Morris tribune., 1914-04-24

\ X !. X 4. j. Il 4 X X X Z + = 4 + =
!. NORWAY. X
i. !. i. X i. 4 + !. i. i. !. !. i. !. X !. \
Official announcement was made in
Christiania of the postponement for
year of Captain ROAD Amundsen's
expedition to the North polar regions.
The Fran has been recalled to Chris
tiania and explorers are inclined to
believe that the plans for the expedi-
ton will never be carried out, be-
cause of the apparent impossibility of
raising the extra 100000 needed.
Since Peary reached the North pole
and Amundsen the South pole public
interest in polar explorations appears
to have cooled off considerably. Cap
tain Amundsen is bitterly disappoint-
ed at the delay, as he had made care
full arrangements for the expedition.
He will ask the Norwegian storthing,
in view of the extraordinary predica-
ment of the expedition, to make a
grant of the necessary money to keep
it alive, but owing to the heavy state
budget tsis doubtful whether he can
procure the appropriation. If his ap-
peal to the government fails the cap
tain declared the expedition will be
given up Inability of the Fran to
complete the trip around Cape Horn
in time to leave San Francisco July 1
really is responsible for the postpone
ment. The slow progress of the Fran
made this early start impossible, so
Captain Amundsen considered that
good judgment dictates a years post
ponement The Fran has therefore
been ordered back to Norway, where
she will be thoroughly overhauled.
i. i. +
Newspaper dispatches state that
Harvard T. Askeland of Minneapolis,
who went to Norway last December
to be private secretary to the new
American minister, Albert Schmede-
man of Madison Wis, found he had
no position when he arrived in Chris
tiania. Dispatches further state that
Schmedeman has refused to put Aske-
land on the payroll, though there is
a difference of opinion regarding the
motive for this act. One report is
that Schmedeman employed Askeland
while he was of the opinion that the
United States government paid the
salary of private secretary, confusing
private secretary" with the "secre-
tary of the legation" that when he
reached Christiania he found there
was no fund to pay private secre
tary and he decided he could not af
ford to pay private secretary out
of his own salary. Friends close to
Askeland declare that Schmedeman
made the deal with Askeland with full
knowledge that the minister would
have to pay his private secretary;
that Schmedeman cannot speak Nor
wegian and thought he would need a
private secretary that could speak the
language; that he found when he ar
rived in Christiania that nearly every
body with whom he had official deal
ings spoke English and that he would
not need Norwegian speaking secre-
tary.
A staunch defender of the old the
ology was Rev. Ole o. Barman OF
Aaselund, Norway. He died recently
at the age of ninety-seven years. BY
teaching and other work he succeeded
in finishing his studies at the age Of
thirty-three years. He continued the
work of teaching until 1851, when he
was appointed pastor in sunnelven.
He retired from the active ministry in
1890, but took a warm interest In
modern thought to his end.
4 + 4
The national debt of Norway June
80, 1913, was 362,743,499 crowns Zone
crown being about 27 cents). This
makes about $40 for every inhabitant.
In Sweden the national debt amounts
to about $29, in Denmark about $34
per inhabitant The main reason why
Norway has a larger per capita debt
is due chiefly to the fact that she has
built long railways through mountain
Gus districts.
i. !. !.
Norway is divided into six dioceses,
each presided over by bishop Fifty
years ago the Christiania diocese was
divided, forming new one known
as the Hamar diocese. This was the
last one formed and is the smallest.
+ X i. j. X X \ j. X X j. i. 4 \ j. + !
! DENMARK. j,
i. i + !. 4. 4. 4 + 4 \. !. 4 !. 4 + i. !.
American visitors to Denmark next
summer may have an opportunity Of
seeing the most distinguished rulers
OF Europe. King George of England
and President Poincare of France are
expected there this summer to return
the visits which the Danish royal
family will pay to their respective
0fvsa ~.