New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-25
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAvIANS.
News Gathered in the Father
land and Elsewhere.
CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING

Depression in Scandinavian Countries
Caused by European War Not SO
Serious az at First-American Writer
FavorabIy Impressed With Demo-
cratic Institutions Of Norway-Work
OF Danish Author Is Dramatized by
American Playwright.
!. 4 !. \ J. !. !. !. i. !. i. :. !. !. i. J.
= SWEDEN. ;.
!. !. ]. J. !. J. !. !. !. !. i J. ]. !. + ).
The Scandinavian American Review
in its last issue says: Isolated from
all but one another and America, the
three Scandinavian countries are
working out their own destinies and
problems OF reimbursement slowly and
soberly, with deep sense of graft
tude, as week after week passes with
out bringing the dangers of war near
er. The first effect of the war was
one of paralysis. The pleasure seek
ers who used to throng the exhibitions
of Malmo and Christiania were drift
ing about in the streets to learn the
news of battle. Gay Copenhagen"
with one-half OF its street lights ex-
tinguished and the honk of automo-
biles silenced, with the suburbs trans
formed by trenches and military
camps. was spectre, in itself. All
tourists left as quickly as the limited
transportation facilities would allow
and the cities became crowded with
refugees instead. People whipped
themselves into panic and the run
on the banks and on food and coal
depots had to be dealt with by sum-
mary legislation. The sudden cessa.
ton of trade with the warning coun-
tries has thrown thousands out of
work by closing all export offices and
foreign agencies. The Injunction
against the expectation of foodstuffs,
which was considered a necessary
measure in all three countries, will
work hardship on the Danish farm
er for time The industries of Swe-
den and Norway have not yet sufi1-
GENTLY utilized their white coal' to
be independent of foreign countries
and the uncertainty in the coal supply
is source of great anxiety to all
three countries. Even shipping par
took for while of the general paraly-
sis, and floating mines have been a
terror to the mariners. From these
difficulties, however the drawer
spirits of the three countries have
tried to wrest every possible advan-
tage. 1t is pointed out that the prod
ucts of Scandinavia, such as paper,
wood pulp, fish, canned goods and
agricultural products, are needed even
in war times, while iron and cement
will assuredly be required to build up
what is being destroyed in the war.
The factories are making heavy sacri.
fees to retain their workmen and the
problem of the unemployed seems not
SO threatening as at first was feared
The ships that have been cut off from
the Baltic and North seas are being
utilized in traffic with America. and it
Is announced that thesprojected Swed-
ish-American line will soon become a
reality. Even Iceland has sent a
steamer, chartered by the government,
to bury grain in New York. The Berg
en- railroad in Norway has suddenly
assumed international Importance as
the chief mail route of Europe, COM
municating with America, England,
TILL
many. Southern Europe and Asia. A
large transit trade is being built up
by Norway along the same route and
the government, in order to facilitate
the extension of shipping, has assum-
ed so per cent of the insurance on the
sea-
Until the government built it's large
plant at Trollhattan all the. hydro
electric plants in Sweden were owned
as private enterprises. The govern
ment has two other large plants un-
der construction at Daleff and Porjus,
in Lapland, which as soon as COM
pleted will furnish power for the state
railways in Northern Sweden. The
waterfalls of Sweden are estimated to-
contain 100000 horsepower. About
Is per cent is utilized at present.
!. 4 !!
+ Arvid Paulson has adapted into
English Gustaf Geijerstam's dramatiza.
ton of Hans Christian Andersens
"Store Claus och Lille Claus This
adaptation will be read on the Pa.
cific coast by Lillian Quinn Stark.
known for her interpretations of
.Strindberg's plays.
!. !. :.
The year book of the Swedish His
torical society for 1911-13 has been
published and contains numerous ar
ticles in Swedish and English, as we'll
as list of valuable accessions to the
library of the society.
!. !. !:
once well known opera singer
Maria Strandberg- Sorhling. died the