Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-14
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
PRINCE wILHELMs RUSS BRIDE
What Erect the Wedding Has Had on
the People OF sweden ls Hard
Io Determine at the Pres.
ent Time.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

|
May s occurred the wedding o.
| Prince wilhelm ana the Grand Ouch
sss Maria Pavlovna at St Petersburg
Russia. A noteworthy fact about this
brilliant wedding, in which OF course
Is involved u good deal OF politics, Is
| that Il occurred just exactly on the
| day---1O0 years ago-when Cronsedt
surrendred Sveaborg to the Russians
The wedding not alone for this reason
! becomes especially significant, hut also
| from the fact that Russia has for CEN
| turtles been considered the arch enemy
! OF Sweden. Even IN recent times Rus
\ sian aggression has heen more than
/ ANYTHING else feared iu the land Of IN
mighty Charles XII, WIN certainly
/ had no dove for tee Russians aud who
used TO make II severely Interesting
I for them once in while. Still the un
! expect ed always happens and now the
pact between the two countries mas
/ been sealed. II Is ne, dless to describe
this Brilliant event for that has nj
ready been sent around the world by
| the dispatches, hut suffice 1t to say
that the Lutheran marriage ceremony
was performed by the bishop OF Innd,
and that the happy royal young couple
arc at present spending their honey
moon In the palace Of the late Arch
duke Serge. Inst what effect this
wedding has had on the people OF Swe.
den Is hard to determine at present,
| but Il Is certain that not all the people
are satisfied with this union. The COM
mon people Of Russia are not enthnsi.
Hstic either. There IL feeling OF re-
sentiment at the expenditures when
were entailed for this wedding Mt
! time when the country IL financially
embarrassed. on the other hand the
wedding is among certain class In
| Sweden regarded as OF considerable
| importance from an international
standpoint and they argue that the al
| lance will bring Sweden into closer
relations with Russia aud also Eng
| land. whose queen IL sister Of the
| Dowager Empress of Russia. But IL
| IS now believed that with direct FAINT.
| ly connections with the ruling houses
Of both Great Britain and Russia tho
| Bernadottr dynasty Of Sweden can
hardly hope In the future. as I'm the
past. to stand aloof from the interna
tional politics of Europe.
SAYS Swedish newspaper com
menting on Sweden's preparedness for
war during the recent threatening con-
fict with Norway: THE Swedish
4. a..
the steam being kept up constantly, 50
that everything would have been
ready for action upon an hours no
tice Not single man was found
Sinking at his post, the ships were
sprviceable and so well was the equip
ment cared for that the navy was real.
| " In better lighting trim at the close
than at the beginning OF the campaign
The men were unusually enthusiastic,
nnd obeyed orders with exemplary
promptness At the most critical
point orders were given to sail forth
in the night and every man was In
high spirits, ready to show once more
how the Swedish steel cuts Even
Lovland, former premier. admitted
lsh navy dictated In many respects
the provisions OF the Karlstad treaty.
During the first three months of the
present year there were l. l43 persons
who emigrated from Sweden. Last
year during the same period there
were 1876 persons who emigrated.
thus showing that there has been
marked decrease in this respect. Dur
ing the past year the Swedish govern
ment has put forth much effort and
even spent some money I'm inducing
people 80 remain In the fatherlaua
and II seems that II Inns been partially
successful.
There Is a movement on foot 10 es-
tahllsh a Swedish branch Office for tn
Swedish tourist bureau IN Berlin the
| Swedish railway commission may
the near future make an appropriation
for this purpose. amounting TO 40,0tD
crowns Sweden az tourist country
b becoming well known in GERMANY
and il IL believed that the field Is large
enough to warrant the establishment
OF swedish tourist bureau there IN
the near future.
labor conflict Is on In Stockholm
at present, affecting about 1900 mon
In the building trades. The employers
want to cut down the wages on nc.
count OF tho hard times, and the en-
ployes want shorter hours with the
old scale of wages. 10th parties are
denounced by the press and borb
parties claim to he willing to arbitrate
The silver wreath presented by
Swedish-Americans OF New York tn
be placed on King Oscars bier in the
| Riddarholm's church was received by
Minister Won Essen April IA and given
its place In the Bsrnadotte vaults. 1t
bore the inscription: ITO an bonored
kings memory. From Swedes 10 New
York"
According TO the present outlook the
Swedish riksdag will be In session I'M
Oil about June 8. There are some i'm.
portant issues up for consideration and
the lawmakers cannot hope 10 get done