Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-09-27
News Of Scandinavia
Principal Happenings Of the Week
IN the scandinavian Countries.
NORWAY .'WlA!Y

among the Americans upon. whom
honorary degrees were conferred at the
celebration OF the university centenary
were M. O. Bockman, president Of the
United Norwegian Lutheran seminary
at st. Anthony Park, Mimi, and Fred
erick Jackson Turner. Madison, Wis.
The Norwegian naval architect, Jo-
han Anker, has this summer more than
repeated his great success of last year,
when his boats took most of the first
prizes in their classes at the interna-
tional regatta at Kiel, in competition
with the best yachts from all over
northern Europe. This summer Mr..
Anker built among other new boats q
twelve-meter 'Rollo," which, after talk
ing several first prizes at Kiel, went
to England and competed in all the
regattas at Cowes. This is practically
the first time that the Norwegian flag
has appeared in those waters on rae
ings days. and naturally great curiosity
was aroused to see what success would
follow Norwegian boat when she
went to attack the British yatchsman
In his own waters. Mr.. Anker went
along himself to sail his own vessel,
which had been built by syndicate
Of wealthy Norwegian yatchsmen,
headed by MAIDS We'll Of Fredrishald.
Mr.. Well was also on hand in his own
yacht the "Mignon." The "Rollo"
first partook in five different races
arranged by the royal yacht squadron
and came home as number one in
three Of these. Thereupon she entered
In the two races arranged for the
boats built this year according to the
International measurement rules and in
which there were representatives from
eight different nations, including of
course England herself. Both of these
races were won by "Rollo" and she
therefore returned with what may be
said to be the blue ribbon of the seas,
at least in the twelve-meter class,
which is the representative class in
Europe. . .~....
Bjorstjerne Bjornson, the great Nor
wegian poet and statesman used the
following language in an address which
he made at a reception given him on
his seventy-first birthday: mo matter
what we do in the interest of progress,
there is no use in it so long as we have
at our side a fully developed code of
morals entirely, absolutely, and d.
ametrically opposed to that of religion
and ethics. and such a one we have
as long as we have the morals of
war. And until there is colossal con-
spiracy and uprising against this, there
is no use in monkeying with the mat.
ter. This anti-military preaching
seems to be bearing fruit. Cases of
serious INSTRUMENTATION are cropping
out in the Norwegian army in different
parts Of the country almost at the
same time. The demonstration at
Stenkjar, near Trondhjem was the
most comprehensive. A soldier was
given two days in the guardhouse be-
cause he had pair of shoes on a
march. When the decision was an
nounced no less than five hundred sol.
diers marched against the guardhouse
with a banner bearing as motto:
I'm the name Of justice we demand
that the captive be set FREE" The
guards put their bayonets on their
guns, and in an instant the 500 fol.
lowed their example, stormed the
guardhouse and set the man free
Lieutenant Colonel Aavatsmark tried
to reason with the 500, but they only
r1diculed him. 1t is said that the dem.
onstration will cause trouble for the
500. Two hundred soldiers took part
In a demonstration against their su.
per1ors at Lillehammer. Disturbances
on q smaller scale took place in %her
localities. The Socialists are blamed
for the uprising and they are perfectly
willing to take the blame, for they
know that the common people Of all
the Scandinavian countries are fast
making up their minds that they are
able to get along without war.
Infantile paralysis is causing gen.
eral alarm in Kristiania. The best ap.
pears in a very virulent type in that
city. Two of the nurses at the hospi-
tai where the patients are cared for
have died.