New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-23
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That the mother country is look
ing to hes sons and daughters Of
America for aid during these siren
uous war times is evident from the
following item: Last week a cable
gram signed Committee" was sent
from Christiania to the publishers of
DEBORAH Posten, calling upon the sons
of Norway in America to be ready
T. help the mother country in the
!.resent crisis and promising to send
further information as to what was
wanted by mail. It develops that the
cablegram in question was the result
of great mass meeting of Norwe-
gian-Americans, addressed by such
men as DR.. H. G. Stub, DR.. T. H.
Dahl, Rev. N. B. Tvedth and others.
A resolution was adopted calling up
on orwegian-Americans to be ready
with aid for Norway in case Of
economic Distress help of mill
tary nature not being contemplated.
In view of the shutting down of fac
tories, which has thrown thousands
out of employment, and on account
of the high prices of foodstuffs it is
altogether likely that Norwegian
Americans will have to extend aid to
their brothers in Norway if distress
and famine are to be prevented.
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A Norwegian woman, Multa Marie
Kjos, was recently arrested in Swe-
den as a spy. It has been learned
that her home is in St. Petersburg.
At the time of her arrest she had in
her possession 200 charts or maps of
Notifications, mostly of those in Nor
way. She had sojourned for some
time in Christiania and was taking
lessons in the Norwegian language
and literature. She also took very
active part in Norwegian sports, such
as skiing and riding. In the latter
sport she took lessons from Lieuten-
ant Kildahl. Miss Kjos had been quite
intimate with the young cadets and
had taken a great interest in all their
military drills.
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Those who are interested in the ex.
port of fish and fish products were
asked by the government whether it
be advisable to prohibit the exporta-
ton of such goods in view of the war.
The answer was of such a nature as
to surprise the whole world. OF dried
fish there Is enough to supply the
markets of Spain and Italy for
whole year, or to be more exact, about
16O,OOO,000 pounds. The government
has no more dry fish questions to ask,
says Norwegian writer in Chris
tiania.
The prices on potatoes have gone
sky high all over Norway and city
people are worried how to provide
such Q luxury for their tables as the
humble but palatable spud. All food
products are going higher right along
and there is no telling where itSWill
end. A milling firm in Bergen, how
ever, commenced to take advantage Of
the war situation too early and was
compelled to pay fine of 10000
crowns to the government.
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The Norwegian mission station at
Tsfili, China, has fourteen missionaries
and native helpers. For some time
funds have been solicited in Norway
for the Tsfili station. A hospital is
to be built, a printing house is to be
started, several residences for the
missionaries are to be erected and
the work of the mission is to be en-
larged.
The attendance at the exposition in
Christiania has been excellent in spite
of the war. The daily attendance
has been on an average about 5000
people a day and this is considered
a splendid record. Every Sun
day in August more than $4,000 per-
sons attended the big exposition.
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Thirty-five Norwegian steamers
were in port at St. Petersburg and
Kronstadt when the European war
broke out. A Russian convoy is to
accompany them to the high seas and
allow them free sailing.
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| The people of Copenhagen are not
worried over any attack from the
Germans. Major General Nieuwenhus
states that Copenhagen's fortifica-
tons are far more powerful than
| those at Liege and furthermore there
is no reason at present for believing
that Denmark's neutrality will in any
way become involved.
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A Copenhagen dispatch states that
during a debate in the Swedish riks.
dag on the defense question the lead.
ers of all parties declared themselves
satisfied with the neutrality policy of
the government. The sense of the