Morris tribune., 1908-07-11
Recent Occurrences OF interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
HIGH PRAISE FOR THE swEDEs
What Russian Delegate to the Evan
gelical Congress Has Co Say
of the People of the
Country.
EEEsE.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


! one of the Russian delegates, who at
! tended the Evangelical conference re-
| Gently held in Stockholm, when he was
| characterising the Swedish people.
Says Mr.. Calchas: 81 had expected to
see a snobbish people, lively and full
| Of gestures, but to my surprise l
found simple, assuming people, re-
| fined and cultured. Why, the working
| man in Sweden are dressed as gentle
men. every one Of them. The city of
the Stockholmians stands like dolls
house, the police merely wave their
hands and people obey as though they
| all had received military training.
| The Stockholmians are all peaceful,
and you seldom see any drunkards and
paupers. These happy and prosperous
people are living in a country where the
| Russians would starve to death. The
! country Is mostly rolling and noun
| famous in the northern part and the
fields up in Dslarno. for instance, are
exceedingly small and unproducdve
! looking, but the Swede knows how to
| take care of the little that he has, and
| takes such care Of it that 1t often
yields splendid results. The churches
are full of evangelical Christians, the
| telephone reaches almost every nook
| in the land and there are all kinds of
! railways. steamship lines and street
car lines, etc. The king lives among
his people and the princes participate
| in the educational progress Of the cOun-
| try The riksdag representatives are
treated to soup and cakes by the king
| and are not compelled to drink whis-
| ky with the cakes. And then think of
| their baths with women attendants,
| thing unheard Of on the continent Oh
| it is all like one Of their good old
| sagas" This is Russian characters
| cation of the Swedes and all over Swe-
| den it is considered very unique.
The Geographical society and other
scientific bodies interested in DIR, Sven
Hedin's third exploring tour into
Thibet have given up all hope of ever
seeing him again. assuming that he
| must have died Of famine. thirst or
| warlike natives. The last time that
the Swedish geographists heard from
the explorer was in December, 1907.
! when he was about to start from
Scheyok for southeast Thibet with a
| strong guard and many scientific CO.
| workers. ScheyOk is the terminus Of a
| much frequented caravan route, and
| DR.. Hedin's friends calculate that if
| alive he would have had plenty OF OPP
| pcrtunity to send letters or messages.
The doctor in his last letters received
in Stockholm said that he expec ed
natives and from the lack of water
and food in the districts that he in
tended to explore.
Stockholm is becoming a mecca for
royalty this summer. The latest re-
ports from Stockholm state that the
to the Swedish court some time dur.
ing the month Of August. At the same
time comes the report that President
Faliieres Of France, has decided to
postpone his visit to Sweden until next
year Some of the Swedish dailies pro-
fess to believe that it is owing to the
political friendship which has recently
been manifested between Germany
and Sweden that the French president
has postponed his Stockholm trip.
Mile. Martha Holman. the popular
Swedish actress. has been presented
with pair Of slippers studded with
ornamental butterflies of different pat
tn BIO
which was nearly $4,000. She ap-
peared some time ago in the Swedish
capital in a play entitled Man Kan
Aldrig yeta'' Zone Can Never know.)
The title of the play seemed to be a
fortunate one for her.
There have been all kinds Of stories
lately regarding the health of the
young crown prince. At no time has
he been critically i'll and it appears
now that all that the prince needs is q
we'll needed rest. There have been
too many socials and his doctors state
that his nerves are in bad shape
About two hundred Stockholm sing
ers serenaded King Gustaf and Queen
Victoria the other evening at the royal
palace. A large crowd of people
gathered in front of the palace to lis |
ten to the singing.
Johan Peterson. the Swedish minis |
ter of agriculture, is at present at
Karlsbad. where he is being treated
for diabetes. According to latest re- |!
ports the distinguished gentleman
was doing well.
5 The chief of China's national tele-
graph bureau arrived at Malmo the :
other day and will spend at least .
month in Sweden. He will spend most
of his time in the Swedish capital.
The Society of the Common School
teachers of Sweden are this week hold
ing their convention in Gefe. The con- |
vention is attended by about two thou.
sand delegates
The Duchess of Sodermanland's
brother. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlo-