The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-03-28
IN FAR. NORTHLAND'
important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From. the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North O..
lsctsd for SeandInavIans and
Their Descendants.
By MARTIN W. oDLAko.


Norway.
According to press reports. Capt.
Raold Amundsen continues to be re-
ceived with great cordially and In
terest on his European lecture tours.
Recently he gave his lecture In the biz
Concert hall in Vienna. and was. &C.
cording to reports, received with long
continued demonstrations by the audi
ence.
Amundsen Is again reported to have
expressed his doubts as to the ad-
vantage Of equiIping his North pole
expedition with wireless outfit. HIS
opinion is that constant communica-
ton with civilization will tend to
weaken the "resolution Of his party
in the long and arduous journey to
the pole. He also maintains that the
probable technical benefits Of such
an equipment will not be proportional
to the difficulties entailed in It's trans
portation.
Amundsen has repeatedly expressed
his great admiration for his rival in
polar exploration, the Inflated Captain
Scott, and he is of the opinion that the
expedition failed as result OF indulg-
ing in the dangerous experiment or
trying to do without dogs. That the
expedition nevertheless succeeded in
reaching the pole, Amundsen considers
q great achievement.
A Christiania dispatch says that the
Women's Red Cross society has under
the leadership of it's president, Louise
Keilhau. undertaken to supply the
Norwegian army with individual dress
ing-cases for the soldiers, containing
bandages and disinfectants. The oc-
)casion for this undertaking was the
experience OF Servia In the late Bal
kan war, where 1t was demonstrated
that thousands Of wounded could be
saved by the timely prevention OF
fever and infection. 1t was shown
that each soldier should be supplied
with an individual dressing case.
At the present time the Norwegian
army is short 10000 individual dress
ing cases, and the Red Cross women
have now undertaken to supply these.
The Red Cross society has also
formulated plan for the training OF
women to take practical charge Of the
rescue work In case OF war. six
weeks course in such work has been
started, and 80 women are attending
IT, These will later conduct similar
instruction work throughout the coun-
try.
charge of the assembling Of the Mime
sofa exhibit at the exposition in Chris
tiania, will sail with the exhibit April
8. Along with the exhibit he will take
ZOO copies of book which he has
prepared, giving a history OF the
achievements of the Norwegians In
Minnesota. These volumes will be
placed in public and private libraries
in Norway. Senator Knute Nelson
contributed chapter to this book en-
titled Viking expeditions Of the
nineteenth century" in which he de-
scribes the coming to America Of the
famous "sloop party" In 1924, and pays
glowing tribute to the memory OF
King Person, whom he calls the
modern Gange Rolf. The Minnesota
exhibit will contain $500 photographs
showing points of interest in Mime
sofa associated with Norwegians and
will also include models of Norwegian
TIE IL, tata
A Christiania correspondent writes
that four Norwegian army officers are
spending a leave of absence In Bel
grade for the purpose of studying the
battles OF the recent Balkan wars.
The four men are Colonel Angel. who
few years ago made a lecture tour
through America: Doctor Gran, Lieu
tenant Colonel Abidgaard and Captain
Holstad
A letter received In Christiania from
the party brings the curious informa-
ton that while they are reading in
the Norwegian papers they have re-
ceived OF mild and slushy weather in
Christiania, they have had in Bel
grade three weeks of severely cold
weather. The snow Is three feet deep
and is ideal for skiing. The huge
snowfall and the cold weather have
prevented the Norwegian officers from
making their trips of investigation as
planned.
The directors of the Ole Bull fund
have decided to grant a stipend Of
1900 crowns to Chaplain Heide and
another OF 500 crowns to Lieutenant
Gomnes.
Love letters written by Henrik ID
sen in his youth are the cause OF an
interesting law suit pending In the
courts of Bergen. The great poet ad-
dressed them to young lady of Ber-
gen. who carelessly placed them In
the hands of friend Heirs Of this
friend, into whose possession the am
orous epistlesAhave now come,- made
plans to publish them. but the woman
to whom the letters were addressed,
Who IN stfll alive In seeking to prevent