Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-06-08
TIDINGS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
BITTER CRITICISM OF AMERICA

Swedish Visitors to United States Ac.
oused of Unfair Treatment of Our
Institutions--impendins Labor Con-
fIct in Norway Avoided-Danish
Students Chorus Makes a Decided
Hit on Its Tour Of This Country.
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Swedish.American newspapers have
been not a little disguised at the way
in which Swedish travellers and lee
turers have expressed themselves re-
garding Americans and Swedish-Amer-
leans on their return TO their home
land after making extensive tours in
the United States and Canada. One
Adrian Moline, who made an extern
sive tour in America last summer for
the purpose of studying at close
range the life and customs of Swedish
people and their children in the new
world, has written a series OF very un-
fair articles in Stockholm journal, in
which he criticises and belittles Amer
lean and Swedish-American institu-
lions in most prejudiced and foolish
manner. The Swedish papers in this
country, especially in Chicago, have
not hesitated to make vigorous replies
to Mr.. Moline's unfair contentious and
the Swedish papers In Stockholm and
! Gothenburg have come in for their
share Of censure on the part of the
Swedish-American papers, who come
In most patriotic manner to the de-
tense OF American institutions and
the industrial progress that Swedes
have made in the United States 1t
appears that nearly all travellers, men
Of letters, agricultural experts and
newspaper men, who have come from
Sweden to America to study the
Swedish-Americans- close range as
they themselves have stated-are
unanimous in declaring that Swedish
Americans have no culture. In the
same breath, almost, they declare that
America has no culture. They have
all made themselves particularly OBJ
noxious over the way in which Swed-
ish Is spoken In America and about
the apparent selfishness of their
ficiality of their educational institu-
lions, and, of course, have taken par
ticular trouble in arraigning the
money making spirit of the land, etc.
1t seemed that the day was coming
when there was to set in a better
feeling between Swedes in the old
country and those on the American
side, but Judging from the scathing
manner in which Swedish-Americans
are criticised by writer's and others
who visited the United States the
good feeling that was successfully in.
augurated will soon come to an end.
The German government has just
concluded a commercial treaty with
Sweden. The general feeling in Ger
many is that Sweden got much the
better of the negotiations The Swed-
ish duties on manufactured goods are
increased 20 or 80 per cent, providing
q high protective tariff. Germany
was handicapped in the negotiations
because she had already given Sweden
the advantage of all or nearly all the
reductions made to other countries
by the existing commercial treaties
and had little or nothing left that
could be used as counters. German
manufacturers are pleased that a pro-
vision against the proposed export
duty on iron from Sweden is included
In the treaty. Germany imports S12,-
100000 year in Swedish ores.
Preliminary arrangements have
been made to hold an ecumenical
Evangelical Lutheran conference in
Upsala, Sweden, from Aug. % to Sept.
2 of the present year. The board of
managers and the local committee in
Upsala are at work arranging the
program. This is the second meeting
Of its kind on Swedish territory The
other was held in Lund in 1868 and
was participated in by representatives
from nearly all European Lutheran
countries.
King Gustaf is the first European
monarch for many years to pay visit
TO the Italian court. Because Sweden
Is such pronounced Lutheran coun-
try it was with little difficulty that
Gustaf v. could sidetrack the iron
clad rule that every monarch must
first pay his respects to the pope. The
Swedish king did not have to do this
at all and his reception in Rome was
the most enthusiastic one that has
been accorded European monarch
for many day.
Some Swedish-An orleans are going
to start large newspaper in Stock
holm next year. The chief aim OF the
paper will be to serve Swedes in
America and Swedish-Americans who
have returned to Sweden. The gen.
eral makup Of the publication will be
like that of the great dailies published
in Sweden.
General Booth, the venerable lead
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