The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-06-17
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
News Of General Interest
IRON Three Countries.

SWEDISH NAVY GROWING
Increasing in Strength as the Years
Go BY but Very Little Noise Is Made
About 1.-two New Torpedo Boats
Now Ready for DeIivery-PeopIe in
Sweden Are Taking a Lively Inter
est in the Work of the Anti-Tuber.
culosis Society.
SWEDEN.
AS the years pass by the Swedish
navy is being increased in strength.
Not a lot of noise is made about it by
the Sweeds, but if any one believes
that Sweden is behind the times in
this respect they have a guess COM
ing. The two new torpedo boats are
now ready for delivery. One was built
at the Gotta Iron works and the other
at the Lindholmen works. They
have now been sent to Helsingborg,
where they will undergo thorough
test within a few days. The Swedish
navy ranks high for a small country
and with the natural defenses of the
country she could do no end of dam
age to an attacking fleet, be it ever so
much larger
The anti-tuberculosis work in Swe-
den is progressing nicely and some
very effective work has been done this
year. People are taking lively inter.
est in the work of the Anti-Tubercu-
losis society and there have this year
been collected, through the sale of
trading stamps, not less than $3.50
crowns. Besides this the work has
been advanced by many private dona.
tons. New sanatoriums are under
course of erection and the fight
against the terrible disease is being
better organized as the conditions are
better understood.
Lennart Nicholaus Gustaf Paul is
the name of a new little prince born
to the Duke and Duchess of Smaland
about three weeks ago. This intro
duces Russian blood into the Swedish
royal house, for the mother of the
young prince is Pavlowna Romanow
She has resided in Sweden for so short
a time that the Swedish people have
not had time to get acquainted with
her. She is spoken of, however, as a
woman of great beauty and as being
person of very unassuming manners.
The young Duke of Smaland, al
though comparatively young man,
has set good example by starting
what is known as the Duke of Smaland
Fund, the proceeds of which are to go
to poor and deserving parents who de-
sire to educate their children. The
young duke has been much compli.
mented for this graceful act and the
Swedish people are going to have faith
in a prince who so early in life begins
to show unmistakable signs of a good
and generous heart.
The international committee for the
Olympian games met in Berlin last
week, on which occasion they were to
decide where the next games are to
be held in 1912. The general belief
in Sweden is that Stockholm will be
the place chosen. The American rep
resentatlves on the committee are A..
B. Armour, of New York, and Pro-
lessor w. H. Sloane, of Columbia uni.
versity.
For the purpose of encouraging peo-
pie who have emigrated from Sweden
to return there in the event that thew
come back and find things to their lik-
ing, both chambers of the Swedish
riksdag have passed resolution TO
the effect that persons who have been
residing in a foreign country for a
period of eight years will not be COM
PEELED to submit to any military serv-
ice.
Reports state that Lektor P. P.
Wlademstrom was taken sick in Ger
many the other day while attending a
mission conference in Dresden. While
his illness is not necessarily critical
one, he will nevertheless be confined
to his bed for a long time, according
to the statement of his physician.
About 300 Russian school teachers
will this summer visit Sweden and
Norway. They will during their visit
in Sweden be entertained by the
Swedish Educational association and
given very comprehensive idea of
what Swedish educational work stands
for.
Prince Bernadottes oldest son.
Count Carl Bernadotte, completed his
collegiate course at the Nya Elemen-
tar school in Stockholm last week.
He was a diligent student and took a
brilliant examination.
Henning Bergers new play, entitled
"The Deluge,' was Kissed down at a
theater in Naples some time ago when
an attempt was made for the first
time to present it to an Italian au-
dience.
There were 100000 May flowers sold
In Stockholm this year on May 1. The
income amounted to not less than 90
900 crowns, a sum of money which
will be devoted to charity.
A male chorus, consisting of 10
men from Vienna, gave concert in
Stockholm Nav TX which MOS ,4+.,