Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-19
NORWAY,

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| The proposition to establish g Scan.
| dinavian-Anerican steamship line met
| with a rather llkeWarm reception in
| Sweden, and the shipping interests
| at Bergen, Norway, have always been
| looking for a Experimentation
! tine Those obstacles prevented the
] the plan. and during
/ Neeks the NoTwegians
"a fresh movement in
9A5Fas.: 90 6 r,itsssly Norwegian line. It
tAAssf8s sss,,$$1 such line will have
as. ai ss ind the promoters are
n 4 - % sfSvernment aid. They
sIsYYs accomplished something
ff2a lkg.lftt 9slfss e stcrting to resolve
! ~: ~ ssssis4ls vote to suggest to
lie ssa3si. s. sslsst a subsidy be granted
I sa3gSsa SO 90 Some of the speakers
y5saft' 70 lttt5siastic that they ex-
Tst.fsss.sell2 ts4s ippe that the matter
sosa's 20 $as'ssslged even during the
;ss'esssS.sis sesais;s9 of the storting. For
1 tszsss NJ IL isgar Christoffersen who is
an experienced man of affairs, said
that he was strongly in favor of a
! Norwegian line. The original plan
was to acquire four steamers and
to run one each way every week. But
as this would require a capital of at
least 100000 and a government sub
sidy of $250,000 a year, it has been
proposed to cut down the service
from a weekly to fortnightly one,
| which would require only one-half of
the above amounts. AS might be ex~
| pected, the Danes who are running
the old Danish-American line are far
from pleased with the prospect of
having a Norwegian competitor. The
Copenhagen Nationaltidende voices
their sentiments in the following Ian
guage: 1--WE Danes have some rea-
son to figure on the possibility of
the plan being realized. But we have
no reason to begrudge the Norwe-
gians their line. Even If it is subsi-
died by the state, it will have to
carry on hard fight against it's COM
petitors. Certain contributors to Nor
wegian newspapers are mistaken
when they state that the trans-Atlan-
tic pool is not opposed to a Norwe.
gian line. On the contrary, the pool
will fight such line might and main.
The English lines are at present TAX
ing charge Of at least three-fourths
of the Scandinavian emigration,
therefore they will not let this be
cut down because the Norwegians
want line Of their own, and they
will surely put up a fight that will
cost millions Of kroner. At the same
time 1t will naturally injure the
Danish-American line, and the latter
ought to be subsidized by the govern
ment in order to be able to compete
with the Norwegians on equal terms
The interparliamentary union ha,-
ing been organized and having re-
solved to keep salaried secretary,
the interparliamentary council met
at Brussels to elect man for this
position. A Norwegian, G. L. Langs.
former secretary of the Nobel lnstt.
tute, was chosen. His headquarters
will be in Brussels, but he will have
to travel good deal to keep up 4
connection between the different
countries.
Former Premier Nicholson Is not
strong enough to enter active poll.
tics.
About 800 Norwegian seamen have
gone to America to work during the
coming season. About 500 Of them
had hired out on the great lakes, and
the rest are occupied on whaling yes
sells around Newfoundland.
The Fevig Iron Works at Arsudal.
the largest private shipbuilding con,
Germ In Norway. failed, and the plant
had to be sold at public auction.
sverre Dahl, : young Norwegian
who IL studying at. Berlin. Is said to
possess q finer voice thar any ether
living Norwegian.