Morris tribune., 1909-12-10
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Interesting News from Sweden,
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PROHIBITIONISTS PLAN FIGHT

Result of the Stopping of the Sale OF
Liquor in Stockholm Leads Them %
Start an Agitation in Favor OF 2
General neutrality-suspicious. VIII
Be Circulated in All Parts of SWe-
den, Giving the People an opportunr
ity to Express Views. b
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
ton. How well they will succeed
time alone can tell. Yet the leading
temperance associations have mapped
out plan of campaign which is very
comprehensive in its scope. In the
first place they plan to circulate petit
lions 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 Eyes" under those condi-
lions will be in the majority. They ex-
plain that those who are in favor OF
prohibition will come out in the open
and yell Eyes" to a man, while large
majority Of those who are opposed to
prohibition will not care to pose be
fore the public as the champions Of
the saloons. A Swedish daily newspa-
per states in a 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. 5 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.
Kjellstrom, assistant engineers, will
make tour in America and Canada
for 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.
Lektor p. P. Waldenstrom, 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 were promptly voted down
by the conference r.
DR.. Sven Hedin, on his birthday,
Nov. 9, was by King Edward awarded
the Commanders cross of the Imper-
ial Order of India. It will be difficult
for DR.. Hedin to keep track of all the
stars" and crosses" that have been
issued in his honor by kings and en-
perors, and scientific societies in all
parts Of the globe. Mr.. Hedin remains
rs democratic as ever and he does not
permit his head to swell in the least.
A writer in Stockholm daily says:
"Sweden's egg export to England is
rapidly increasing, and the same is
the case with butter. But the Eng
lishmen 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?"
The temperance people have won an.
other victory at Sundsvan in the grant.
ing of their request that there shall be
no sale Of liquor in the place on Satur
day. The restriction was asked fol
one time when there was reorganiza.
ton of the regulation in reference to
the liquor traffic in the community.
Swedish Lutherans in Melbourne,
Australia, are planning the erection
of $4,000 brick church to be
built in Gothic style and with a
seating capacity for 800 persons A
considerable part of the building fund
was contributed in Sweden.
The Bishop of Salisbury, England,
lately made visit to Sweden. He