Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-21
NORWAY.
Christiania.

IT would seem after all that there
may be some truth in the reports that
there are a few Norwegian Americans
who are returning to the old father
land to settle down for the remainder
OF their lives, but we still maintain
that they are few. A newspaper re-
port from Farsund says that on ac-
count of the poor times in America
many Norwegian-Americans are re-
turning to settle down for good. They
bring money with them and have been
buying land In the vicinity Of Far
sund, SO that there has been a great
activity In real estate deals In that
quarter. Needless to say the inhab-
itants are jubilant. The aforesaid
may be as 1t may, but 1t was not long
ago that the representative, Colonel
Magnus, whom the government sent to
America to induce Norwegian-Ameri-
cans to return, admitted that such
plan was futile and that nothing could
be accomplished in that direction.
London dispatch says: London
has probably seen the last OF DR.. Nan
sen as King Haakon's representative
in this country. The distinguished ex-
plorer left recently for Norway. and
his retirement from the ranks of dip
lomacy is definitely decided on. II
has been known for some time past
that he intended to resign Office as
soon as convenient opportunity Of
fered, and at the end Of last year men,
ton was made Of his probable success
sor. No one has as yet been selected
to take DIR. Nansen's place as Nor
wcgian minister In London. and all re-
ports on the subject are entirely pre-
mature. Norway is still new to her
position as a kingdom separated from
Sweden, and has not large supply OF
trained diplomats" Norwegian papers
state that Minister Won Often, at Ber-
lin. may possibly be selected rs Nan
sens successor.
The socialists are exceedingly active
and so active have they become that
the peasants Of Telemarken have Or
ganized for the protection of their In
terests against the socialists, who have
been working every strong In that sec
ton of the country lately. The So
cialists have succeeded In controlling
a number Of the precincts or parishes
In the elections recently. The So
cialists, who are all laborers. have
been well organized. thus having the
advantage over the peasants, and II Is
to even up matters that the latter are
now perfecting an organization. The
peasants OF Telemarken have joined
the Morse Landowners League"
which is national organization.
Bishop Anton Christian Bang, pri-
mate of the Church Of Norway. is mt
present In America and partici-
pated in the May 18th celebration In
Minneapolis, where he delivered an
address at the unwilling OF monn-
ment erected in memory OF Henrik
Wergeland, the Norwegian patriot.
Den GUIDE. the newly appointed min
lister to Washington was also pres
ent on this occasion and delivered an
address. Bishop Bang came to this
country as the personal representative
OF Carl Berner, president OF the
Normand's Forbundet In Norway.
The opposition against Henrik
Lund's Nicholson portrait painting Is
30 strong among Norwegian artists
that 1t Is feared that other arrange
ments will have to be made and that
another artist may have to be APP
pointed to paint another picture Of the
distinguished premier. Lund is son
OF Major Lund. Of Bergen. and a
brother of Madame Signe Lund-Ro-
bart, Of Chicago.
The committee on defenses proposes
that the term Of military service be
extended from sixteen to twenty years.
No change is proposed I'm the law
which provides that In case Of a for
eign invasion able-bodied men be-
tween the age of eighteen and fifty
years must carry arms.