Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-18
SENTIMENT IN
SWEDEN CHANGES
TO |MPART|AL|TY
Strongly Policeman al Be-
ginning Of War StIct Neu-
traIity Now Marks Feelings
of People,
CA..ocIatea Tres. correspondence, }

stockholm. Sept. e There II
sweeping over sweden today some
thing more significant than the con-
tinuous line OF infantry cavalry and
artillery which goes tu take rs part
In the mobilization Of troops already
numbering 225.000 This Is the
marked change In the sentiment of
this country toward the warning pow
ers sweden, which, since the begin.
ming Of the war. has had decided GER
man sympathies Notwithstanding the
strict neutrality declared by It's gov
eminent, is today becoming So Impair
tial that in watching the street crowds
before the bulletin boards IT IL im-
possible to tell whether Germany or
England is the tavoritc
A month ago a Stockholm merchant
who openly aVowed English inelina-
tons was commercially and socially
ostIacized. Portraits of the kaiser
and German insignia were hung In
shop windows, but no one saw any
English displays.
But today there are Indications on
every hand that the pendulum has
begun To swing toward England. This
* most plainly reflected in press re-
ports month ago one looked In
vain for English accounts of the war
but now the representative stockholm
papers give an almost equal space to
Berlin and London dispatches. Some
of the liberal newspapers even go
further than tins and limit their Ber-
lin dispatches to short paragraphs In
conspicuous places In most of tn"
papers. however, one may read Eng
lish comment on the destruction of
Al - hal 4. Ia
and the German explanation Of II In
the next. Since this change has oc-
Cured without any pressure from the
government, i. seems fairly indicative
Of the changes Of the sentiment Of
sweden
Reason for Change
In the opinion Of citizens of stock
holm, this change has occurred
through the gradual decreasing me-
mace of Russia. At first II was taken
for granted that Russia had designs
upon the integrity of sweden but as
the days brought no substantiation OF
these fears, the luminosity OF the
Swedish populace decreased proper
tionately In the meantime reports of
German methods of warfare and the
holding up Of Swedish and Russian
steamships by the German warships
added further impetus to the change
In Swedish feeling. The result is that
having begun with pronounced pro
German sympathes sweden may now
he said to have grown into Impair
TALLY Whereas the first results OF
the war were watched with the anX-
iety of a participant. present develop
ments are REGARDED with the calmness
of an observer who seems equally
ready to applaud the generalship and
strategic successes Of both sides.
Another apprehension which flour
ished under the influence OF strong
pro- German sentiment is now depre-
Gated In stockholm This was the
fear that in the event of repeated
German successes England would de-
eide that she must encroach upon
neutral territory to offset the advan-
tages derived by Germany from her
occupation of Belgium.
Stands by Compact
During this shift in the popular
point Of view the swedish government
has stood firmly by It's compact with
Norway To remain neutral and to stick
together in case Of violated neutral
ity Official Sweden has been undi-
vided In its opinion aud the political
cleavage which ordinarily shows 10
many surfaces has been temporarily
leveled by the war. Whether the
sympathies of the various parties have
been toward the allies of Germany
they have united in expressing de-
sire for peace Neither conservative.
liberal or socialist, peasant or noble
man has been guilty Of stirring up
any war spirit In Sweden.
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