Morris tribune., 1911-03-17
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
OFFERED A CHAIR At YALE

DR.. Sven Hedin, Swedish Explorer, Un.
decided About Occupying the Posi-
tion-Herman Gade, Former Norwe-
! gan Consul at Chicago, Man With
out a Country-IceIand Divided on
j Separation From Denmark.
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DR.. Sven Hedin announces that it
will take him a number of years to
complete his works on his travels and
/ explorations in Central Africa. When
{ asked the other day whether he con-
! templated a lecture tour to America,
! he would not discuss the proposition
whatsoever, stating that his time was
so taken up that he had not been able
to give the many propositions that he
, had received from that source any Sc
rious consideration. He has also been
/ offered the chair in geography at Yale
university, but thus far he has not
given the faculty of that institution
any reply. While he may not be will
ing at this time to make any state.
ment to the press it is quite possible
that his answer to the call from Yale
will be forthcoming soon. At any rate
! DR.. Hedin will be placed in position
/ where he must give definite answer
to the regents of that institution at
no distant date.
| That Gustaf Froding, the late poet,
| was close to the hearts of the Swedish
people is more evident after his death
than ever before. Indeed, the whole
nation seems to mourn him. His
verses are now being read more fer
vently than ever and all classes of
people unite in lauding his memory
In the Second chamber of the riks
dag resolutions of sympathy were
! adopted and telegraphed to the poets
family. The resolutions of sympathy
were unanimously adopted by the law
makers and scores of them attended
his funeral.
Ernest L. Harris, United States con-
sui at Smyrna, has been appointed
United States consul at Stockholm to
! succeed Consul Winslow, who recent
ly resigned Mr.. Harris is forty-one
years old, is jurist and was gradual
ed from the University of Iowa num-
ber of years ago. He has spent sew
eral years at Heidelberg university,
converses readily in the German Ian
guage and is married to German
lady Consul General WinsloW has
been placed in charge of the United
States consulate at Plauen, Germany.
A committee of five representatives
from Sweden, three from Norway and
two from Denmark met recently in
Gothenburg, Sweden, to make arrange
ments for a general conference of
Methodists of the three countries. The
conference will be held in the latter
part of this month or in the first week
in April in GothenbuTg. The president
of the conference will be Bishop Burt
Of Zurich.
United States Minister Graves and
wife rendered a dinner to number
of their friends in Stockholm last
month to which had been invited a
number of the members Of the foreign
legations and members of the Swedish
diplomatic corps. Minister and Mrs.
Graves are occupying beautiful suite
of rooms on Strandvagen.
Stockholm's oldest inhabitant, Miss
Johanna Berns, who celebrated her
103d birthday in September. took i'll
several weeks ago and was confined
to her bed for about six weeks.
Strangely enough she has rallied and
is now able to be up and about and
says that she is feeling better every
day.
The Danish royal family were pres
ent at the baptism of the Duke of Os
tergotland, which occurred March l at
the royal palace. Hundreds of curious
people lined the streets of Stockholm
between the Central station and the
royal palace to get look at the dis
tinguished Danish guests.
The national debt of Sweden is
S25.75 per capita; that of Denmark
$3.50 and that of Norway s3S for
each inhabitant. But the national debt
of the great powers is far greater.
That of Germany, for instance, is
$3.50 per head; that of Great Britain
s81.25 and France $151.50.
The mission board of the Swedish
state church recently appropriated 3O,-
900 crowns for seaman and other for
eign missions. This would indicate
that there is still great deal of inter
est evinced for foreign missions by
the state church of Sweden.
Dimitri Stanciow, envoy plenipoten-
tiary for Bulgaria in Paris, visited
Stockholm recently to formally notify
King Guftaf of King Ferdinand's ascen-
sion to tho