Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-08-21

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SWEDEN.
Events have been crowding fast one
upon the other these days of turmoil
! and strike in Sweden's beautiful cap
ital. Judging from the tone of the
various dispatches the situation there
at present is, to say the least, very
problematical and the world is anxious
ly awaiting to see whether the whole
thing can be settled amicably or not
Many fear that it will end in much
b1oodshed. It takes long time fol-
the tranquil Swedish blood to be
aroused, but once this is done, ther
watch out for trouble. More than $50,
900 men and women are out on strike
and the city at the present writing is
! almost without food. The light and
water plants have been shut down. The
| garbage has not been hauled away fol
several days. The morgues are filled
| with bodies because there are no grave
diggers. The city is threatened with
famine and pestilence, even if there
| should be no open outbreak on the
| part of the strikers. The railway anG
| telegraph employees threaten to quit
| The trouble has reached such proper
| lions as almost to threaten the exist
ence of the present government. The
situation is a surprise to the entire
world.
The Swedish people are not ordinari
| 1y eXcitable or easily stirred to revolt
: and therefore disorder approaching al
! most to revolution seems out of place
| in the country. 1t is apparent that the
whole trouble started over wages and
undoubtedly has been augmented by
| the activities of the anarchists, who
| have gained considerably Roadway in
| the Scandinavian countries recently
| AS stated before, the outside world viii
| be very much surprised, however. il
| the difficulty is not settled without 4
serious conflict. 1t seems hard to be-
lieVe that the Swedes will permit
| themselves to be carried away by the
spirit of violence. 1t is to be hoped
! and the world is confident that wiser
counsel will prevail in order that the
| country may be spared the disgrace o!
an internal revolution.
Newspapers in the city of Stock.
holm are now publishing small
bulletins and cannot, owing to the
strike, publish any of their regular is.
sues. These bulletins are published
! by so-called "cubs," as the printers
have all joined the strikers. This is
the second week of the strike and it
shows no abatement, and the men al
ready on strike continue to augment
their forces by the addition of sym.
pathizers in other trades The Farm.
| ers' association has sent out an appeal
to all classes to help them save the
cereal crops, the harvesting of which
is also prevented by the strike of the
farm hands. The association supple.
mented this appeal by Offering police
protection to all persons assisting in
the harvest. Street cars are running
on time in the capital, and on all lines
to Gothenburg, where the strikers
have been replaced by strike breakers.
1t is announced that delegate of the
Central Federation of Trade unions,
named Tholin, will leave Stockholm
shortly for the United States for the
purpose of collecting contributions for
the strike fund from Establishment
cans. The latter would, however. do
we'll to remain at home, for he would
meet little sympathy from Swedish.
Americans. They contributed liberal,
ly to the famine stricken people dur
Ing the famine in northern Sweden in
1907, but it is very doubtful if they
would consider it their duty to aid the
strike fund in Stockholm.
Professor Oscar Bernadotte Bystrom.
a member of the Music academy at
Stockholm, died last month at his
home in Stockholm, aged eighty-eight
years. The we'll known veteran mu-
stefan began his career in the Swedish
army and was for a number of wears
captain of the Svea artillery regiment
from which position he resigned in
1871. Since that time he has devoted
all his time to teaching and com.
posing music and his name is linked
with much of Swedens sacred music
of later years. He studied church NH.
sic in London, Paris, Rome and Milan
and in 1894 he published the "Svenka
Messan.'
Queen Victoria and her friends from
Baden left for few days sojourn at
Solliden the other day. The queen
and her party will not return to Swe-
den until the latter part of Septem-
Der and may, owing to the present
turmoil in Stockholm, delay the home
journey Indefinitely.
NORWAY.
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