Morris tribune., 1911-04-21


Protests Against Malmo Affair in
1e14-Norwegian Woman Member
of Storthing Acquits HArseIf Spien-
didIy-Famous Lecturer on Eastern
Countries Visits Copenhagen.
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The General Exporters union of
| Sweden argues strongly against the
proposed Baltic exposition at Malmo,
IN 1914. And if such an exposition is
bound to come anyway, the union says
some safeguard ought to be provided
against permitting foreign exhibitors
| with their greater resources, from
eclipsing the Swedish exhibitors. The
chambers, of commerce of several
large cities have also expressed them
selves to the effect that it would not
pay to have such an exposition This
is an unexpected setback to the pro
moters of the exposition, who figured
on a magnificent show
S. Hermelin has been appointed
manager for the Olympian plays il
Stockholm with a salary of 5000
crowns a year. King Gustaf will be
the rolay protector of the plays and
is taking a great deal of interest at
all times in the work of the executive
committee King Gustat is very inter
ested in sport and while he only
plays tennis, which is his favorite
game, he follows all kinds of races, in.
Guiding horse races and running
races, with a great deal of interest. He
often attends athletic performances
and has contributed large sums OF
money to national athletics.
August Lindberg's American tourney
will commence in October and will
last through that month, November
and December. His impressario will
be the we'll known director, Thalberg,
who is in America at present. On
JAM 1 Lindberg has promised to be
back at the Dramatic theater, with
tract
Queen Victoria is now at Capri,
Italy, and will remain there for
couple of months at least. She re-
sides at villa in the little village Of
Caprile, which is located on high
white rock, which projects out in the
ocean. The villa is extremely simple.
Nominally it belongs to DR.. Axel Nun.
the, who erected it in 1882.
The contemplated national subscrip-
tion for August Strindberg has been
taken hold of with a great deal of in
terest by friends and admirers of the
author in all parts of the country. The
subscription is we'll started and some
of the most prominent literary men
of the country have already signed.
Carl Carlson Bonde and Count Gus
taf Cederstrom are direct descendants
of the Normandy dukes and these two
gentlemen have been selected to serve
on the Swedish delegation which will
attend and represent Sweden at the
1,0O0th anniversary, which will be held
in Normandie in the near future.
Albert Jensen, one of the more
prominent young men among the SO
called Young Socialists, has been Sc.
lected as editor-in-chief of the Social
istic paper known as Brand" which
was formerly edited by Hinke Berge-
gren.
One of the representative of the
first chamber of the riksdag, E. F.
Blomberg, died very suddenly last
last month. Blomberg was born in
1863 and was one of the Socialist
leaders of the country.
The youngest professor in Sweden Is
Erik V. Englund, who is instructor in
the high school of Stockholm. He was
twenty-one years old last October
and is a Phi. D. He pursued his studies
largely in private.
The ecclesiastical authorities of the
country have set apart Sundays, March
IL, May IA, July 8 and Oct. Is as days
of special prayer.
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