Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
FOREIGN NEWS

cNhANNh oil dSAlaNtOh lOI SfdNtNiut
hibition In Denmark. Not long ago
the liberal party successfully fathered
a bill which enforces important re-
strictions on the sale of liquor in bars,
restaurants and similar places, and
the liberal leader evidently intends TO |
follow this up with a law enforcing 1
total prohibition OF the sale Of intoxi- /
eants In Denmark
During the past few years the Dan |
ish people have become more and more
abstemious in their habits, and as the |
younger generation is especially tenn !
perate, the agitation for prohibition is
not based on any growing insobriety
on the part of the people of the coun- /
try.
In explaining why the liberal party, /
which stands out for large measure
OF personal liberty, should be backing
such a bill, Mr.. Christensen says alco-
hol is a poison and that the state
should forbid and regulate its use Just
as It does in the case of other recog-
nized poisons.
Until the last temperance legislation
went into effect Denmark had depend.
ed upon education to fight the evils of
intemperance, and this IS the first
time the advocates of the prohibition
movement have sought government
regulation Of the liquor traffic.
1t is believed that the people will
acquiesce in the proposed legislation
In spite Of the alleged attack on per-
sonal liberty, which they feel must be
IA rpifad he 80 fIn
ity. Some OF the leading liberal pa
pers have protested strongly against
the bill, one pointing out that person
is not educated by making him inca
paole OF managing his own affairs. but
by letting him live his life in the larg-
est possible liberty under the respon-
sib!lity OF himself and the community.
The opposition papers attack the
minister's new policy, and insinuate
that It is for the purpose Of catching
votes.
BY departing for Upernvik, Green
land, TO wed an Eskimo named Gem
nifty, Miss Ellen Groth. pretty Danish
girl, will set precedent by being the
first known white woman to wed an
Eskimo. On the other hand, several
white men have, married Eskimo wo-
men, and Just recently the Arctic ex-
plorer, DR.. Frenchen, took an Eskimo
woman 20 wife. The Eskimo women
are said to be very pretty.
On leaving for Greenland, Miss Gro,h
was given an enthusiastic farewell by
her friends and on board ship her
arms were filed with flowers. The
Eskimo bridegroom is a local mission
AIRY.
Hearing that Andrew Carnegie had
te.egraphed to Copenhagen from Ber-
gen for hotel accommodating. the city
became Carnegie mad, and when his
nephew, George Lauder Carnegie, turn
cd up instead Of the steel king. he re-
Ceiyed a reception at the railway sta
'lcu which caused him to fee in dis
may.
From the day that the Copenhagen
papers announced that the philanthro-
pist was coming to openhagen, the
American legation was overcrowded
with people seeking introductions to
the laird OF Skibo. Many OF them
were possessed with a sincere desire
10 make the acquaintance of the library
donor, but most Of them had schemes
fer aiding him in his philanthropiC
plans. Many women came to the
American minister with most extra.
ordinary devices which they wanted
him TO assist them in selling 10 Car
negie One wanted him to buy what
she said was a lock of Abraham Lin.
coins hair. and another wanted to sell
the ironmaster a portrait Of John
Kelly at Saratoga. People came from
as far as Norway and Sweden TO in
terest Carnegie in charitable institu
tons IN their countries.
When the train arrived the station
was crowded with newspaper men and
townspeop!e out to greet the Napoleon
Of charity, but no one appeared. Some
one In the crowd heard a quiet young
man tell hotel porter that he haC
engaged rooms az the hotel In The
name Of Carnegie. The shout went up
Here he is" and before George Lau
der Carnegie could gain the shelter o.
the hotel omnibus he was almos
mobbed. Disappointed of the greater
celebrity the people had to conten
themselves with the lesser, and, dur
ing his stay in Copenhagen, younI
Carnegie learned that being the nephew
OF a famous uncle entails some disad
vantages.
Denmark used TO be famous for III
lobster fisheries, but lately the tast.
shellfsh has grown so scarce that
has become very costly, so much s.
that the market here has been success
fully invaded by American cannes
lobster.
After a long conference OF scientii
experts and practical fishermen It ha
been decided TO adopt the America
methods OF Matching Holsters. and IN
work will be taken up all over Der
mark under government auspices. Tn
state will make a large contribute
to the project.
The Danish papers are issuing war;