The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-05-09
important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
intervening Items From che Thrss
orsat Kingdoms Of the North g.
leetsd for soandInavlans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN W. opLAND.


Sweden.
To build a navy strong enough to
cope with the fleets of all other pow
ers in the Baltic sea Is the program
of Russia, according to an article re-
Gently published in the Russian maya
zine. Army and Navy. which is under
the supervision of the Russian gov
eminent. This program is of great in
terest to the people Of Sweden. who
have watched with alarm the massing
Of Russian troops on the Finnish bor-
der and are now wrestling with the
problem of strengthening the national
defense both by land and sea. A
Stockholm correspondent, who seems
to be very well informed and careful
in his statements, says that Sweden's
motive In strengthening her defense Ia
not to rival Russia's strength, but pro-
ceeds from the fact that Russia has
80 many and such wide interests to
guard that she could only send a COM
paratively small part Of her strength
against Sweden. This applies espe-
cially to her land forces, but even the
fleet must be counted on to do duty
in several places. The only duty OF
the Swedish feet Is to protect its own
coast. and, regarding the open coast
the defense must cooperate with the
army, with the center of gravity In
the latter. What the country Is quar-
reling over Is regarding the amount
of help the fleet really can give In the
defense of the open coast. According
TO military opinion put forth by Sven
Hedin, the country must have war
ships strong enough and swift enough
to push through the GLAND sea and
enter the Baltic gulf In order to him
der an enemy from blocking the way
between GLAND and Seissletam. Other
wise the Baltic gulf will become a
Russian inland sea. where the Rus
sian. however. can transport troops"
1t Is clear, however. that Russian
blockade in the GLAND sea could not
be broken up by the two division iron
clads to which even the present Swed-
ish government limits her demands,
whether they belong to the one OF the
other of the types that the country Is
fighting about. Both the liberals and
the conservatives believe that ironclad
artillery boats are needed as well as
torpedo boats and submarines. But
when they drop the open-sea problem,
not yet solved, then the type of war
ship must be constructed in regard to
It's practicability for the archipelago.
This limits the displacement and the
depth of the vessels, which ought not
to be larger than our present warships
II all the passages among the islands
are to be used. With that restriction
the men-of-war ought to be as strong
ly armed as possible.
A dispatch from Stockholm. under
date of April IL, gives the first results
Of the riksdag elections. At that time
the count had been completed in only
a few cities, the outcome being as fol-
lows: In Stockholm Right party, 8;
Socialists, 6: Left. 2. Goteborg: So
cialists, 3; Right, q: Liberal, 2. NAL
mo: Socialists, Q; Right, 7. Blekinge:
Right, 3; Liberal, q: Socialists. l. The
collective result is as follows: Social
lists, ~; Right, IL; Left, 6. The re-
suit of the last election In these dis
tricts was: Right, @; Socialists, 10;
Left, s. This limited result shows a
gain for the Right and loss for the
Liberal party. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether the government will be able
to dominate the riksdag to such an
extent as to be able to put through Its
defense program.
The milk dealers Of Stockholm have
called q meeting for organizing dairy
business which will be Joined by one
thousand farmers, who have about
twenty thousand cows. II the city de-
cides to put up buildings the new COM
pany will rent them; otherwise new
private buildings will have to be put
up.
The governments of Sweden and
Denmark have ratified a plan to trans
NIT electric energy from the Lagan
river. in Sweden. to North Sjalland.
Denmark. The submarine cable Is to
run on the bottom Of Oresund from
Helsingborg. Sweden. to Marienlyst
Sjalland.
The national defense commission
has made its report, In which It shows
figures for the budget TIL 1923. The
report contemplates an annual average
expenditure for the defense Of $1,000
900 crowns.
The pastors Of Sweden have now
designed the three prelates who are
to be considered In the choosing Of a
new archbishop for Sweden. The re-
suit Of the voting follows: Bishop
napau NJ Qror~ flrat. piuhou ULyupA