Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29


mark. Norway ana S"edeh' ictualeu IVY d
desire TO protect their
prooon+;onor,, neutrality, have ordered
= o'ion"Ay ,,r+i,, modification In
Meocurec :,
tnis connection lne iiite'-
ested governments are reported as calling
in as A precautionary measure, the Swed-
och opa n,,iSb r.sor,es ros,,lins In the
go ~
Dominion OF Canada ana elsewhere.
a review Of Scandinavian history at TINS
moment will prove interesting The Danes
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We AZ ~ -, -.
in Norman incursiohs. IN the TENN cen
| fury they established a Kingdom and sub
| iugated Norway and a part of England
| The union of Calmar I397) united under
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'.'e s''',.e Sop'e' ''.s an
states. but Sweden, tired OF the uespotlsm
of Copenhagen, declared her independence
unaer t;us,av wasa ,152Sl
| ,r,e ,,;,. IT,, - +,<, ho,,so of olaa,-
ut -. my Va - L.,,ori,i VII
| ~ ssc9 ~, -. ,a, cnnsfdar,,,.-
| isb ,pon,rcb,. ,a,.scar,- 10 tho ,,..ss,-,,, =
ton of peace, signed 4 treaty at London
! May 8. 1907. by the terms OF winch the
| aiven to Primo christian al Srhlasyyir
| Holstein-I onderburg- iltcksburg and to
| the male descendant OF his union with the
Princess Louise of Hesse Cassell. niece of
In ,sa- I,.Ir,.,.li oi p -" N, ,,o,,tr.,
nevertheless the British attacked and
bombarded Copenhagen and in 1914
sisiiea me peace oil hlei' by winch Nor
70 sweden In 1s,s ,t,a n 49, 81 q. 'f
Schleswig- Holstein caused armed conflict
| between Denmark and Prussia, and the
| treaty OF London. 1882, which had placed
| Df. lf fi.a
ers. was violated by Bismarck in 1854.
f1olstelh-Scnleswig and Lauenburg were
taken from Denmark after a war in which
| i1eiiflark dlSpiayed the greatest courage.
| ming chrlstlan IN, who assembled the
throne IN 1858. died January 30, 1906, and
WIS VI. succeeded 10y his son Frederik VIII.
Inc military and marine forces of
| denmark are numerically small. but
the material Is good. The military
! school at Copenhagen may be cited as
indicating the value of the Danish
army IL was there the Danish lieu
| tenant ana the russian field marshal.
count Won Moltke, was educated and
| developed a genius for war.
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| Sweden r,d.r l.,,s.
| 49,, zoo "9 ioipi'"
| tooh rank among the I'M
portant nations OF Eu-
Asnandepov rome. The battle Of PAL.
| tow. l17oa, o,,,-,,,, c..
| of Swaden >i'o'' Nio'eu %"
| aeh pefiou OF brilliant
| history. Charles XIII having no heir
| fered the crown TO Marshal Rerna-
dotte Prince of po,ta cor,.o III
| ~ w. VIM
| dScehoeo the throne IN 1913 uhuer
the title of Charles-Jean XIV. After
| the fall of Napoleon. Sweden. supported
h.. pus..io 49,. &c., ,,.1,;<,h
| yras dsta|bed rro,,, 'i,o,,,,,rIL w 10
traatv of l. al Eine, rn.,aI, s,nco.dad
| "a . n ,a "ustA'
| ~ ene IN piis Al !'G'. 49,.
~ e"eu i.ia AZ -
| o.. au 81" r .',e
| gu VI as 80 ~ $3.50, w ~
an .u; 20 anu $3.50, mUv .h -
uua.ltes w. iHsotseu mhel lhe an en-
ply is !atioii ciaieu Ioch-
out " Iron louh"iS WIZ heis huiiipei
! fere to bring about arbitration and, in
fact, it was the appeal of the women
| INA. .huuceu mig ruS 'aH 70 i i. ieie
| dnc,ded 70 Ill off III. strii,e
| King Gustav addressed 10000 peas
ants who had assembled at Stockholm
IN fepruary. 1914 TO demand IN the
@ an ~.
deemed Insufficient to defend her neu-
| trality Th. king declared that not
withstanding the opposition of the diet
| the problem of defense was one which
| should be solved without loss of time
on that point he was determined not to
WELD" The kings cabinet took UNI
| bragg at his declaration and went so
| far as to deny the king had any
| authority to make observations to the
public without first informing the
! ca binet
| The radicals triumphed in the general
| elections of 1911, and the question of
national defense was inscribed on their
| program. In 1912 committees were
| formed to issue appeals TO the people
to subscribe funds with which to con-
struct an armored ship. Four million
dollars were subscribed and the ship
| is to be completed In 1918. Another
committee collected 100000. which
| were employed to purchase aeroplanes
for the army and the navy.
* i;
| T., ,h, ;to,, s,,,.,.,;r,, moo.
| " - me- va ~" S"i7" "oi''ei .iSai"
| manifested their interest by circulat-
ing vast petition signed
| pro+a.+ &c by 300 O00 women de-
| 1io1es' VI ai a.. ,,.i -,
Women 'A' '
pahds' sons ana brothers
| should not be Incorporated in the army
| in the field unless they had first been
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