The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-01-16
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: The Young Socialists as they ar;
called, are. pretty often the occasion
OF criticism as well as parties to MI.
merous cases in the Swedish courts
owing to their opposition to the pres.
ent authorities and the social system
OF the day. Recently two named K
Svensson and M. Plaumen were haled
before the court for distributing copies
of the pamphlet, Refuse Enlist tc
members of the Stockholm guards.
Their trial was to take place before
the court at Stockholm and they chose
the noted Socialist, Hinke Bergegren,
as their counsel The court, however.
refused to let him serve as he him
self had recently served a sentence
for similar offense. The case was
adjourned until the matter of a coun.
sci could be arranged. The Socialists
are doing everything in their power
to discourage war and with this end
in view are trying to break up the
military drill among young men bV
getting them to refuse to enlist for
this service. This the government
holds to be criminal, as it will weaken
the defense of the country in the case
of war;
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A strike similar to that of the trans.
port workers in London last summer
is now threatened by the municipal
workers of Stockholm, it was learned
IN a recent dispatch from Stockholm.
The difficulty is over a matter of
wages. Thus far the mems demands
have been refused. Determined that
any agreements made shall be be-
tween their executive council and the
board and, not with the individual
Workingmen, as under the present sys-
tenn, the men have enlisted the sym
pathies of the digging and factory
workers, the largest labor federation
in Sweden, which has decided to call
general strike if the board persist;
in its refusal to grant the demands.
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The people of Sweden recently sub
scribed $4,500,000 for a new type OF
7,O0O-ton battleship, the building Of
which has begun. Now there has just
been finished another private sub
scription of more than 100000 as
gift to the nation for the foundation
of Swedish aerial fleet That the
patriotic sentiment of the nation has
improved is shown by this unparal-
leled private generosity in contribute
ing to the country's Defense
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A somewhat singular occurrence is
the fact that on Oct two women
were enrolled as students in the Uni
versity of Lund. They are the first
women students who have enrolled in
the theological department of Lund
university.
The Swedish-American Republican
league of Illinois sent a large delega-
ton to St. Paul to represent it at the
INAUGURATION of Governor A. O. Eber-
hart. The party included some of the
most prominent citizens in the state.
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The auditorium of the University
of Copenhagen has been the scene of
a tpmult which has attracted the at
tention of all the Scandinavian coun-
tries George Brandes, the great lit.
erary critic, is a Danish Jew. A few
years ago he was appointed to a chair
in the university, and those who were
opposed to the man and his work
kept rather quiet for some time But
large numbers of conservatives are
still opposed to the man on the ground
that his extremely liberal views are
Injurious to the morals OF the young
people of the country. DR.. Simonson.
another university professor, an
nounced that he would lecture on the
bad feature of the work of Brandes in
the university. But so many fanaticaI
friends of Brandes met in the audi
forum and kept up such pande-
monium that DR.. Simonson never
CFCu SOt oil OppOl Iul4lLy W speak. Il
is evident from the foregoing that the
great Danish" critic has hosts of
friends in Copenhagen, although he
has so many enemies. The same
thing apparently prevails throughout
Denmark and no matter what his
maligners may have to say about it,
George Brandes will nevertheless be
recognized by historians as the great
est literary critic that Denmark ever
produced.
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Nine. Koch, wife of a wealthy man
ufacturer, went in her night attire to
the police station and informed the
police that her husband had been
murdered by burglars while sleeping
by her side. After breaking into the
house the burglars, she said, cut her
husbands throat with razor and at
tempted to strangle her, afterward es-
Gaping with $3.50. The narrative
the suspicion of the police
and the woman was arrested. She
appeared before magistrate and to
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