Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-10
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SCANDINAVIA
News Gathered In the Father.
!. land and Elsewhere.
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" Everyone is aware of the danger OF
Russian aggression, says Stockholm
correspondent, and all are agreed
that Sweden must do something to
put her defenses in shape. Hjalmar
Branting, in a speech in Christiania
recently, expressed the willingness of
the Social Democrats to offer their
cooperation. However, owing to the
manner in which the Conservatives of
Sweden during the last election, with
Sven Hedin as their foremost cham
pion, represented the matter and de-
scribed the Liberal government as
being friendly to Russia and faithless
to the motherland, because it did its
best to maintain a strict neutral pol
Icy and wished to solve the question
of defense without panic, other coun-
tries have wondered If the new GOV
eminent shares Hedin's plans. Sven
Hedin wants a coalition with Ger
many, and a rupture with Russia is
certain to follow. The Russian ma.
tionalist press assures the country
that Sweden already-has entered into
an alliance with Germany and has
bound itself in the event of Rus
sian-G German conflict to send troops to
Finland. The economic conditions
between Sweden and Russia, which
had improved steadily for several
years, already have felt the effect of
this view of the situation. A Rus
sian newspaper has sent correspond.
ent to Sweden to gather information
from we'll known persons. Premier
Hammarskiold and Foreign Minister
Knut Wallenberg took advantage of
the opportunity to disclaim, on behalf
of the government, any cooperation
with Sven Hedin or participation in
his proposals. 'The reports about q
Swedish alliance are FALSE" said Mr..
Wallenberg. Our cabinet, like it's
predecessor, has not deviated, nor
will 1t, from it's old policy of neu-
trality. The dividing line between
the two cabinets consists only in the
technical question of the extension
of the period of military training. We
find that year is required for the
more or less satisfactory development
of the conscript; in other countries
this time is two or three times longer.
The military reforms now in prepare
ton are not exclusively on account
of the fear of Russia, but are called
forth by the necessity of being ready
for all eventualities. What do
think of Hedin's agitation? He is, it
seems, a sentimental person, and the
present leader of the foreign policy
can In no way be responsible for
Hedin's actions. To this l should
like to add and emphasize the follow
ing: We have already lived 100
years in peace with Russia, and it is
our sincere wish that these conditions
may be prolonged still another CEN
fury. Our endeavors are directed to-
ward 'cementing friendship with Rus
STA, a friendship that will bring US
enormous economical advantages"
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The widows and orphans fund of
the state railways Of Sweden has is
sued its statement for 1913 from
which it is CLEANED that at the end
Of that year its resources amounted
to 20,961,077 crowns, gain of L.
529, 1865 crowns during the year. Dur
ing the year it paid 5O3,124 crowns
In pensions. The expense of caring
for the fund and carrying on the
work, 1924 crowns, is remarkably
low, considering the amount of mon
ey handled.
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The exchange of trade between
Sweden and the United States dur
ing 1913 amounted to: Imports from
Sweden to United States $12,295, 4O3,
and exports to Sweden $13,586,596
compared to $10,452,65O and $1O,5O4,-
ISL respectively during 1912. This
shows an increase of about 20 per
cent in the trade between the two
countries, and surely is an indication
that the proposed direct Sweden
American line will have plenty of
business when it starts.
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Tho Western-American states that
Mrs. c. H. Graves, wife of the re-
cent American minister to Sweden,
Colonel c. H. Graves, gave lecture
In Omaha, Neb., and her remarks
about the Swedish women were far
from complimentary. AS the women
in Sweden have a more Independent
standing than in the United States
her remarks have created some dis
gust in the Swedish press"
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