Morris tribune., 1914-02-06

awake from their lethargy regarding
defense problems, pointing out that
period of imminent peril for Norway
is heralded by the constantly in
creasing ornaments in foreign coun-
tries.
| Says a Norwegian correspondent:
An American automobile, which was
recently taken into Iceland, marks a
new era for that country. Not except
| ing the railroads, of which there are
none in Iceland, the American car is
the first seIf-propelled vehicle ever
! seen on the island. Iceland is one
! of the most ancient and highly civil
lied communities in the world, but
on account of the physical aspects of
the country the inhabitants expected
to see an aeroplane before they ever
1 saw a motor car. The island is only
300 miles long and has a breadth OF
| zoo miles, but its coast line indenta-
items are such that the coast meas
ures 900 miles The inhabited low
land is limited and does very well
with water traffic, while the rough
highlands are practically impossible
for wheeled vehicles.
!. /. +
According to the Lutheran (Phil-
adelphia) the prohibitionists of Nor
way are putting forth strenuous eff
forts A commission has been at
work for some time, which is study
ing the whole alcohol question, and
is to report at general convention
Of the whole country. The conyen-
ton will be- held some time this COM
ing fall and the commission will rec
ommend to the storthing that the
question of prohibition be left to a
vote of the country in 1915. Should
the stertbing refuse to grant this
privilege they hope to have law for
prohibition by 1920
+ + ].
Norway has just ended a prosper
Gus year, with her industry progress
ing and her trade still increasing,
The statistics of exports and imports
in 1913 were very good and the har-
vest reached q total value Of % 100000
crowns. No symptoms have been ap
parent of the economic depression OBJ
served in other countries, and it is
believed that the prosperity will las
; | throughout 1914. Norway will cele
brate the centenary of her Liberation
this year with great exhibition al
Christiania, which will illustrate the
principal results of q hundred years
work. 17 e5sa5 i
+ frga I'D ga
Norway's so called "Stats-kalnder
has been completed and contains
eighty pages more than last year,
I view of all the industries of the coun
view of all the industrie sof the coun
: try and complete statistics of ever!
: branch, as well as the population o
the country, etc.
t + II K X 4 + ]. X + 4. + + 4 !. I. 4. !
! !. DENMARK. !
n 4 X !. \ i. i. 4. 4. 4 /. 4. 4 + 4. !. + !
+ Not long ago the Liberals in Den
e mark put through bill restricting
q the sale of intoxicants at bars AM
:. in restaurants and like places. Nov
n the leader of the Liberal party, /. G
b Christensen, intends to follow this VI
: with law enforcing total prohibition
t Of the sale of intoxicants in Denmark
0 AS the Liberals in large measure
t stand for personal liberty this seems
t somewhat strange, but Mr. Christen
) sen says alcohol is poison and thu
state should regulate it's use just a.
it does in the case Of other recOg
nfzed poisons. Judging from tn
strength of the Liberals at presen
= there is little danger that Mr.. Christ
ensen's effort will meet with success
: 4es + Il Il asaf &
Z The lower rates on vegetables fixe'
!, by the new American tariff may caus
4 revolution in the Danish cabbag
I industry. Farmers all over the eouT
! ! try are starting cooperative societie
4 for cabbage raising and = central o.
garization will be formed TO facllftat
expectation of the product to Amel
n lea. It is believed that Danish farm
st. ers will find d gold mine in the il
le dustry. Under the Payne-Aldrich &C
lei the tariff on cabbages was 2 cents
3 head. Under the new act it Is Is pc
N cent ad valorem. @as se
II 4 + +
Is News of the destruction by fire {
the social settlement church, founde
by the Methodist Episcopal church,
Copenhagen, has reached the Net
= odist Board OF Foreign Missionarfe
: in New fork in a recent dispatc
s from the Danish capital The churcl
! with the parsonage and other attacl
q ed buildings, was valued at $4,000
II ss s 4, +. S-sH8 e1}4H
Dagmar theater at Copenhagen
facing serious crisis and may SOC
be closed. The Society for the Pr
A. lection OF the Dramatic Art. whiC
ae has Kept the theater going, has wit
as drawn its support and Johannes Me
ei sen has abandoned It for the Roy
,r. theater, while Adam Poulsen. assis