Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-20
SCAMDIMAYxANN NEWS
Principal Events Gathered II tho
Oh Scandinavian Countries

: r on Soandxna,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It is pointed out in Norwegian
daily that the treaty insuring the in
tegrity of Norway comes in as most
opportune supplement to the Baltic
and North Sea treaties which Sweden
has entered into. Those treaties have
nothing to do with the western from
tier of Sweden. But now it's western
border is protected through the Nor
wegian treaty of integrity, by the very
powers that have signed the Baltic
and North Sea treaties.
Mr.. Lowzow, the new Norwegian
minister of war, is man who is not
disposed to pick quarrels with his
He made this plain in an
address which he delivered few days
ago at the unwilling of a monument
at Toverud, where Norwegian army
defeated Swedish army just one
hundred years ago. Mr.. Lowzow said
in part: ''The wounded and unwound-
ed Swedes who were captured at
Toverud surely had no reason to COM
plain of the manner in which they
were treated after the close of the
battle. Nor did the Swedish nation
have any reason to complain of the
attitude Of the Norwegians after the
Swedish army had been driven out of
I h1 rfyVy NJ i1c
tered Sweden from a different direc-
tion the king wanted to send out the
Norwegian army to take part in the
conquest and ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Swe-
den. But the Norwegians refused to
do so. Our forefathers wanted to vim
dictate their rights and their honor;
but contribute to the perdition of an
other Scandinavian country they
would not! The kings command was
not obeyed! The most prominent
men in Sweden then thanked the Nor
wegians And we who are standing
here today agree with our forefathers.
We dare say that if the events shape
themselves according to our wishes
we shall not only act loyalty but with
determination and firmness in a true
Scandinavian spirit in case danger
threatens one of the Scandinavian ma
tions." This means that the present
minister of war is in favor
of aiding Sweden in case the latter IS
invaded by hostile army.
DENMARK.
The government is alarmed at the
discovery by prominent lawyer of a
sixty-year-old law, which never has
been repealed, and which obliges the
state to give any Danish subject who
applies for it sufficient land to enable
him to support himself and his fam
lily. The law, which never has been
taken advantage of, was passed in
184S, when the people of Schleswig-
Holstein turned rebels against Den.
mark, and was intended to give the
young men who were called to serve
during the three years war the feel
ing that they had part in the coun-
try they were asked to defend and to
make them feel certain that they
never would be paupers when dis
charged from the service after the
war. The law will probably be re-
pealed by the next rigsdag, although
the Socialists declare they will make
a strong fight against any attempt to
have it taken off the statute books.
SWEDEN.
The Swedish anti-tuberculosis So
ciety has $4,000 in the treasury.
King Edward donated $27O to the
children's home of Stockholm.
The nightingale was heard in south
ern Sweden as early as April q.
The military authorities do not
favor the use of motorcycles in the
army.
The Mo public school house at Mo-
holm station was completely destroyed
by fire.
Sweden exported 3,011 900 dozen of
eggs last year, receiving $4,000 in
payment.
Queen Victoria of Sweden has gone
from Venice to Karlsruhe. She stopped
two days at Geneva on her way.
A strike was avoided in the shoe
making trade in Malmo by a general
raise of fifteen per cent of the wages,
and corresponding raise had to be
made in the price of shoes.
The remains of Swedenborg, which
were brought from London last win
ter, will be located in the cathedral
of Upsala. The people of Varnhem,
Vestergotland, wanted it kept there;
but the cabinet decided to override
the considerations of local patriotism
and place the remains Of the famous
religious philosopher in the national
pantheon Of his country.
A number of Swedish business men
have been endeavoring to establish
a direct line of passenger steamers
between Sweden and America. 1t was
said that J. Pierpont Morgan would
support the enterprise on certain con-
ditions. But a Danish paper states
that the plan has been abandoned be-
cause the Swedish government was
not in favor of substituting a steam.
ship company, the chief aim of which
would be to carry Swedish citizens as
emigrants to other parts of the world.
Two boys and a girl who went to
the minister to be prepared for the
Lords Supper at Loftahammar, near
Vestervik, had to cross the water, ana
<hoir hnaf concizo1 Off HaSco1O send.