Warren sheaf., 1908-04-09
NORWAY.

Poor Norway" contributes, IN pro-
portion to her population, three and
a half times as much money to the
foreign missions As Germany, four
times as much as Finland and twice
as much as Sweden.
Premier Gunnar Knudsen entered
upon his career as virtual ruler Of the
kingdom OF Norway under a title
which never graced 4 ruler in all the
history of the race. During the de-
bate in the storting which led to the
fall of the Lovlsnd cabinet, Premier
Lovland illustrated the situation by
referring to Morse mythology. Hod,
or Holder, was the blind man on whose
bow Loke, the arch-ensmy o: the gods,
placed the missile with which Hod
killed Balder, the god OF light. The
premier said that Gunnar Knudsen
was the Hod that shot out the killing
arrow placed on the brow by 4 Loke,
namely Castberg, an extremely radi-
cal member.
= Capt Roald Amundsen stated while
a, Seattle few days ago that he ex-
poets TO spend four years in the Polar
regions on his next trip He intends
to leave Norway in 1910 with a ship
somewhat smaller than the Gjoa,
which he found too large for the pur-
pose The crew viii consist OF six
men. the same as last time The ex-
pedition will go around Cape Horn
and stop in Seattle for completing the
equipment The ship will be pushed
as far into the pack ice as possible
the same season. No rush will be
made for the pole, bu: it will be
touched if it is found TO be within
easy reach The discovery OF the
North Pole. he said, has no scientific
value Capt Amundsen has four
white bears which are being trained
at Hamburg, and he thinks they Will
be more serviceable than dogs for pull
ing sieds. He IS confident that he
can pass from Bering Strait to the
Atlantic as easily as he made the pas
sage north of British America.
Comparatively few women were
elected at the local elections in Nor
way. A few figures will make this
clear In Kristiania 79 men and five
women were elected; In Bergen the
corresponding numbers were 10 and
6: in Tron dhiem. 81 and s; in Kris
tiansand. 4s and g. in Drammen, SO
and I: and in Fredricksstad, so men
and two women. The women had q
much larger number OF candidates
but they were defeated Miss Holsen
president of the Womans Suffrage
association. was asked how the wo
men look upon this result, and she
answered in substance: We were deep
" disappointed and highly indignant
1t seemed as though we were par
alyzed- We were unable to keep oul
ground at the elections One reason
for this result was. that We were
100 San ngufne. We really thought tha,
the men would vote for us Besides
we did not understand their tactics
We did not realize that the matter was
30 complicated. Each party wanted Z
certain number OF men as representa-
tiyes of the different interests and
the women were crowded out because
they did not represent those particu
lar interests We were poorly or
ganized. too: but We propose 10 unite
our forces better next time Other
leading suffragis,s spoke IN the saml
strain. Mrs Mariane Sarup differed
somewhat with the other leaders. Shs
said that the women often scratched
the names Of each other OF the pal
lots partly because they do not trusl
each other sufficiently. partly on ac
count OF Jealousy.
President Berner. Who occupied the
chair, did not listen very closely. and
his ears played him false II mos
critical point When Premier Low
land said. Gunnar Knndsen is thu
blind Hod sending out the killing ar
row President Berner thought mi
speaker called Gunnar Knudsen l
..biind hen, and he proceeded to re
buke the speaker for using unparlia
mentary language. which instantl!
brought a roar OF laughter from fhs
house. This IS the way In which ths
new premier received the title o
.Blind Hen. and every bright maz
thinks he ought 70 crack joke on i