Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-21
IN FAR NORThLAND
important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great klnodoms o. the North Sc
lected for Scandlnavians and
Thei- Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. ODLANO.

By MARTIN w. OOIANO.
Sweden.
/ special correspondent writes from
Helsingfors, the principal city Of Swed-
ish Finland, that the people of that I'M
fortunate province have been greatly
aroused by fresh example of the ar
bitrafy methods which find favor
with the Russian authorities. A work
ing mems soire was to have been held
at Kuopio, but 1t was forbidden by
the police as the program and speeches
had not been previously censored.
Right Of meeting is secured in Fin
land by the fundamental laws, and the
action OF the police was distinct
violation Of these laws. The police !
further reQuisitioned Russian military |
to dispense those who had come to |
take part In the meeting.
The people went away quietly, but |
as the soldiers left the place Of meet
ing, the bystanders began to applaud.
whereupon the soldiers, acting upon
instructions, drove them away with
the butt ends Of their rifles. Fortu-
nately those who were thus assaulted
had the good sense not to offer any
resistance, 80 that serious develop
ments were prevented. But such In
cidents strengthen the general belief
that Governor General Seyn and his
associates are only waiting for an op-
portunity to represent the situation
in Finland as so dangerous that mar
tial law is necessary to maintain or
der.
Last month the acting burgomaster
Of Viborg and one Of his councillors
were condemned by the st. Petersburg
court to five months imprisonment
and loss of right to occupy any state
or communal position for three years.
on the ground OF resistance to the
equality law. There are at present no
fewer than Is Finnish judges and off,
Gals in the st. Petersburg prison. and
within short time there will be many
more.
The bitter feeling in the country 10
growing, and sorrow and trouble In
private families also. Their bradwin-
ners are taken away by force, and
when they leave prison they are for
} hidden to earn livelihood in the pro-
LESSONS they have chosen. The Rus
slams thought that such punishments
would terrify the Finnish officials but
they are having exactly the opposite
? effect. They nerve Finnish officials
not to finch in their resistance to
tlletality and violence.
a Three more judges belonging to the
I supreme court of Viborg have beer
arrested and taken to st Peters
burg, and similar measures are con
a templated in the case Of the Helsings
!. tors city council.
che military court Of Sweden hal
Q sentenced Captain Sagen. the Norwe
J. 4 CLAN army ofacer, to three months i'm
prisonment. The trial was conducted
behind closed DOORS and the OUTSIDE
= world knows but little a. to what tool
= place; but Sagen's defense-that tn
notes he had taken were Of no mate
rial Importance. and contained n
Information other than what could b
y obtained in Swedish newspapers-di
not weigh heavily with the judges. Tn
evidence tended to prove that Sage
, had been trying to obtain informatio
= which might be dangerous to the coul
= !. try's safety. although II was nc
~ proven that he intended to dispose {
this information to . foreign power.
- The Industrial week." arranged
=, the Industrial association Of Swedel
Brismen Of the commercial high scho
Of Stockholm predicted In an addre'
- delivered during the week. that E
~ rope is on the eve of an industri
decline, and urged caution upon Il
Swedish people, although he did n
think the effect of the decline wou
W be so marked In the Scandinavia
=. north as elsewhere In Europe.
"s
The mountain gray army unifor
has now been used by the soldiers
eA Sweden long enough to enable the &C
~ eminent to pass judgment upon
~ merits. Experience has shown th
this uniform is vastly inferior to t
80, blue, formerly used. In point Of dul
y. bility, but Is more handsome when NJ
,as and makes = poorer mark for the {
10Y envy to shoot 1T. It 10 altogether lii
" that the gray uniform will be p
-. manently adopted.
AS0
A There are 1876 students at the u
wv versity Of Lund this semester. Nine
nine of them are studying theolo
49,. I31 law. 167 medicine. and 71S belo
nv to the philosophical faculties. !
-. university Of Upsala has 2.41s &
~ dents, OF whom 1s9 are women.
-.,f Baron Cederstrom. the we'll kno
I'M Swedish aviator. will not, aftor all.
az company Road Amundsen on the
ter's north pole expedition. The ba
had entered into an agreement v
a., the Morse explorer to take charge