The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-15
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
interesting ltems From the Three
Great kIngdoms Of the North Sc
Iected for scandInavlans and
TheIr Descendants.
BY MARTIN W. oDLANp.
sweden.


offer suggestions helpful to the gov
eminent in reducing the number OF
emigrants. His report is now ready
and is a monumental work Of 1000
pages and 234 tables of statistics.
| Professor Sundberg finds that 1t Is I'M
| possible to recommend a universal
| anti-emigration remedy, but suggests
that the most effective way to reduce
| or stop emigration Is to enhance the
| Industrial conditions of the people. He
| says that Sweden waited 20 years too
| long before building railroads and 80
years too long before granting gen.
eral suffrage. In special chapter he
discusses the proposition Of Swedish
| such an alliance. on the ground that
| poses and declares strongly against
! 1t. He holds that Sweden stands to
lose more than 1t can possibly gain by
| such an alliance, on the ground that
Norway is in greater danger Of for
| eign invasion than Sweden and cannot
possibly Offset this by any help 1t can
give Sweden, in case of war between
Sweden and foreign power.
The Scandinavian Manifestations
mission" which was appointed by the
| governments of Sweden, Norway and
| Denmark, to draw up law governing
marriage, family life and divorce, to
be submitted to the parliament OF each
! country, has completed it's labors. All
members of the commission signed the
report, having reached a full agree
ment as TO the provisions of the pro-
posed act. 1t is recommended, among
/ other things that damages be al
lowed in each country for breach Of
promise; that the legal age for mar
riage on the part Of men be twenty
one years and on the part of women
! eighteen years; that persons afflicted
with insanity be prohibited from mar.
riage; that a person suffering from
venereal disease be prevented from
| marrying, unless the other party be
Informed. The last recommendation
Is the most drastic in the proposed
law and, IL enacted. will be the first
law of the kind adopted by any ma
ton. In the case of divorce, it is rec.
commended that no decree shall be
granted inside of year from the be-
ginning of the action.
The sequel to the trial and condem.
nation by a small district court at
st. Petersburg Of the entire Finnish
supreme court of Viborg, which took
place last winter, has come with dra
m a IL anddannaGa
patch to the American daily papers.
In execution of the sentence. Six
teen members OF the supreme court
were arrested, most of them while In
bed. and unceremoniously bundled
away to the railway station to catch
an early train for ST. Petersburg.
The Russian authorities. not content
with imprisoning them, intend to de
prive all Of them Of their positions and
to replace them with creatures of their
own. hoping by these measures to get
the administration at Viborg more and
more into their own hands and to ter.
rorize the Finlanders into complete
submission.
Shortly after King Gustafs sudden
attack Of illness, while visiting Count
Thott In Skaane, it was noised about
that he was suffering from cancer in
an advanced stage. This report Is
emphatically denied by one of his ply
sicians, who says that his majesty
shows no symptoms of the dread dis
ease. 1t is conceded by all of the
kings medical attendants, however,
that he is seriously sick and that he
must for some time to come refrain
from all participation in the affairs of
the government The kings proposed
hunting expedition to the estate of
the Danish count, Friis, has been de-
clared off.
1t is reported from Stockholm that
Norwegian officer Captain Sagen,
has been arrested as a spy on the
maneuver grounds OF Swedish army
corps. He declares that he acted on
his own initiative In taking observa.
lions of the maneuvers of the Swedish
troops The arrest has caused much
attention in military circles.
II was evident, judging by the latest
reports received in America from
Stockholm, that Captain Sagen. the
Norwegian soldier, arrested On the
charge of spying, will have to serve
term In prison.
Will the Swedish gendarmes sue
coed in establishing law and order In
Persia? That 10 one of the problems
interesting all Europe and Asia at the
present time. The luckless government
Of that country has failed miserably In
It's efforts tc accomplish that result.
and students of conditions in Persia
ear that the Swedish gendarmes can
iot succeed. II Is conceded by all.
however. that they are putting forth
worthy efforts. and that II success
we're possible under the prevailing
conditions It would be se.aieved by
hese gendames.