The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-11-14
IN FAR NORTHulND'
Important Events IN Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Crest kInsdoms Of the North e.
lsctsd for scandInavIans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN W. oDLAnD.

BY MARTIN w. oDLAND.
Sweden.
The press OF Sweden points to the
fact that although Finland Is q part
OF the Russian empire, It Is not fur
pishing any troops to the car In his
war against Germany and Austria.
This condition. say the papers. is
due to the fact that the Russian gov
eminent some years ago abolished the
Finnish army, fearing that In the
event Of q revolt In Finland against
the process Of classification It might
be used against the Russian govern
ment. Due to the hostile public opin-
Ion the government did not take any
ateps to recruit the army of the en-
pire from this province, exacting In
place of men an annual military tax
for the support Of the Russian troops.
The large bodies OF troops quar-
tered In Finland are all Russian, and
the so-called Finnish corps which was
reported to have been annihilated In
battle with the Germans in East
Prussia was not composed Of Finland
ars. but Of troops that had their head
quarters In Finland. During the pres
ent war the Finlanders have remained
loyal to the car. In spite of the ex-
,pectation OF the Germans that they
might rise in revolt when the Russian
government had its hands occupied in
other quarters.
Considerable interest has been
aroused in Sweden by an article in the
Christiania Morgenbladet In favor
Of awarding the Nobel peace prize to
the presidents OF Argentine. Brazil
and Chile, who averted war between
Mexico and the United States by their
mediation proposals. The writer OF
the article believes that the prize
money should be divided equally
among the three presidents. they hav-
ing done more for peace this year
than anybody else in the world. The
friends OF w. J. Bryan will probably
take exceptions to this, on account Of
his success in negotiating treaties be-
tween the United States and most Of
the other powers Of the world. and
when the time comes for the judges
to award the peace prize, he will un-
doubtedly be strongly recommended.
A correspondent writes the follow
Ing with reference to the Swedish
Norwegian peace monument recently
erected on the border line between
the sister countries: Surrounded by
fine farms, in beautiful grove Of
pines. stands the monument. made OF
the finest Norwegian granite. 80 feet
high, an imposing symbol OF the COW
enant between the two brother peoples
of common ancestry, customs. Ian
guage, history-the Oldest and rich
est of northern Europe. It is a mar
vel that such monument could be
erected only nine years after the cul-
mination of a long-standing sectional
and political conflict, which finally
broke the union of the states in 1905.
leaving Norway and Sweden two inde-
pendent kingdoms"
Swedish newspapers relate that two
church bells in Sweden were cracked
when the bells were rung at the out
break Of the European war In order
to give notice of the national danger
and of the order OF mobilization. One
OF these bells in Hoor, Shame, was
cast in the year 1882, the year of the
death of King Gustavus Adolphus.
The other bell, at Lakasa, Vestergot-
land. was cast in 1712.
Up to September rs. 1914, $4,000
paper bills Of the denomination of one
crown had been placed in circulation
in Sweden to meet the demand for
small change, owing to the scarcity Of
small coins, and more than million
will probably be issued altogether.
Never for more than q generation
has there been such . small emigra-
ton from Sweden to America. and
most Of the persons who now sail from
Sweden to America are Swedish-Amer-
leans who have been visiting the old
home.
A vast amount of mail now passes
through Sweden. on account Of the
war. At FIRST the mail passed over
the Bergen railway to Norway. but
now the Swedes handle II themselves.
Mrs. Karolina Bergland Of Roback.
Norrland. IA ninety years old. But her