Morris tribune., 1909-07-03


Norwegian navy would have six or
eight new protected cruisers, with a
respective tonnage of about $500 each.
and having a far better and stronger
equipment than the other vessels.
There will In addition be not less than
six new torpedo cruisers, to cost about
1000, 900 crowns apiece. There will In
addition to these be built fourteen sub
marine boats and forty smaller torpe-
do craft. A submarine boat will cost
about 100000 crowns and the aver
age torpedo boat will cost about 300,-
900 crowns. Thus it will be seen that
the Norwegian government has elabor.
ate plans for the improvement Of its
navy and when completed little Nor
way, much to the establishment Of the
larger nations, will have one Of the
most formidable navies in the world
for country of so small a size as Nor
way.
The controversy between the head
of the navy department, Admiral
Spare and the chief of the naval Of
ficers in the Norwegian navy, Admiral
Borressen, has caused cabinet crisis,
which brought forward an interpella-
ton last Friday in the storthing which
brings forth the delicate question as
to who is to decide the question,
whether it shall be the king himself
or his ministers. 1t is an interesting
question that has been raised and will,
when decided, establish most ina
portant precedent. The motion was
declared out of order by State Minis.
ter Knudsen, but there will be a vote
on the question just the same one OF
these days. The same question was
referred to in our last weeks issue and
it continues to be the uppermost topic
of interest now before the Norwegian
people.
The Norwegian-American line will
after all be reality and will if every
thing comes off as it is planned be in
operation in the course of a year or
more. The capital stock of the Nor
wegian-American line already amounts
to not less than 100000 crowns.
The storthing has made an allowance
of $4,000 crowns and may possibly
make an additional allowance if the
occasion should arise. The intention
is to place in commission two or three
modern steamers of $500 capacity at
the very earliest opportunity on the
Bergen-New York route, which will
consume about fourteen days. There
is no question but what the new line
will do a big business from the very
start and thus far there has been no
trouble at all encountered in raising
the capital.
The Danish singers made great
hit in both Hamar and Trondhjem and
arrived week ago last Wednesday in
Bergen, where they gave concert in
the afternoon to an audience of at
least 1000 persons. Their entire tour
in Norway has been splendid sue
cess and they have been most enthusi-
astically received everywhere.
Official statistics prove that in spite
of the effective work of the temper
ance reformers in Norway the con-
sumption of whisky is increasing in
Norway while that of wine and beer
is the same as before. This fact 1s
used as an argument against closing
the "samlag' saloons.
The Norwegian settlers who emil
grated to Cuba some time ago and set
tied in the Goa valley are already be-
ginning to leave their plantations there
and are returning in large numbers TO
Norway. The little colony is reported
to have lost in the neighborhood of
300, 900 crowns.
Nine. Elsa Frolich has been engaged
at the National Theater in Christiania
with salary of 1000 crowns a month
for the season. She is at present one
of the ablest actresses on the Nor
wegian stage.
The "Norske Intelligentsedler" cele-
brated it's 146th anniversary May Is. 1t
is the oldest paper in Norway.