New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-12-30
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Newspaper reports state that Christ.
mas visitors from the Northwest to
Sweden and Norway win be very light
this year Dangers incident to war
conditions and trouble met by neu-
trail! vessels In passing north of Scot
land and almost impossible passage
through the English channel will, &C.
cording to agents, reduce the Christ
mas tourists to . minimum this sea-
sDn.. For g number of years it has,
been, the, custom In the Northwest for
several hundred former citizens Of
Scandinavia to return to their native
land for holiday festivities. Usually
the, travel begins early In November
and as early as Thanksgiving day
from I.500 to 2,008 tourists are. on.
their way. The sale of tickets since.
August has been practically at stand.
still. not more than 500 persons hav.
Ing left during the three and half
months OF the conflict. Because the
neutral country vessels have had
light booking, although they have
been the safest for passage, thereby
obtaining large percentage of the
passenger traffic, agents declare that
the business has been the lightest in.
many years.
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The London Daily Mails Copen.
hagen correspondent says in recent
dispatch that Germany has demanded
that the Swedish government sup.
press unfriendly utterances against.
Germany in Swedish newspapers and,
has threatened reprisals in the event
of noncompliance. Germany's decla.
ration making wood contraband of.
war has caused q tremendous revul-
sion Of feeling in Sweden and Norway,
and agitation for an understanding
with Russia. Sweden's loss by reason
OF this declaration, as estimated by
the correspondent, will amount to
$15,O00,000 a year. THE temper of,
the Swedes," says the correspondent,
lis such that they are discussing
whether or not it would be advisable
to send cargoes of wood to England
through the Kattegat and Skager-Rak
under escort of Swedish warships and;
defy the Germans to attack them. It.
is contended Sweden, Norway and
Russia could form a profitable COM
nlercial agreement which would be.
greatly to the advantage Of themselves
and the allies and to the disadvantage.
of the Germans
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Stockholm papers favor the pro-.
posal to donate the Nobel peace prize
to the Belgian refugees. The news
papers say this would be in accord
ance with the ideas of DR.. Nobel, and:
that the money would thus be devoted
to thoroughly neutral object.
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King Gustaf recently notified the
American minister to Sweden, Ira Mel
son Morris, that he has signed the.
peace treaty recently agreed to be-
tween the United States and Sweden.
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The Swedish steamer Fridland,
which sailed from New York Oct. g.
for Copenhagen and arrived at Kirk
wall, Scotland, Nov. 10, has been
taken into Shields, Eng, as prize.
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Count Carl Axel Wachtmeister.
Swedish diplomatic agent and consul
general at Cairo, Egypt, returned to
his post short time ago after en-
joying visit to Stockholm.
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The Socialist members of the Nor
wegfan storthing have proposed that
this years Nobel prize be given to
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Socialist.
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An effort is being made by the
United States government IN ascortoin