Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-09-26
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA
Principal Events That Have Tras, i
pired In the Old Countries
Within a Week or So.
NORWAY.

verdens Sang, leading daily.
speaks very frankly about the future
relations between Norway and her
great neighbors, England, Germany,
and Russia On account of the triple
entente between England, France and
Russia, the country last mentioned
will not be apt to crowd the Scan.
dinavian countries, for such step
would be highly offensive to England
For the time being, therefore, Eng.
land and Germany are the only great
powers that may cause trouble to
Norway. The present strained rela,
tons between England and Germany
may develop into war, in which case
the Scandinavian peninsula and
Norway in particular, would be ex,
posed to an invasion by England OF
Germany. Accordingly" says tbs
paper, we must look to both coun,
tries with anxiety. But there is q (
considerable difference in the feelings
with which we consider them. In.
stinctively we fear Germany more
than England, and by tracing the rea'
sons for this sentiment we feel sure
that our instinct is on the right way.
For we feel and believe that England
in the long run would be less dan.
gerous than Germany to our independ.
ence and liberty. If we suppose that
England, in the race following tho
breaking out of war, beats Germany in
being the first of the two to establish
firm footing on the peninsula, we
fo11 f@,. tol hot ~,
land is victorious at sea, she will not
keep any permanent positions in our
country. If, however, England should
violate her policy Of one hundred
years standing in this respect, she
would, according to her traditions and
her home politics, NEEDLE as little
with our internal affairs But if Ger.
many should win the final victory we
Norwegians believe that we would
have a poor show of getting rid o.
Germany again. She would be SO
greatly interested in keeping the keys
to the Baltic against England and Rus.
STA that she would not give UP he7
strongholds on the peninsula. In that
case our fate would be sad one
Even if the character of the German
people in the course Of time is changed
so much that the German government
and the German people Interfere no
more than the English with the gov.
eminent of an occupied country, yc1
the character of the position which
Germany would occupy on the Scand
navian peninsula would make her i'll
terfere more profoundly with the i'll
situations Of the people than England
would. Such an oVeTpopulated ccul
try as Germany, which at all times hi
sent emigrants in large numbers =
the neighboring countries to the east,
the north, and the west, will, if a firm
footing is gained On the peninsula
make this the object of an invasicus
which may result in the esta blishment
of permanent German colonies in Nor
way and Sweden. This would not be
the first invasion of the kind We ell
know that for centuries Bergen and
Stockholm had numerous German and
German-speaking population thougl
the countries were politically indo.
pendent of Germany and that as lala
as the year 1848 there were German.
speaking clans in Copenhagen. Such
German colonies would of course ba
far more serious if the Scandinavian
countries became political dependen,
cies of Germany. Fearing nothing OF
this kind from England, we naturally
look upon Germany with greater ark
iety A nation, as we'll as an inGi-
vidual is eager to preserve it's own
identity and integrity. But as it
would be sad fate to have even
England occupy any part of our ter
ritory, it is our duty to keep our de-
fences in such shape that it will not
nav either Dartv to make an inya.