Morris tribune., 1908-02-29
NEWS or SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
PRAISE FOR QUEEN VICTORIA
Interesting Article Descriptive Of the
New Swedish Sovereign Which
Appeared in s'Sveriges
e. Ungdom."
PRAISE FOR QUEEN VICTORIA
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

4 SNCNOA AAC" qu0Nh P~eAA ~
in the journal 'Sveriges Ungdom" in
| its last issue: Eat. the side of King
Gustaf stands a queen, who has bril-
liant and representative qualities that
it is difficult to find her equal among
modern queens and princesses. Such
an imposing connection of womanly
kind-heartedness and queenly dignity
is difficult to find among the royalty
Of Europe. Whether you see Queen
Victoria at the royal banquet board or
attending some public function-you
will always find her the same inviting
parsonage, democratic, yet dignified in
manner and therefore she is the ideal
queen. She converses readily in Eng
lish, French, German, Italian and
Swedish and her diplomacy is regarded
the keenest. She possesses most re-
fined taste and evidence of this can
be found wherever she has taken up
her residence. In Tullgarn palace the
touch of her hand can be discerncd
In every corner and she has further
more a wonderful knowledge Of archi-
| lecture And be it remembered that
she is pure Hohenzollern and is an
esteemed friend to every royal house
in Europe. There is no queen in Eu-
rope today for whom royalty has SO
much respect as for Queen Victoria Of
Sweden
The minister of finance has prepared
a document to show that the present
laws are too favorable to the sugar
industry of Sweden. The tariff, he
says, is 80 high as to give the sugar
trust monopoly of the trade. At the
same time the internal sugar tax is
so low that the trust can make more
money than it ought to, at the expense
of the consumer. One of his arguments
strikes with tremendous force. He
states that when all the sugar fac
tories are brought into the trust some
Of them were valued at three times
the money actually invested. The gov
eminent wants a sugar tax which il
expected to bring $4,000 into it's cof-
.fers before the end of the year. Natur-
ally, the sugar barons'' are on the
anxious seat.
A contract was closed between the
Swedish and German state railways
the other day effecting cooperation
Of the use of the ferries between Trei-
leborg and Sassinitz. Sweden re-
ceives about 100000 marks in sub,
sides from Germany and the old
steamship company will now be dis
solved. The new ferry line will be
in operation next year. New ferry
boats are being built so that passen-
gers from Berlin to Stockholm need
not change cars at all. Through this
new arrangement the time consumed
in travelling between the two capitals
will be shortened by three hours. -
That Sweden has a most liberal gov
eminent can be be proved by the fol
lowing item beneath the caricature of
the king, which appeared not long ago
in socialist paper in Malmo, and for
which the paper has thus far not been
chastised by the authorities at Stock
holm: "'With the people for the ma
tive land is the motto, and thereby
he thinks he has trump on hand
But the people have all the aces 1.-THE
picture shows the four aces at tile
corners) and, therefore, can get rid Of
all kings at any time-by trumping
them ..
The "Stockholm Tidningen" states
that John FOrsell will soon tender his
resignation to the Royal Opera man
ayers and that he will be succeeded
by the American barytone singer,
Clarence Whitewill, who has been of
fered a most f1attering sum of money |
and who will now appear in a long
series of opera engagements in Stock
holm. Whitewill has appeared in the
Royal Opera in Berlin and in London
and comes highly recommended
King Gustaf has appointed Vollmar
Bostrom, son of District Governor
Bostrom, as his private secretary. Bos- ]
rom is also one of Sweden's cleverest
tennis players, and as King Gustaf
$ an enthusiastic tennis player, it ap-
pears that he has selected the right
nan for the right place.
King Gustaf continues to observe
he greatest economy in everything,
For instance he ordered that there
shall be only four dishes at the din
Ter table at the royal palace instead
# five. Only half of the guests that
formerly used to frequent the royal
palace are now invited there. |
Eugene Draghi, secretary to the
Turkish legation in Stockholm, had the
Misfortune the other day to be run
'ver by an unruly horse. He broke
several ribs and was otherwise badly
'ruised about the arms and body.
The American minister, Mr.. Graves.
PRESENTED his credentials to the new
ing Jan. 80. On this occasion Mr., :
sraves also presented the new lega- I
ion secretary, Mr.. James J.. Bailey.
King Oscar was insured for 6OO.-
90 crowns. The report that the king ,
arried insurance to the amount Of ILL.,
10000 crowns is absolutely ground |
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