The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-04-11
Norway.

Norway. c.
According to reports from Christi
ania, Wholesale Withdrawals from the
state church of Norway are threatened
as the result of the failure of the Nor
wegian storthing to countenance q
movement for constitutional amend
ment creating an Independent peoples
church in Norway. In order to impress
upon the storthing the force Of this de-
mand, 1t has been suggested that
church people resort to direct action"
and secede from the state church In q
body. This suggestion Is said to have
met with approval within the church.
1t is believed that this plan of action
will form prominent topic Of discus
sion at the coming district meetings
and at the national convention in
Christiania during the summer.
The creation of an Independent peo-
pies church has been Endorsed at num-
erous district and national meetings.
controversy about theological profess
sors at the University of Christiania.
this demand has been very much in
evidence, and agitation for church
independent Of the state has been car
ried on extensively.
/ have made frequent mention Of
the efforts Of the French Gamers to
restrain the Norwegian Gamers from
using the name "sardines" efforts
which have always met with failure,
as the courts have always sustained
the Norsemen. The following dispatch
from London indicates that the recent
appeal to the English courts on the
part of the French will also meet with
failure:
The close Of the protracted attempts
Of the French Gamers to prevent the
Norwegian Gamers from using the
name 'sardines" on their products In
the foreign market, is foreseen in the
present situation in the English courts
which appears to be altogether favor
able to the Norsemen. A recent wit
ness, Weidemann, of Norway, testi
fed that he sold fish products under
the name sardines before the adoption
of the trade mark law. He also testi'
fed that in 1883 at the fish exposition
in London Norwegian sardines were
awarded the gold medal. -
One of the American yachts
which will sail against Shamrock
Nv, Sir Thomas Lpton's fourth
cup challenger, will be commanded
by Capt. Christen Christensen, q
Norwegian, and the rest Of the
crew will also be largely made up Of
Morse seamen. The first mate will be
John Christensen Of Bergen and the
second mate George Lsberg Of Pors-
grund. Captain Christensen himself
comes from Arendal, Norway, where
he was born. He has spent practically
all his life on board Of yachts and has
the reputation Of being the foremost
authority on the handling OF yachts in
America. At present he is in COM
mand of Cornelius Vanderbilt's yacht
Aurora. In the international races
of 1903 he was first mate under Cap
tain Barr on the Reliance which de-
feated Shamrock III.
Capt. ROAD Amundsen recently an.
nounced at Paris that he expects to
reach San Francisco about the middle
Of next June and will said from that
city for the Arctic July is. His lee
ture tour in Europe continues to be q
grand success, his audiences being oil
the largest, and the cordially of his
reception all that his heart could de-
sire.
According to reports received from
Paris the Morse business men there
have decided not to organize com
mercial club as has been advocated
A club OF this sort exists In London
and many business men believe that
an organization of this nature in Paris
would be of material benefit In the
extension of Norwegian commerce.
1t is reported from IIaugesund thai
the erection Of monument to tbs
memory Of Captain Scott, the English
explorer, at Finse IL being advocated
in that part of Norway. 1t was a
Finse that the British polar explorer
spent much time In training in winter
sports. Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Ihlen has given the proposition his
hearty approval, but recommends thai
funds for the monument be raised By
private subscription, instead OK By an
appropriation by the storthing. as hal
been advocated In some quarters.