Morris tribune., 1910-04-15
T|D|NCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR

M. Naryschkin to Represent Cars
Government at stockhoIm-Ibsen
Museum to Be Created at Grimstad,
Norway-Johanne Schorrinq, One of
Denmark's Most Prominent Woman
Writers, Is Dead, Aged seventy-four.
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The Russian ambassador in Stutt-
gart, M. Naryschkin, married to a step
daughter of former Premier Witte,
has been designated as Russias new
ambassador to Sweden. Originally it
was the intention to appoint the min
lister to Moroccof1 M Botkin This gen.
tleman is, however, married to an
American, and owing to the fact that
it was desirable in Swedish court cir
cles that the wife of the Russian am
bassador should be Russian M. Bod
kin was not given the position
DR.. Sven Hedin, in his "Transhima.
laya," speaks with high respect of the
German Moravian missionaries in
those regions as men of uncOmmonly
great knowledge and most admirable
devotion to their work. Professor
Msinhof of Hamburg, an authority in
Oriental languages, has warm words
of praise for their achievements in
language studies, which made it pos
sible for German and British scholars
to discover a neW-but very old-Indo-
Germanic language in Central Asia.
An exchange says that the prison
managers of Sweden have figured it
out that prohibition of the liquor traf-
fic would reduce the expenses of the
prisons of the country by more than
100000 year. But they are afraid
that if the liquor traffic would be pro-
hibited the people would get into the
habit of using other stimulants, con-
tention which would probably hold
true If ploood to a test.
A Russian newspaper states that
Count Leo Tolstoi has been invited to
attend the international peace con-
gress, which will meet in Stockholm
next August. Tolstoi has declared
that if his health will possibly allow
it he will be certain to accept the in
Vitation. The distinguished author
has long cherished a desire to visit
Sweden, where he has hundreds of
friends and admirers.
Owing to the increasing tourist traf-
f1c the railway department has made
arrangements to run three express
tourist trains week from Stockholm
to the extreme north during the warm
season. These trains will undoubted-
ly be much patronized during the
coming season and tourists and globe
trotters generally will be pleased to
learn of the new schedule.
Professor Svante Arrhenius' lee
ture on Mars" at the Academy of
Sciences was listened to with undi-
vided attention by large and learned
audience. The lecturer dwelt in
length on the canals of the planet and
showed by means of illustrations why
he considered it possible that the
planet is Inhabited.
September 29 of this year Sweden
will commemorate the 350th ami
versary of Gustaf Wasa's death. The
royal house of Sweden will celebrate
it's centennial and Feb. % two cen
turies elapsed since the bloody battle /
took place with the Danes at Helsing- |
borg.
King Gustaf arrived at Karlsruhe |
March 16 At the station to meet him !
and his party were the Grand Duke /
and Grand Duchess of Baden, Dowager !;
Duchess Louise, Prince Hohenhole- !
the Prussian ambassador,
and a number of other high dignita- !
rieS.
The great cross of the Order of :
has been awarded Gov
ernor Gustaf Tornerhjelm. Mr.. Tor
nerhjelm has been in official life for
great many years and is much re-
spected citizen.
The Arnberg agricultural prize has
been awarded Dr. N. Wohlin, who is
teacher of agriculture at the Stock
holm high school.
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1t is proposed to create an 1bsen
at Grimstad, Norway, which
will probably become the Mecca of
Tbsenites, as Stratford-on-Avon at
tracts admirers of Shakespeare. This
little town is chosen because it was
there that Ibsen first began his liter
ary activity-he lived there from 1914
to 1850-and his first play, Catalina"
was written there. Among Ibsen's
various works in prose are several lit
tie references to the little town. He
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