New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-22
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| DENIED BY FOREIGN MINISTER
Reports Of Swedish Alliance With
Germany or Any Other Country.
Norwegian Invents Device That AS
sures Secrecy of Wireless TeIegra-
| phy-"Swat-the-Fly" Exhibition Civ.
en- at Copenhagen.
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Knute Wallenberg, foreign minister
| of Sweden, disclaims on behalf of the
government any reports of Swedish
| alliance with Germany or any other
nation, for which reports Sven Hedin
is at least partly responsible. "Our
cabinet" said Mr.. Wallenberg, like
it's predecessor, has not deviated, nor
| will it, from it's old policy of neutral
ity. The dividing line between the
two cabinets consists only in the tech
nical 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 preparation
are not exclusively on account of the
fear of Russia, but are called forth
by the necessity Of being ready for
| all eventualities. consider Hedin
a sentimental person, and the pres
ent 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 following: We
have already lived 100 years in peace
with Russia, and it is our sincere wish
that these conditions may be prolong-
! ed still another century. Our endeav-
| Ors are directed toward cementing
| friendship with Russia, friendship
that will bring us enormous economi-
| cal advantages" Mr. Hedin also re-
pudiates the report and declares he
| always speaks with enthusiasm of
Russia, the Russian literature, Rus
| sian art, Russian friendliness, and her
| great hospitality. Il do not say that
| Russia has any evil intentions against
| u.s." said Hedin. Il only state Rus
| sia has been looking to the north, pre-
| pairing her way, should it be neces-
sary, through Sweden to the sea, and
see in this striving an inevitable
danger" Sven Hedin's, statement that
Russia, in order to attain her national
aim, must press forward to the sea
and that only as Swedish pa
triot he must fight against this en-
deavor, has called forth sharp re-
! joinders from different quarters. How
ever, everyone is aware of the danger
from Russia which threatens the Scan
! dinavian peninsula, and all are agreed
that they must put their defenses in
| order for future protection
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A society of Swedish composers
was formed the other day in the
Swedish capital. The charter mem
bers of the organization are Hugo
Alfven, Kurt Atterberg, Nathaniel
Berg, Ruben Liljefors. Oscar Lind
berg, True Ragstrom and Wilhelm
Stenhammar. Conspicuous by their
absence were Andreas Hallen, Otto
Sjogren, Ole Morales, Sven and Felix
Koerling, Alfred Berg, Otto Olsen,
| Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and others
quite as prominent. The object of the
society will be to further common
practical and artistic interests, with
out regard to individual difference of
schools or style.
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During the month Of June the Yep.
pelin airships Hansa and Sachsen
maintained a regular service between
Germany and Sweden, their point Of
destination being the Baltic exhibit
ton at Malmo. The Hansa sails from
Hamburg and the Sachsen from Leip.
zig. After q short stay in Malmo the
ships return via Copenhagen. On
June % balloon competition in the
style of the James Gordon Bennett
race Will start from the exhibition
grounds.
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A new transmission for automo.
5iles has been invented by Engineer
:. A. Peterson of Stockholm. He calls
The transmission "centrali," and
'laims that it excels all other trans
missions in every way, being both
powerful and noiseless: About fifty
patents protect the invention in all
countries of the world Manufacture
on large scale will be started im-
mediately.
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The. enormous decrease in the CON
sumption of alcoholic liquors during
the last few years is best shown nv
the report of the control system. In
1912 the available supply Of alcoholic
LIQUORS was 6.8 liter per inhabitant
while in 1875 the available supply