Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-22

The storthing has granted an an
nuity of 5000 crownsto Roald Amund-
sen. This sum equals $3.50, and !.
would be sufficient to maintain the
explorer in comfort the rest of his
days, IL he were content to settle down
to a life of leisure and had no other
income.
The women Of Norway will soon be-
come, to a greater degree than ever,
the envy of the suffragettes of the
world. A bill has been introduced
into the Storthing by the committee
on the constitution extending still
further the rights of the women OF
Norway-giving to woman, in fact,
every right now granted to man by
the laws of the land. AS the radical
majority in the Storthing favors this
bill, its enactment into law may be re-
garded as certainty.
The following dispatch from Chris
tiania will be read with general inter
est by both Norwegians and Swedes
Of America
IAN agreement has been reached be-
tween Norway and Sweden in regard
to the frontier question along the
northern border of the two countries,
where the reindeer herds of the Swe-
dish Lapps have been making annual
incursions into Norway, to the provo
cation of the Norwegian landowners.
The essential point of the dispute
was the question as to what extent IL
was necessary to allow this immigra-
ton into Norwegian territory in order
to keep the Swedish reindeer herds
alive, the immigration being regarded
by Norway as nuisance. The Karl
stad convention of 1905 took up the
question. which had remained unset
tied for centuries, and since that year
the authorities of both countries have
been continually occupied with the
matter. The governments eventually
agreed to have the question partly
solved by the international arbitration
court, established In 1909.
Special committees studied all sides
of the question and amassed an inn
mense amount Of material, but 1t
seemed that the proceedings before
the court would never be concluded.
and in September Of last year the
Swedish and Norwegian foreign min
listers met at Gothenburg to discuss
the possibility of arriving at friendly
agreement without further recourse
to arbitration AS a result of these
"pourparlers" direct negotiations were
started between the two governments.
with the proyiso that recourse should
be had to arbitation II the negotia-
tions failed.
Morse importers have entered pro-
test against the practice of certain
American firms of granting exclusive
agencies for the sale of their COM
modities In Norway to wholesalers at
Copenhagen or Hamburg. The Morse
importers maintain that II is not fair
to them, in ordering American made
automobiles, cottonseed meal and oil,
and other merchandise, to be referred
to Copenhagen or Hamburg houses.
They can see no valid reason why they
cannot deal direct with the American
firms, II their responsibility can be es-
tablished.
Prof. Carl Johann Sverdrup Mar
strander has been chosen professor
OF the ancient Celtic language at the
University of Christiania. and will en-
ter upon his duties in the near future.
He is one of the greatest authorities
on the subject he Is to teach In the
world, and has for number OF years
been professor OF the Celtic languages
at the University of Dublin.
Norway does not occupy foremost
place in aviation. for Of the 2,490 GER
titled aviators In the world only four
are credited to Norway.