The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-03-28

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Sweden
Another important change In tho,
tense political situation In Sweden.
Instead of one election to be held In
the fall. az announced last week.,
there will be two. the nrst coming.
within q month, the second In Septem-l
ber The FIRST is q special election
the king having dissolved the 1gsdag
and ordered new one chosen by the
people. This special election viii be-
one of the most exciting for many
year. more exciting, perhaps. than
the regular election In September. The
issue In this election will be the do,
Tense question, of course, and the Lead
ers on the one side will be King Gus
tai and the Hammcrsktold cabinet.
now in power. and on the other side
former Premier Staaf and his ministe-
nal associates. The king u counting
ON the help Of = goodly number Of
liberals in addition TO conservatives.
while the Staaf side expect the almost
solid backing Of the liberals and the
social democrats or socialists. The
principal bone OF contention In the
defense controversy has been the Pc
nod of enforced military service and
the assembling of the $4,000 peasants
before the king's palace was princi-
pally for the purpose of making clear
the fact that they are willing TO bear
the burden which heightened period
OF service entails. A secondary Issue
In the special election will be the con-
stitutional controversy growing out or
the kings declaration to the $4,000
peasants In favor Of more aggressive
military policy without having previ-
ously consulted his ministers. The
socialists are beginning to demand
form OF government for
Sweden, but this will cut little ngure
at present.
Reference was made some weeks
ago to the contention that immortality
is on the increase In Sweden. Re-
Gently a Joint resolution was intro
duced into both branches Of the rigs
dag calling upon the government to
deal with public manifestations OF i'm
morality as with disobedience to law
and authority. At the same time 1t
is urged that the government institute
censorship OF the theater. There
was such censorship In Sweden prior
to 1872, but II was repealed ON the
theory that the presentation Of indie
cent scenes would be prevented by
other effective means. These expecta-
tons have not been realized. however,
and hence the restoration Of govern
ment censorship of the theater 10 rec
commended.
There Is trouble in the ranks OF
the Salvation Army at Stockholm.
A number OF its members wished TO
raise q fund for the erection of a
home for the aged, but the adoption
of any sort OF resolution by members
OF the army is strictly against the
rules, and as a result their soldiers
were expelled by order of Commander
Ogreim. One of these has served In
the army over thirty years and his
expulsion seemed to his brother sol
diers a poor reward for his fidelity.
When some OF them went to see the
commander, they we're denied an audi
ence. which added fuel to the flames
of discord and discomfort According
to latest. reports a public meeting OF
protest was expected.
G. Muller, mechanic In Stock
holm. has invented machine for
in wall. The usual way ia to cut or
the old mortar with Ratchet, which
Is very slow work. BY means Of the
new machine one man can clean over
5000 bricks in a day. or at least FIVE
times as much as a man can clean
with q Ratchet
J. P. Igel. a Liberal member of the
rigsdag from Kalmar Ian, made a po-
litical speech to his constituents at
Fordinge. At the close of his speech
he proposed a vote of confidence in
the Staaff cabinet. which had just re-
signed. But the $50 persons present
treated him to a disagreeable surprise
by turning down his motion by
unanimous vote.
It Is a common charge against those
who took part In the antimilitary
demonstration Of the Socialists In
Stockholm that they were repeaters.
BY actual count the number was found
to be almost 10000. AS one brave
man left the ranks he made the re-
mark: Il can stand this no longer.
for have made four trips now"
Denmark. ,
J. c. Christensen. former premier OF
Denmark, has written an article for a
Copenhagen paper in which he dis
cusses the future status Of Iceland,
closing as follows: II favor the Ice