Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-11-20

U0lOuS u OOuIu AlIlCd, fsOOU 10 Mdud-
gascar and 1913 to China. From the
time these missions we're started to
the end of the year 1911 there were
received into the different congrega-
lions in these fields no less than 150,
900 persons. The work in Zulu-Natl
has been more encouraging during the
last year than any time previous. DR..
Ebbell has treated about 10000 pa
TENTS since he began his work. At
the Home for the Leprous in Sirabu
700 patients have been treated. In
China the work is steadily progress
ing, Notwithstanding the revolution.
Here the native Christians have con-
tributed in the last year 1,4OO crowns,
in South Africa 1890 crowns and i'll
Madagascar Al, 500 francs.
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The Norwegian steamship Thelms
has been chartered to convey a cargo
of foodstuffs and other necessities
from Philadelphia to the sufferers
from the effects of the war in Eu-
rope. The vessel is expected to sail
next week for Rotterdam with a e.
100-ton cargo.
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Dagens Nyheter, the leading organ
of the Liberal party, has made a clean
breast of the weakness of the party,
which resulted in a crushing defeat
at the recent elections. "The party
was a failure from a pedagogical
point of view" says the paper. Our
ing the long silence which prevailed
while the Liberal government was
working out the details of the meas
ures for the defenses there came an
emptiness which was filed with suspi-
cion, restlessness and doubt as to
what was coming, and when the
silence was broken the explanation
did not ring out openly and in re-
assuring manner and did not clearly
express a determination to defend the
country. Or, to put the matter in a
different way, the flaw in the defense
policy of the Liberals was that 1t
neither made an effort nor succeeded
in rallying public opinion as volun-
tary co-operator, but was satisfied
with the riksdag~ politics and with the
assurance of their own consciences
that they had an honest purpose"
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will the Russian food last to the
end of the year," asks a Swedish
newspaper By this flood" is meant
Russian refugees from Germany, who
are to pass through Sweden on their
way home At the opening of the wal
there were about $4,000 Russians in
Germany and about three weeks age
only 10000 had passed through Swe
den. The flood" at that time aver
aged STOUT 600 a day, of whom 20(
passed through Stockholm, the RES
through Cafe. The steamboat traffic
is very brisk, six steamers running
between Stockholm and Raumo anC
eight between Cafe and the latter
place.
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The Church of Sweden has twelve
bishops, four of whom have held thei
positions for more than twenty-five
years. Bishop Scheele has beer
bishop forty-seven years, Bishop Bill
ing for forty-three years, and Bishop
Rohde for twenty-six years. On Sept
10 Bishop Ullman celebrated his TWEEN
ty-ffth anniversary as bishop. SOM
twenty of the clergy in the diocest
called upon him, brought their con
gratulations and handed him a sun
OF money which had been collected
and is to be kept as g. fund to b.
known as the Bishop UIlman fund,
the proceeds of which are to be use'
to assist needy clergymen.
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In a dispatch from Stockholm tn
correspondent of Reuters Telegram
company says that circular issue,
| by the war insurance committee t
! Swedish shipoWners states that tn
government protests to Great Britain
against the order of the British aC
miralty closing the North sea- A sig
nif1cant phrase in the circular is tn
statement that the committee think
it is the duty to allow insured vessel
to follow, without change in the il
surance rates, either the ordinar
routes of sea travel or the new route