Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-08-17

as the political end Of this question Il
concerned Ii Is doubtful II Sweden, al
though II Is the largest and most pow
erfuI country OF the two, can force
Norway into union again. The en-
tire Norwegian people will with all its
| power oppose such a move and a union
OF any kind would only bring on new
! conflicts" The writer of the article
| then expresses the hope that Sweden
and Norway will form a defensive al
lance, that in the event of an attack
from one of the powers that the
armies of both countries would be at
the disposal Of the Swedish king.
Says the Skandinaven (Chicago) in
| In one of its recent issues: Some Of
our newspapers have been running a
series of articles entitled Confessions
of an International Spy by Monsieur
A. V. The sixth article of the series
deals with The Peril of Norway and
purports TO explain the reason and the
aim of the Norwegian revolution. The
explanation may be summed up in one
word Russia But the alleged plot
laid bare by A. V. is silly beyond meas
ure Ii is very evident that the author
knows nothing either about Russia or
the Scandinavian countries. The pre-
ceding articles OF this series of clumsy
fiction have been bad enough, but The
Peril OF Norway beats them all. II is
the worst of the whole lot"
Mr.. Charles II. Flint, who is the rep
resentative OF the American Steel
Trust company. is now in Christiania.
He was in Stockholm three weeks ago,
where he had a private conference
with the Swedish secretary of war.
Mr.. Flint is selling submarine boats
and has visited both countries with
the same purport. There would un-
doubtedly be an interesting occurrence
IL two of the American Steel Trust
company's submarine boats would
meet beneath the sad sea waves TO
settle the difference between Norway
and Sweden" says Norwegian
writer.
Ole Brude, of Aalesund, the inventor
OF the life saving boat. which he has
been exhibiting In Paris, Is at present
in Stavanger, but will depart for
America in a short time, where he will
try and sell his invention. The boat
IL an ingenious invention and naviga-
tors claim for II the merit OF being
the most practical Of its kind ever in
vented. Mr.. Brude is expected In New
York about Sept. l.
Staten ants to the effect that King
Oscar is now willing to permit men,
Der of the Bernadotte family to be-
come king OF Norway do not inspire
confidence In Christiania. Indeed,
the choice of Bernadotte is no long
or in contemplation. Prince Charles
OF Denmark, is the one mainly con-
sidered and he is said TO be backed by
powerful influences.
The German coast steamers Aegir
and Frithjof are on four weeks
cruise along the Norwegian coast with
delegation of German and Austrian
scientists, who are interest I'm meteor
illogical research. The points which
are being visited are Christiania,
Bergen, Gudvangen, Mode and
1'rondhjem.
Professor Sven Oftedal, the well
known orwegian-American preacher
end lecturer, of Minneapolis, is at pres
ent In Stavanger. Norway. Mr.. Ofte-
DIAL will return to America Nov. /.
Two Siamese princes with a retinue
Of servants are registered at Grand
MOTEL in Christiania. They have previ-
ousIy visited Stockholm and Copen-
hagen.
Peter ID. Hofund. the oldest min
lister In Norway, will retire from the
ministry Oct. /. He was born In 1920
end is still enjoying good health.