Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-11-25
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
sWEDEs PLEASED WITH sTAAF
his Selection as Premier of the Coun.
try Is Received with Much
Satisfaction.
SWEDEN.
: Stockholm.

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expressed in Sweden at the choice Of
young Karl STAFF as premier of the
country. Mr.. STAFF is the leader Of
really the first liberal ministry that
the country ever had. He is famous
attorney and as leader of the minority
in the second chamber, has mastered
statecraft. He is man Of good adj
dress, much tact, possesses strong
personality and should be able to carry
through some Of the most pressing re-
forms. Most likely he will encounter
much opposition from the first cham
Der, where the old reactionaries are
still in control, but by diplomacy and
with the tacit support of King Oscar
there ought to be some reward for the
great work the new ministry and the
liberal party is to undertake. The
rest of the new cabinet is also COM
posed of young men. Nils Aroid
Trolle, the minister to Denmark, is
court chamberlain, and though but 46
years old is regarded as an able man
and we'll qualified for the portfolio Of
foreign affairs. Albert Ehrensvard,
minister of the interior, Fritjof Berg,
minister of ecclesiastics, and Schultz,
minister of justice, are all aggressive
men and Sweden has now perhaps the
strongest cabinet she has had for
years and one which is well equipped
to carry out the many reforms so nee
essary for the country at present. 1t
Sc, hnli hot ha 70 Of; nf
new cabinet will inaugurate new
political era for Sweden. This is the
first time that King Oscar has sum-
moned the liberal party. All indica-
tons are that there was no sinister
motive, but that the king is determined
to render every assistance in carrying
out the policy of reform.
Says a Scandinavian correspondent
to The Minneapolis Journal: For
many years commercial companies
have been quarrying chalk along a
belt three miles long and LOCO feet
wide, a few miles east Of Malmo,
Sweden. Upons the surface this ap-
pears simply as swell in the glacial
deposits from 100 to $50 feet in hight,
the chalk being everywhere covered
with several feet of boulder-bearing
clay. The earlier biologists were
greatly puzzled by the position Of
these chalk beds, since they belonged
ordinarily occur in southern Sweden
and should, therefore have been under
them. But here the order was GER
tainly reversed, and the older forma-
tons appeared above the younger.
The riddle is now solved by the dis
covery that this whole mass, three
miles long and one-ffth of mile wide,
and from 100 to 200 feet in thickness,
has been torn from the shores or the
bed of the Baltic and transported bodi-
ly to it's present position, thirty or for
ty miles inland. For in most places,
glacial till is found to underlie it and
it from the newer rocks,
peninsula. 1t should be said, however,
that the chalk everywhere shows in
dications of immense pressure and dis
turbance. The upper portions have
been sheared off and often mingle
with bands of boulder clay, while most
of the abandoned flint nodules have
been shattered and arranged in lines
or belts showing the direction of the
line of. movement The chalk is also
broken up into small cubes. Still, for
the most part, the immense mass re-
mains compact, and has moved as a
solid body. For many decades to |
come, the rich manufacturers and
farmers of Skane will continue to
profit from this vast mass of foreign |
treasure which has been so convent |
emily brought within their reach
A few days ago there arrived in |
Stockholm seventeen wealthy Russian |
refugees, bringing with them 600OO,- |
300 rubles $3.50, 60O,OOO) in cash. Among
them are several officials of the Nobel |
Oil company of Baku, fleeing from the |
ruin and atrocities Of that city.
There are at present a large num-
Der Of Finnish refugees in the capital.
They are not an undesirable class and |
next to Finland, they regard Sweden
The best country on earth.
The chief Of the Flemish Junta DR..
Alfred Lille, has returned to Finland
) - ears of exile in Sweden. Fria
he organ of the junta, has
,ei . publication.
lear Admiral Otto Lindbom, aged
20 years, died at the Sofa hospital last
month. He was very popular in naval
circles and bore an excellent reputa-
ion as an officer.
Nine. Sigrid ArnoIdsson-F ischhof.
he actress, has departed for Berlin,
where she will appear in a series of
Swedish plays.
The enga cement of the popular
,rima donna, Ljungstedt-Linden, to
fritz Reutersvard, the artist, has been
announced.
NORWAY.
Christiania.