Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-08-05

~ great anger and violent attitude Of
a Norwegian harbor police official be-
cause an English yacht had anchored
in a certain location in the harbor.
A prominent Norwegian gentleman
and myself were guests of an Amer
lean gentleman and his wife aboard
the vessel. My sole connection with
the affair was that insisted that an
American invalid lady on board should
not be frightened by the conduct OF
the official, who Unexpectedly climb
ed aboard while the lady's husband,
who had chartered the vessel, had
gone ashore. There was no physical
clash between myself and the official
and the INSCRIPTIONS public OK parte
statements as to improper language
having been used by me are absolute
ly false. l was informed by the cap
tain of the vessel that he was perfect
y WILING oL OIL kAuAC6 " COHp1y "1tA
the harbor regulations. However, my
official position prevents me from CIV
ing the facts or expressing my opin-
ion regarding the conduct of the Off
cial. l have declined to deny or COM
ment upon the statements appearing
In Christiania papers and feel con-
fident that the Norwegian authorities
will take proper cogni1ance of the
offense to myself and Others"
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The question of permitting Nor
wegian Lutheran ministers from
America to preach in the churches of
Norway was recently discussed by
Minister of Church Bryggesaa, who
said in part: in recent times the
church department is continually be-
ing asked to permit ministers not be.
longing to the state church clergy to
use the churches for services. Under
those circumstances l found that the
most reasonable arrangement would
be tc change the fundamental rules
for the use of the churches. We are
at present occupied with this problem
in our department and the intention
Is that ministers belonging to the
larger church associations in America
shall be put on an equal footing with
the Norwegian ministers as to the
right of using the churches for serv-
ices. It is not easy to tell when the
new rules will be completed. The de-
partment cannot settle the matter I'M
til the theological faculty and the
bishops of the country have been
heard, and that takes some time.
This question can be settled by a
royal decree. But there is another
question which must be disposed of
in another way, namely, a chance for
| Norwegian-American ministers to hold
Offices in the state church of Norway,
| or, In other words, the right for other
than Norwegian citizens to hold cleri-
cal offices. In my opinion this ques-
ton cannot be settled except by an
amendment to the constitution. But
| the question deserves consideration
and the department is paying atten-
ton to it."
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| The visit of Governor Hanna of
North Dakota to Norway gave some
fine advertising to the entire North.
west, in the opinion of General A. l.
Berg of the North Dakota national
guard, who has just returned from
Norway. AT the banquet given on
the night of July 4, when Governor
Hanna sat at the right hand of the
king of Norway, the governor gave
the people of Norway splendid i'm
preston of the Northwest. He paint
ed for them the success of Norwegian
immigrants and pictured the part
they were playing in the upbuilding
of the vast region"
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Norwegian government officials are
now taking a wholly different view Of
the Panama exposition to be held al
San Francisco next summer and the
chances are that steps will be taken
to have Norway well represented. Al
| lISL IL dppcdIcu LudI 1NOl way "dS us
posed to look with Indifference on the
San Francisco fair, thinking that II
was altogether too far away, but since
the country learned that it would re
ceive the cooperation of Norwegian
Americans sentiment has changed II
favor of giving Norway the best ex
hibit possible.
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A plague has broken out among th'
fish in Haerring ford, Denmark, tn
eel especially being affected. Thou
sands of dead eel lie along the shore|
and the catching Of eel has beef
stopped. That something allied thi
fish became apparent last year. 1
film was found on the eyes Of SOM
and they could be caught by tn
hand. This year red spots also be
gan appearing on the fish and thel
followed the thousands Of dead alon
the shore. What caused the plagu
y mystery.
MARION S. NORELIUS.