The Princeton union., 1909-12-09

Result Of the Stopping Of the Sale oi
Liquor in Stockholm Leads Them &C
Start an Agitation in Favor of .
General Prohibtion-Petitio Will
Be Circulated in All Parts of Swe
den, Giving the People an opportun
ity to Express Views.
SWEDEN.
Reports from Stockholm state that
the result of the prohibition of the
sale of liquor during the recent strike
were SO satisfactory that the temper.
ance people are now going to start an
agitation in favor of general prohibit.
tion: How well they will succeed
time alone can tell. Yet the leading
temperance associations have mapped
out a plan of campaign which is very
comprehensive in its scope. In the
first place they plan to circulate peti-
tions in all parts of the country, and
efforts will be made to give every per.
son chance to sign these petitions.
One these petitions persons will also
receive the privilege of affixing their
yes" or noes in order to give the
opposite party chance also. Those
who are in favor of the liquor trade
are already squirming under this ar
rangement. They foresee that those
who vote yes" under those condi-
tions will be in the majority. They ex-
plain that those who are in favor of
prohibition will come out in the omen
and yell Eyes" to a man, while large
majority of those who are opposed tc
prohibition will not care to pose be.
fore the public as the champions Of
the saloons. A Swedish daily newspa-
per states in recent issue: "This
campaign will arouse great opposition,
for it is intended to mislead public
opinion, and the figures which will be
based on the result of the canvass will
not tell the truth"
There was a learned audience which
gathered in London on the evening of
Nov. at the annual Huxley memorial
meeting, which was held under the
auspices of the Royal Anthropological
Institute of England. The lecturer of
the evening was Professor Retzius of
Stockholm, who addressed the learned
audience on the subject entitled: "The
North European Race" He touched
In detail on the anthropological re-
searches which had been conducted in
Sweden and said that facts could be
produced to show that the Swedish
race was the least mixed race on
earth. After the lecture he was
awarded the Huxley medal.
Major Hjalmar Fogelmark, engineer
IN chief of the Swedish State Rail
ways, and G. Samuellson, L. Loven, o.
k]ellstrom, assistant engineers, will
make tour in America and Canada
Tor the purpose of studying American
and Canadian railway and bridge con.
struction. They will start some time
IN January and will visit all the lead
ing cities in the United States and
Canada. They will be absent from
Sweden at least six months.
vi l. Z. w WdluenStrOm, who at
tended the big church meeting, intro.
duced the following resolutions: l.
That church shall be separated from
state: 2. That parents may under
certain conditions have their children
excused from religious instructions at
the schools, and 8. To exclude the
words God the Father" and the "Holy
Ghost" from the blessing" All three
resolutions We're Promptly voted down
by the conference.
DR.. Sven Hedin, on his birthday,
Nov. 9, was, by King Edward awarded
the Commanders cross of the Imper-
ial Order of India 1t will be difficult
for DR.. Hedin to keep track of all the
stars" and crosses" that have been
issued in his honor by Rings and en-
perors, and scientific societies in all
perts of the globe. Mr. ;Hedin remains
as democratic as ever and he does not
permit his head to swell in the least.
A writer in a Stockholm daily saws:
sweden's egg export to England is
rapidly increasing, and the Same IS
sne case With butter. But the Eng
l1shmen are not always satisfied with
our eggs as they do not always reach
them in fresh condition. Why not ex-
port the rotten eggs to China, where
they demand higher price the old
er they get?" .,~,.-~,-s..
The temperance people have won an:
other victory at sundsvall in the grant.
ing of their request that there shah be
no sale Of liquor in the place on satur.
day. The restriction was asked for
one time when there was a reorganiza.
tion> Of the regulation Pa reference tc
the liquor traffic in tie community.
Swedish Lutherans IN Melbourne
Australia, are planning the erection
of $4,000, brick church to BIZ
built in Gothic style and with {
seating, capacity for 300 persons. z
considerable part of the building funt
was contributed in Sweden.
The Bishop of Salisbury, England
lately made a visit to Sweden. H
[sojourned for a time at the Missioi
ESociety school in Lidingon, and con
sferred with Dr WIo1d r,r~f1.r,,, .o1,C,,