Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16

Developments in Sweden-Steam-
ship Line Between Norway and Unit
ed States a certainty-Finnish Press
Bitter in Denunciation Of Annexa-
ton Of Provinces.
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while the eyes of Europe have been
fixed on Italy and her adventure to
the southwark, highly significant po-
litical and economic developments
have been taking place almost unno-
ticed in the far north OF the continent,
lower half of the riksdag, held in Swe-
den on Sept. 81, were of unusual i'm
portance. Perhaps it would not be too
much to say that they inaugurated
for the entire world a new era based
on complete recognition of the peoples
will as the final source of power. The
old riksdag had in its lower house Cor
Second chamber) a membership of
223, made up Of 9S Liberals, 80 Con-
servatives and 35 Socialists. Though
the Conservatives did not even form
the most numerous group, and though
the other two groups were able and
willing to cooperate in many matters,
the government was in the hands Of
a Conservative ministry, headed by
Arvid Lindman. Tne new general
elections were called under a recently
adopted law, providing suffrage for all
men Over twenty-four. To offset this
extension of the franchise, the Con-
servatives, aided by the crown and
the timidity of certain Liberal ele-
ments, had forced upon the country a
very intricate system of proportional
representation, intended to protect he
rights OF nlinorities. Basing their cal
culations on the results of previous
elections the Conservatives hoped that
the new system would go far toward
giving them a working majority in the
new riksdag. But the scheme designed
for their own benefit helped the So
~cialists instead. The new lower house,
which has 230 members, is composed
of 101 Liberals, IS Conservatives and
GA Socialists. AS some of the Liberal
candidates were elected by Socialist
votes and may prove socialistic in
their utilization, the party Of aristo-
cratic landholders and big industrial
lists has practically become the small
est in the riksdag," says the Progress
of the World.
A Stockholm dispatch says: The
Nobel prize for chemistry has been
awarded to Nine. Marie Sklcdowska
Curie of the University Of Paris.
Nine. Curie is the chief professor of
science in the university and was the
c~o-discoverer with her husband, Pro
fessor Pierre Curie, Of radium, and in
1903 shared with him half of the Nobel
| prize for physics, the other half being
awarded to Professor Antoine Henri
! Becquerel. Each of the five Nobel
prizes awarded annually amounts to
$40, 900. Recent announcement was
made Of the success of Nine. Curie in
producing polonium, "a new element
possessing radio-activity superior to
radium."
A Swedish scientific expedition,
which for many months past has been
making a study of the aborigines in
Australia, has found that the inhabi-
tants there are Of a distinctly Semitic
cast of countenance and that they
often kill and eat one another. They
do not care for the flesh of Europeans,
which they declare is too salt" The
expedition has made a special study
of the tribes, which it is believed are
different from any other in Australia.
August Lindberg, Sweden's fore
most character actor, is at present
touring the United States, giving in
terpretations of Shakespeare's plays
in the Swedish language. The Swed-
ish t~ragedian, who has been connected
with the Swedish Royal theater as &C.
tor, manager and director, has been
received everywhere with great en-
thusiasm by the Swedish speaking
population. Mr.. Lindberg was the
first one to stage Ibsen's Ghosts"
Bishop Won Scheele Is at present on
a journey to Holland and Italy. In the
former country he will represent Swe-
den at the thirteenth international
convention Of anti-alcoholism. In the
latter country he will participate in
the ninth general peace congress to
be held in Rome. After these conven-
lions he will visit Naples, Palermo
and other places in Southern Europe.
The fund from which ministers sal
aries are paid in Sweden is in such a
satisfactory condition that ministers
in charge of parishes and their as
Sistants, who have done faithful serv-
fee for twenty years or more. have
had an increase of salary since the
beginning OF May.
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