Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-06-11
NORWAY.

When Georg Brandes came to Chi
cago he said: Il have been in your
country three days and l never before
saw so many beautiful women in so
short space of time, and am
seventy-three. They have not only
beauty but self.confdence and an in.
dependent spirit. The protection you
give them Is wonderful" With regard
to American authors he said: Poe
is the greatest American poet, al.
though little mad; next to Poe Is
Thomas Paine, the hereto; perhaps !
may like him because l am hereto
also; regard Jack London as the
greatest contemporary author. Next
to him might classify Upton Sinclair
and Frank Norris as distinctively
American. Emerson is the greatest
American thinker All Danes have a
warm spot in their hearts for Long.
fellow, who understood Scandinavian
literature better than any American
and whose translation of the Danish
national hymn is wonderful" On the
other hand, the American press said
about Brandes: "Georg Brandes, as
critic, Is the successor of Sainte
Beauve, Scherer and Tame in France,
of Leasing, Goethe and Schlegel In
Germany. And perhaps he is more
catholic in his survey and more cor
rect in his appreciations than any Of
them. AS critic he has the advantage
of coming from a small country, Dem
mark. To a creator like Ibsen that
was disadvantage, though Ibsen
overcame II. But to critic such
origin is advantageous, inasmuch as
Brandes does not have to overcome a
national bias, which in the case of
great country and culture such as Ger
many and France, must be consider
able. Brandes naturally found re-
freshment from the provincial litera-
ture of his own land in the literar
lures Of the great lands of Europe,
France, Germany and England. Georg
Brandes is at home In the salons of
Paris, In the universities of Germany,
in the choicest circles of London. He
is seventy-two years of age, and by
crossing the Atlantic to lecture in va
rious cities of America he confers an
honor upon u.s."
The question of Norwegian emigra-
ton to Canada has been brought into
prominence by the trial of libel suit
against the editors of the Aftenpost.
brought by the agent of the Canadian
Pacific railway. The plaintiff was
David Jacobsen, who was until recent
ly the Norwegian consul at Montreal
He returned to Norway to take charge
of the railways immigration agency.
While In Canada Mr.. Jacobsen sent
reports to his government denouncing
the alluring promises held out by the
Canadian authorities for attracting
immigrants. He reported that the
railways gave the most difficult work
to Norwegian laborers and that these
were inadequately paid and not well
protected legally. On a trip home Mr.
Jacobsen gave lectures in which he
expressed the same views. The libel
suit was based on an article which
criticized the former consul, compar-
ing his work as agent to promote
emigration to Canada with his consul
lar utterances upon the subject, The
verdict was in favor of the newspaper
Reverend Molstad. who had been In
Norway since January making prepa-
rations for the tour made by the
Luther college brass band of DEBORAH,
Iowa, said a short while before the
arrival OF the band In Norway: Il
was almost at the point Of giving up
the entire undertaking as feared I
could not get suitable steamer with
which to go around the coast. We
are to spend 20 days on the coast
visiting as many cities. besides sew
eral smaller places in Romsdalsfjord,
Sognefjord and Hardangerfjord. In
Trondhjemsfjord we are also going up
to Steenkjar and Levanger, as well as
Stiklestad. and all this cannot be done
without having a suitable steamer.
Just as | was on the point of despair,
/ succeeded in getting the Aafjord,
steamer big enough to accommodate
rs of our members. saw her and
she Is exactly what we need. so now
everything looks splendid for our sue
cess"
DR.. Anders Doe and Mrs. Cecilis
Corner of Chicago were appointed. by
Governor Dunno to represent Illinois
at the Norway centennial exposition
at Christiania.
The Norwegian steamship Atlantic,
which left Galveston May II for Tam
pico with SO passengers, was grounded
100 miles north of Tampico. All the
passengers were taken of by the
United States battleship Connecticut.
Two powerful wrecking tugs were or
dered from Mobile to the steamers
assistance. Most of the Atlantic's pas
sengers were foreigners. The Allan
tic is q 734-ton steamship, Captain
Jensen. plying between gulf ports.
Notwithstanding the Atlantic was
pounding heavily the, crew refused to
leave the vessel.
EtNI AMI