Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
in FAR NORTHLAND
Important Events in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North Sc
ieeted for scandInavlans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN W. oDLAND.

BY MARTIN w. oDLAND.
Sweden.
To build navy strong enough to
cope with the fleets of all other pow
ers in the Baltic sea is the program
Of Russia, according to an article re-
Gently published in the Russian maya
zine. Army and Navy, which is under
the supervision of the Russian gov
eminent. This program is of great in
terest to the people of Sweden who
have watched with alarm the massing
of Russian troops on the Finnish bor-
der and are now wrestling with the
problem o: strengthening the national
defense both by land and sea. A
Stockholm correspondent who seems
to be very well informed and careful
In his statements, says that Sweden's
motive in Strengthening her defense is
not to rival Russia's strength, but pro-
ceeds from the fact that Russia has
so many and such wide interests to
guard that she could only send COM
paratively small part OF her strength
against Sweden. This applies espe-
cially to her land forces, but even the
fleet must be counted on to do duty
in several places. The only duty Of
the Swedish fleet is to protect its own
coast, and, regarding the open coast,
the defense must cooperate with the
army, with the center of gravity in
the latter. What the country is quar-
reling over is regarding the amount
of help the fleet really can give in the
defense of the open coast. According
to military opinion put forth by Sven
Hedin, the country must have war
ships strong enough and swift enough
to push through the GLAND sea and
enter the Baltic gulf in order to him
der an enemy from blocking the way
between GLAND and Seissletam. Other
wise the Baltic gulf will become
Russian inland sea. where the Rus
sian, however, can transport troops"
1t is clear, however, that Russian |
blockade in the GLAND sea could not
be broken up by the two division iron
clads to which even the present Swed- |
ish government limits her demands, |
whether they belong to the one or the |
other OF the types that the country is
fighting about Both the liberals and |
the conservatives believe that ironclad
artillery boats are needed as well as
torpedo boats and submarines. But |
when they drop the open-sea problem,
not yet solved. then the type OF war
ship must be constructed In regard to
its practicability for the archipelago.
This limits the displacement and the
depth of the vessels, which ought not
to be larger than our present warships
If all the passages among the islands
are to be used. With that restriction
the men-of-war ought to be as strong
ly armed as possible.
A dispatch from Stockholm, under |
date of April II, gives the first results
of the riksdag elections. At that time |
the count had been completed in only |
a few cities, the outcome being as fol-
lows: In Stockholm: Right party. 8;
Socialists, g.; Left, Q. Goteborg: So
cialists, 8; Right, 2; Liberal, 2. NAL
mo: Socialists. 2; Right, Z. Blekinge:
Right, 8; Liberal, 2; Socialists, 1. The
collective result is as follows: Social
lists, IL; Right, II; Left, 6. The re-
suit Of the last election in these dis
tricts was: Right, O.; Socialists, 10;
Left, g. This limited result shows a
gain for the Right and loss for the
Liberal party. 1t is doubtful. however,
whether the government will be able
to dominate the riksdag to such an
extent as to be able to put through its
defense program.
The milk dealers of Stockholm have
called meeting for organizing dairy
business which win be Joined by one
thousand farmers, who have about
twenty thousand COWS. II the city de-
cides to put up buildings the new COM
pany will rent them: otherwise new
private buildings will have to be put
up.
The governments Of Sweden and
Denmark have ratified plan to trans
init electric energy from the Lagan
river, In Sweden, to North Sjallapd,
Denmark. The submarine cable is to
run on the bottom of Oresund from
Helsingborg, Sweden. to Marienlyst.
Sjalland.
The national defense commission
has made its report, in which It shows
figures for the budget till 1923, The
report contemplates an annual average
expenditure for the defense Of $1,000
900 crowns.
The pastors Of Sweden have now
designed the three prelates who are
to be considered In the choosing OF
new archbishop for Sweden. The re-
suit Of the voting follows: Bishop
DANIEL OF Skara, first; Bishop Eklund
of Karlstad, second, and Nathan Sod
erblom, professor at the Universities
of Upsala and Berlin, third.
Aage v. Fredrfkson, the Danish spy,
arrested for espionage at Boden. vas
recently convicted and sentenced to
hard labor for two and half years.
The police court Of Stockholm,
which heard the case of Mayor Lind
hagen, arrested for using incendiary
language when he cried, "Hurrah for
the Republicl- February 18th last,
found him guilty and fined him 100
crowns.
The reports from the bedside of
King Gustaf are to the effect that he
% recovering from the operation to
which he submitted. There have been