Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-06-26
SWEDEN.

The uneasy peace that has existed
fn the Swedish labor field since the
great strike of last year is on the
point of being exchanged for state
of open warfare. The employers as
ISOLATION has threatened to proclaim
a general lockout unless the workmen
agree to the masters terms for labor
contracts. It is to avoid the frequent
recurrence of strikes, which have be-
come chronic, that the employers as
sociation has determined on demand
ing the acceptance all over the coun-
try of one common form of agreement.
which shall hold good for five years.
The men will not bind themselves for
more than three years, and, although
they agree to a working week of fifty
seven and one-half hours, they will
| not consent to this regulation being
has hitherto been to work ffty-four
hours per week. The lockout would
effect at least $4,000 men.
|. Christina Nilsson Countess de Casa
Miranda) has arrived from France to
her summer place in Smaland. She
comes to her beloved Smaland every
summer and says that she is after all
always happiest when she is at her
old home there. While en- route to
Sweden this time she stopped for a
short time in Copenhagen and sud-
denly met King Frederick and the
Princess Thyra, who were out enjoy
| ing their afternoon drive. The king
Immediately stopped his carriage,
| raised his hat and began to address
| the former diva. Christina Nilsson
| felt flattered to think that the king re.
| membered her, as he has not seen her
| for over thirty-three years, rather in
1876, when she scored her first great
| success in the Danish capital.
Professor Otto Nordenskiold has
published his plans for the Greenland
expedition which he proposes to make
this summer. His first aim will be to
explore the Eoltenborg district in
West Greenland. He will try to as
certain the causes of the typical con-
| figuration of the Arctic countries by
taking this locality as good exam
pie. The latter part of the summer
| will be spent in South Greenland,
| where he will try to ascertain why
| the temperature is so high as to per-
| NIT the growth of trees within a short
distance of the inland icefelds, while
| the extension of the ice is much
smaller farther north. The expedi-
ton will return about Sept. s.
"Omnischer Lloyd" German pa
per which is published in Constantine
ople, recently published an article in
| which it's author suggested that Swe-
den bestow the Nobel peace prize on
Schevket Pasha, because through his
prompt capture of Constantinople re-
Gently he prevented the loss of thou
sands of lives. The aim of this gen.
eral was not, however, to save lives
and had there been any resistance his
soldiers of course had orders to shoot
to kill. The Swedish Nobel commit.
tee is not likely to grant any peace
prize to the aforementioned pasta on
these very grounds.
Sweden gives large sums of money
every year to the foreign missions.
Last year a sum of 100000 crowns
was solicited and collected and sent
to foreign mission stations. The
Gothenburg diocese alone donated
something like $4,000 crowns to for
eign missions and the Lund diocese
was close second, giving something
over $4,000 crowns.
Herman Lagerkrantz, Sweden's min
lister to Washington, was made doc
tor of laws at the commencement ex-
ercises of Northwestern university in
Evanston, ILL.,, few days ago. The dip
lomat was present at the exercises and
delivered a short address.
Svanberg, the celebrated Swedish
runner, is now in America and has
been winning one race after another
If he keeps up his present record he
will beat everything in sight and re-
turn to his native land as the cham
pion runner of the world.
Fredrik Bajer, one of last years
Nobel prize winners, is at present pay
ing visit to Sweden and is at pres
ent in Gothenburg. He is very much
Interested in the Swedish school sys. !;
tenn and is making very close study
of it.
A water tower 1000 feet above the
sea will be erected in the near future
in Kiruna by the Elgstrom company
of Orebro The water tower will be
the highest in Sweden and will have
a capacity of 100000 gallons.
The Swedish architee- are now
competing for the best wing for
new Swedish church which is to be
erected in the near future in Paris.
Tie prizes are from 500 to 1000
crowns.
Not less than eleven cars of banan-
rs arrived in Stockholm the other day.
There are comparatively more banan-