Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-12-23
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SCAND|NAV|ANS
News Gathered in the Father.
land and Elsewhere.
ACTIONS Belle THEIR WORDS

European BeIIigerents Profuse in Dec
Iarations OF Friendship for Scandi'
navfan countries-Leprosy Rapidly
Being Eradicated in Norway-Swed.
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While the combatants Of war have
WED with one another in their protes.
tations Of friendliness toward Den.
mark, Norway and Sweden, says the
Scandinavian Review (New York;
their constant attitude of suspicion
toward Scandinavian shipping has
been poor method Of 1nsuring that
cordially which they all desire in re-
turn. For time the mining in the
north Of Sweden was threatened by
an English declaration that iron ore
would be considered a c0ntraband OF
war, but upon protest of the Swedish
government the order was fortunate
ly reconsidered. Then followed an
order from Germany that props"
destined for the English coal pits
would be subject to the rules govern
ing contraband goods. At the height
of the lumber season eleven Swedish
ships were detained at Swinemunde
and searched from top to bottom to
ascertain that no timber suitable for
props was hidden in the cargo of 9TH
er lumber. BY an order from Petro-
grad the entire northern part of the
Baltic, to line drawn south of
Stockholm, is now closed by mines,
and the waters of the Aland islands
and the Cults of Riga and Finland
are especially mentioned as danger.
Gus. England has looked askance at
the increased importation of grain,
coal and petroleum from the United
States and of coal from England. It
| is claimed that Germany obtains sup
plies by re-export from Scandinavian
| harbors. While there is nothing in
the regulations of The Hague conven-
ton to warrant the Interpretation of
| such transit trade as a hostile act
| the Scandinavian countries declare
that, as matter of fact, it does not
| take place. The Danish riksdag, anx-
ious to save the commerce of the
country from such Inconvenience as
it suffered by the stopping of the Pc
troleum steame"s from the United
States and the detention for search of
the passenger steamer Oscar H., has
gone so far as to make re-export of
| goods to belligerent countries a pun
| ishable offense. The newspapers
bring figures to prove that the in
crease of importation from the Unit
ed States does not even balance the
| loss from the practical stoppage of
| shipping in the month Of August and
the cessation of the export of grain,
coal and petroleum from Russia and
| Germany. There has perhaps been
some rush to lay in an extra supply
| of coal, due to the fear that England
may at any moment stop the export,
as Germany has long since done, but
the suspicion that the superior Brit
ish coal finds it's way to Germany is
absolutely groundless. Denmark has
been getting her petroleum from Rus
STA and the raw materials for her fac.
tories from Germany; Norway has
many for grain. and all these things
must now come from America.
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AS result of disagreement over
the proposed new constitution for Ice
land the provincial government of that
island has resigned. The provincial
government declined to submit the
bill for the new constitution to the
king Of Denmark on the ground that
It could not agree with the kings de-
mand that the Danish state council
should have the right to discuss the
affairs Of Iceland The king thereup
on refused to permit the flying of the
special 1celandic flag until the differ
ences were settled. The resignation
of the provincial government has beer
presented to the king, who will con
fer with various 1celandic politicians
and endeavor to reach an agreement
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The peace conference summoned by
the Socialist societies OF the Scandi
navian countries, which was to have
opened in Copenhagen Dec. 6, ha:
been postponed until January. The
official explanation is that the Ameri
can delegates were unable to reach
Denmark in time for the earlier date
Several Danish papers doubt whether
the conference will be held, as there
kave been protests that the holding
of the gathering might develop mat
tiers not consistent with Denmark!
attitude of strict neutrality.
Edward D. Winslow, American con
sui in Copenhagen, and Mrs. Wins
low entertained at a Thanksgivin!
dinner about two hundred American
!, who are in Copenhagen awaiting trans
portation to the United States
!. Speeches were made praising Presi
dent Wilson and the state department
for the assistance they have render
9 ed Americans stranded in Euror
during the war.
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