Morris tribune., 1907-08-17
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Prominent People Speak at the Anti
Alcohol Conference at City
of Stockholm.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

The Anti-Alcohol Conference which
opened in Stockholm recently was an
enthusiastic meeting. 1t began with
parade, which was participated in
by more than 10000 persons. The
speech of welcome was delivered by
the duke of Skane. Other speakers
were DR.. Ellsworth, superintendent of
the Washington Home in Boston; DR..
T. D. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn;
Jessie Forsyth, Of Boston; Professor
Hartman, of Leipzig; Baron Prazak,
Of Vienna: Dr. Nicholl, Of New York;
General O'Reilly, of the United States
army; Professor Ashatfenberg, Of
T1iel, and DR.. Eggert, Of Bremen.
Nearly 100 delegates participated in
the debates. The American delegates
were six in number, two of them rep
resenting the United States govern
ment, viz, General O'Reilly and DR..
G. Boyer. medical inspector Of the
United States navy.
The following item demonstrates
that it will take some time for the
Swedes and Norwegians to "get to-
gether" commercially and otherwise
since the recent disruption Of the
union: "a few representative Swedes
attended the agricultural exposition
in Kristiania, but they were there as
private persons. not as Swedish rep
resentatives One Of them, Profess
sor Juhlin-Dannfelt. was interviewed
for a Norwegian daily, and he made
comparison between Sweden and
Norway with regard to farming. But
the Swedish press states in plain Ian
guagc that the Swedish nation does
not endorse everything said by tho
professor in his interview.
"Can Sweden Defend Herself%' is
the title of q new book issued by a
Social Democrat named Fabian Mans
son. He seems to believe that this is
impossible and therefore recommends
that Sweden should dispense with he"
military forces entirely. He also
claims that it would take not less than
415,0S7,200 crowns to put the Swedish
army in fighting shape. His book has
been printed in $4,000 copies and it
has created quiet bit Of comment,
mt to say some annoyance to the gov
ernment authorities.
According tn recent reports it is es,
timatad that $4,000 acres of ground
are at present devoted to the beet
sugar industry of Sweden. 1t is fur
Their stated that it costs almost 500
per acre to weed and dig the beets,
making the expenses S1,24O,0OO from
the time the seed is put into the
ground until the crop is ready for
hauling to the sugar factory. The
S1.24O,OOO is earned to large extent
by women and children.
The International Methodist Con-
ference at Norrkoping was closed
week ago last Tuesday after an ex-
ceedingly interesting session. Bishop
Burt of the United States, served as
chairman and addressed the assem-
blage. The foreign delegates present
were 1876 in number, three of them be-
ing representatives of Swedish-Amer-
lean NJ. K. churches.
A telegram from Stockholm states
that it looks as though the disputes
between Sweden and Norway regard
ing the lobster fisheries near Grise-
baarne would he settled by a court of
arbitration. Others again fear that it
will by no means be an easy task to
settle the dispute to the entire salts
faction of both countries.