Margaret will have on
her marriage an allowance of her own
amounting to about $4,000 year.
Her future husband eventually will he
wealthy, as the present queen of Swe-
| den brought TO her husband colossal
| fortune Inherited from her father. the
duke of Nassau. who had amassed IL
In the same manner as the prince OF
Monaco, that is TO say. by permitting
public gambling establishments to he
run in his dominons. King Oscar by
judicious investments. cautious specu-
lations, and successful industrial enter
prises is known TO have almost trebl,
this fortune
Crownprince Gustaf's proposal with
regard to the differences between Swe-
den and Norway have made an un-
favorable impression throughout Nor
way. 1t Is thought that the princes
plan is mere trick to create an i'm
preston abroad against Norway. This
Ii also expressed by the Swedish liber-
al press. which says that the princes
plan is only the old Swedish progra m.
with the Norwegian essentials ex-
cluded. Norway wants the Swedish
government to keep at work on sepa-
rate consular reforms. then Norway
will be willing to consider the Swedish
program. All the Norwegian political
parties stand on this platform. The
crownprincs knows this. therefore his
proposal Is an idle attempt to induce
Norway to give up Its plan for con-
sular reform--when 1t has an excellent
hold and to begin negotiations anew,
dealing with the whole subject OF un-
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