The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-01-31
important Events in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms of the North Sc
Iected for scandInavians and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. opLANp.
Sweden.


consul at Goteborg, gives an excellent
aeco1nt OF the new Swedish Ameri
can steamship line, which is TO do for
Sweden what the newly established
Norwegian-American lines does for
Norway. The promoters OF the new
line" says Consul Jenkins, have now
applied for a charter. the capital to
be not less than $2.144,00O, nor more
, than $10,720,000. The head Offices will
be at Goteborg. W. r. Lundgren, the
moving spirit in the enterprise. is the
director OF several Swedish steamship
lines. The promoters announce that
they expect to raise $1,600,000 in
Sweden, 100000 among Swedish
Americans in the United States, and
hope to obtain 100000 from the Swed-
ssh government as loan out OF the
fund for promotion OF the Swedish
merchant marine. II is planned TO put
in service two first-class steamers be-
tween Goteborg and Boston. beginning
early in 1915, and in the course OF a
short time two more will be added.
II Is expected that at first there will
be only two steamers each way month
iy. but later there will be weekly sail
ings. The steamers will be OF $4,000
tons displacement and will have a
speed of 1875 knots an hour. The pro
motors intend to enter into competi-
ton with. other transatlantic lines for
the passenger and freight business be-
tween Sweden and the United States.
They also expect TO get share OF the
business originating in Finland and
northern Russia. The company will
also expect TO carry the Swedish mail"
The real reasons for the divorce
between Prince William Of Sweden
and Princess Marie Pavlovna are at
last coming to light. according TO a
Stockholm dispatch. II appears that
the princess has been telling Russian
politicians certain Swedish military
secrets.
Princess Marie has always been at
loggcrheads with nearly every member
OF the Swedish royal family. whose
tastes and ideas are opposed to her
own. The Bernadottes are by no
means wealthy: they are fond Of the
simple life and their ways are demo
cratic. we'll suited to a democratic
country like Sweden. The princess, on
the other hand, has the imperious tenn
permanent of the Romanoffs. combined
with extravagant tastes and love OF
amusement
The somewhat middle class tastes OF
he Swedish court are mainly due to
the kings mother, Queen Sophie OF
Nassau, who hates court functions.
Her four sons inherit her liklngs. The
eldest, King -Gustavus, is mainly occu-
pied with science and sport. The Sec
ond son, Oscar. abandoned his royal
rank to marry girl, with whom he
lives contentedly in Stockholm. Prince
Eugene. the third son. has remained
bachelor, and devotes himself almost
entirely to painting; while the young
est, Prince Carl, married Princess In
geborg OF Denmark. lady whose
tastes are as simple as his own.
Sven Hedin's latest war suspicion Is
that Norway and Russia, both OF which
he regards as enemies OF Sweden. lwiil
form an alliance against his country
Norway has in former times attacked
Sweden in the back, asserted Doctor
Hedin. and there is no guarantee that
she may not do so gain. 1t should
occasion no surprise" said the speak
er. III an allied Norwegian brigade
were thrown into Jemtland at the
same instant as Russian attack Is
directed against the coasts OF sweden.
There are Norsemen who are not alto
gether unfamiliar with the idea OF re-
conuuering Jemtland, Herjedalen and
Bohuslen." AS an instance OF this |
Doctor Hedin cited the case OF an OIL
Ger who few years ago illustrated
his lectures with a map. where the
three Swedish provinces were includ-
ed in the Greater Norway. In ex-
change for Finmarken and Narvik-
that is. ice-free harbors on the Allan
tic-Russia would have but little OBJ
lection to such a DEAL" asserted the i
speaker.
The agricultural department OF the
bureau OF investigation has come out i
with a statement that Norwegian salt
meter In by far the best fertilizer for
grass, vegetables and potatoes, and
deplores the fact that the high tarin
of this saltpeter. 10 per cent ad va
loren, makes its importation and use
almost impossible. The experiments
Of the department have been carried
on for nine years and have been quite
thorough.
@. Bpllinder and wife are going to
South America for the purpose OF
making archaeological investigations
n Columbia and Venezuela. They ex-
psct 10 meet with native tribes about
whom very little has been learned in
the past
The committee on organization OF
the Olympiad, held at Stockholm In
1919, has recently published an inter
estiHg work setting forth the results
of the great international contest. The
work contains over thousand pages
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