Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-12-09

several hunQreQ former c1t1zeuS Oh
Scandinavia to return to their native
land for holiday festivities. Usually
the travel begins early in November
and as early as Thanksgiving day,
from 1900 to 1000 tourists are on
their way. The sale of tickets since
August has been practically at stand
still; not more than 500 persons haV.
ing left during the three and half
months of the conflict. Because the
neutral country vessels have had
light booking, although they have
been the safest for passage, thereby
obtaining large percentage of the
passenger traffic, agents declare that
the business has been the nghtest in
many years.
The London Daily Mails Copen-
hagen correspondent says in a recent
dispatch that Germany has demanded
that the Swedish government sup
press unfriendly utterances against
Germany in Swedish newspapers and
has threatened reprisals in the event
of noncompliance. Germany's decla-
ration making wood contraband of
war has caused a tremendous revul-
sion of feeling in Sweden and Norway
and agitation for an understanding
with Russia Sweden's loss by reason
of this declaration, as estimated by
the correspondent, will amount to
Sit, 100000 a year. 1.-The temper of
the Swedes," says the correspondent,
lis such that they are discussing
whether or not it would be advisable
to send cargoes of wood to England
through the Kattegat and Skager-Rak
under escort of Swedish warships and
defy the Germans to attack them. 1t
is contended Sweden, Norway and
Russia could form a profitable COM
nlercial agreement which would be
greatly to the advantage of themselves
and the allies and to the disadvantage
OF the Germans"
Stockholm papers favor the pro-
posal to donate the Nobel peace prize
to the Belgian refugees. The news
papers say this would be in accord
ance with the ideas of DR.. Nobel, and
that the money would thus be devoted
to thoroughly neutral object.
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King Gustaf recently notified the
American minister to Sweden, Ira Mel
son Morris, that he has signed the
peace treaty recently agreed to be-
tween the United States and Sweden.
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The Swedish steamer Fridland,
which sailed from New York Oct. %
for Copenhagen and arrived at Kirk
wall, Scotland, Nov. 10, has been
taken into Shields, Eng, as prize.
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Count Carl Axel Wachtmeister.
Swedish diplomatic agent and consul
general at Cairo, Egypt, returned to
his post short time ago after en-
joying q visit to Stockholm.
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The Socialist members of the Nor
| wegian storthing have proposed that
| this years Nobel prize be given to
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Socialist.
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An effort is being made by the
United States government to ascertain
officially who is responsible for the
placing of mines in the North sea.
This is one result of representations
made to the state department by the
governments of Denmark, Holland.
Sweden and Norway that their mari
| time commerce with the United
States has been paralyzed by the
placing of mines outside of territorial
waters in violation of The Hague
treaties. The United States was ask
ed to join with these governments in
an effort to have the warning Euro
pean powers abate this danger to
| navigation. Whether it will do so is
| under consideration, but meantime the
| inquiry is being made to determine
| the responsibility for the mine laying
| and to what government any repre-
| sensations on the subject should be
addressed.
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Peter Hansen-Spandet, a Danish
| American farmer, has, according to thu
Chicago Daily News correspondent in
l'Copenhagen, arrived in that city after
being imprisoned seventeen days in
Schleswig. Hansen-Spandet is resi-
dent of Iowa and citizen of the Unit
ed States. He attempted to return to
| America at the beginning of Novem-
Der after a visit to his parents at
CRANKY, on the Schleswig-Denmark
frontier, but was stopped by German
soldiers and in spite of his documents
as an American citizen was arrested,
taken to Flensberg and shut up in q
military prison without any examine
ton. Finally he was liberated without
| apology.
The Danish steamer Mary of Esb-
jerg was sunk by a mine in the North
| sea. Her crew of fourteen took to
two boats, one of which was picked
up by the steamer Juno and landed at
Grimsby, Eng, on the night of Dec.
, l, according to London dispa tches.
The other boat, containing the Mary's
chief officer and six men, is missing.
MARION S. NORELJUS.
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