New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-23

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| WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN sweden
Advocates Encouraged by Progress
Movement Is Making-Norway Look.
ing for Help From Her Sons and
Daughters in America in Case Of
7roubIe-Peopte Of Copenhagen Not
Worried Over Attack by Germans.
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Ellen Key, the renowned Swedish
authoress, says in regard to the prog
ress of the Swedish woman suffrage
movement in Sweden: Swedish
women have been encouraged not only
by the fact of government suffrage
bill last year and another one to come
this year, as the first one was reject
ed by the upper house, but also be-
cause our suffrage movement has ex-
banded to include 210 affiliated asso-
Citations spread all over the country.
Besides, there is an organized oppOsi-
ton, represented by the powerful Con-
sentative party. It proves that the
suffrage movement has grown to a
political power when a leading party
puts an anti-sufrage plank In it's
platform. It is undoubtedly an ad-
vantage to have an open enemy, rather
than sneaking opposition working
in the dark. Furthermore, the other
two political parties, the Liberals and
the SocialistDemocrats, have suffrage
planks in their platforms. and about
two years ago the Mational Suffrage
association declared that it was will
ing to endorse both these parties in so
far as they worked for women's suf
frage That declaration made a great
stir among the members of the asso-
citation. The conservative women,
fearing the Liberals and Socialists
would neglect the question of our ma
tional defenses, which is now, two
years later, brushing aside every other
political question in Sweden, refused
to affiliate with any other political
party than the Conservative one, and
on this account the unity of the ma.
tional association was severely threat
ened. However, peace was restored,
for, after all, suffrage is too great a
question for people to split over for
long. The annual conventions of the
association held since that event, I'M
der the leadership Of our beloved
president, Miss Anna Whitlock, have
been remarkable for the united en-
thusiasm and good will expressed by
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Telegraphing from Stockholm, Swe-
den, the correspondent of the Wash
ington Star says: There is great
anxiety felt in the Swedish capital be-
cause of the efforts Germany is max
ing, as shown by articles in the Ger
man newspapers, to induce Sweden
to abandon it's attitude of neutrality
and take the field as an ally of Ger
many. The object sought is to weak
en- the Russian attack in East Prus.
STA by means of Swedish attack on
Finland" The exigency of seeing
Sweden attack Finland, which was
once her own possession, is, however,
rather far reaching and Swedish read
ers will take but little stock in this
report. Sweden's aims and desires
are wholly of neutral character.
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Individuals and firms have made
efforts to get possession of the silver
coins, evidently considering these
more valuable than currency in times
of war. Their efforts seem to have
been successful. Silver coins are now
very scarce in Stockholm. At the res
taurants the patrons have a hard time
paying, owing to the lack of change,
and the employers have difficulty in
paying their help
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Three coal steamers, loaded to full
| capacity, arrived at Gothenburg the
| other day. About month ago their
arrival would have occasioned no
comment, but since the war began
coal is about the hardest thing to OBJ
tain in Sweden, as the entire coal sup.
ply, with the exception of very low
| grade coal obtained from coal mines
in Sweden, has to be imported chief.
ly from England
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One-kroner bills will shortly be cir.
culated in Sweden, if the application
of Riksbanken is acted upon favor.
ably. Since 1876 the smallest de-
nomination of any Swedish bills has
1 L p