Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-17
ALL SCANDINAVIA
IS HARD HIT BY WAR
Norway and Sweden Feel Ef-
fects Of War as Badly as
the Warning Countries
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Stockholm, Oct 21.-(By mail to New
York. )-Industrial conditions through.
out Scandinavia are deplorable as a re-
suit Of the European war.
In a sense, they are perhaps worse
than in the countries actually engaged
in fighting for in them there is at least
employment on the battle fields.
There is hardly an industry which
has not been paralyzed by the conflict,
and the country is filled with the in
voluntarily idle. The winter seems
certain to be a terrible one.
Earlier in the war there was unques.
tionably considerable trading in contra.
band, with Germany, but this has been
practically, If not quite stopped by the
severity Of the British blockade. In
deed, there is little shipping Of any sort,
owing to the dangers Of North sea navi-
CATION.
Both in Sweden and Norway and
especially in Denmark there is also the
grayiest anxiety lest the scandinavian
countries be drawn into the war This
danger is probably not great in the
case Of Sweden and Norway, but Den
mark, adjoining Germany as it does,
undoubtedly would be gravely i'm
periled If situation should arise call.
ing for control Of the kaiser Of the
straits connecting the Baltic and North
seas The Germans might also deem a
strip of Swedish and perhaps even Of
the Norwegian coast essential to their
purposes In such an event, but there Is
small likelihood Of any such general in.
vasion Of either country as has occurred
in Belgium's case and may occur in
those Of Holland and Denmark
Sympathies Divided.
Swedish and Norwegian sympathies
are mixed in the pending struggle.
Both countries are pro-English, but
Norway, to some extent, and Sweden
very much, fears Russia, Great Britain S
ally.
Some Scandinavian incline to the
view that the danger Of Russian aggres.
sion in the north would be lessened IL
the ear should secure the warm water
port Of Constantinople. Others, how.
ever, point out that a Mediterranean
outlet would not he the same thing, by
any means, as one on the open ocean,
and that even the possession Of Con
stantinople would make no differences
Of the Slavs anxiety for a port, or
may be all the ports on the western
coast Of the Scandinavian peninsula,
an ambition which naturally could only
be fulfilled by acquisition like those
Of the eastern coast Of all the interven'
ing territory.
Besides, II has been suggested, even
though the Turks should lose Constan'
tinople, the other allies may not permit
Russia to take II,
Denmark, Of course, above all fears
Germany and hopes unqualifiedly for an
Anglo Franco. Russian victory.
{ must not be supposed, however, that
open expression is given to these par
tisan views Not only are the Scandi'
navian governments serupulous in their
observation Of neutrality but the peo-
Pile, as individuals, are generally so
conscious Of the dangers their countries
would incur by taking sides in the
pending struggle that the war is hardly
even talked about publicly, and the
newspapers continue TO confine them
selves to the strictly official accounts
Of developments, with practically not q
word Of editorial comment