Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-02
The European War Situation as Shown by Press Dispatches
N0RWEClANS FEAR THAT THEIR COUNTRY
Will. Be DRAWN into EUR0PE'S WAR
Peer Stronme Declares There is Such Sentiment-Coun
try Not Prepared for Hostilites-Arrny is
Small and I'll Equipped.

hold the offices. AT any rate, SO say
the opposition papers, which include
tho three or four leading dailies.
Editorial Sarcasm.
On ccoun of tho dangerous times
these papers now positively and per-
sistcntly decline to find fault with the
party in power. II behooves us, they
say, in this crisis. to forget party diff
fercnces. The members OF the pres.
ent government are, rs everybody
knows. little better than criminally in
, competent. hut we will not say so. On
the contrary, we will form patriotic
motives give them the support and
advice which they SO sadly need.
Their pandering for personal profit to
the lowest in human nhture is notori-
| Gus as is also their fragrant neglect of
, public duty: but let us try to forget
it. They havc negotiated government
loans in England and America at the
IsllriollS rate Of I Per cent, after re-
fusing an offer of money at 5 per cent
right here ut hCK.c: but let us in
charity keep the matter quiet, for our
present minister OF finance is so un-
fortunate as not tn know anything
about business.
sympathy for Belgium.
] have spent some days i'll feeling
the public pulse at several points
fLtolir Nv W" VII II
and It's present terminus at Dombaas,
in the district of Gulbrandsdalc. Aud
there is but n thing to say of the
said public pulse: 1t beats with warm
friendship for England and resent
ment against Germany. All Norway
naturally has Il strong ellow-feeling
for Belgium and cannot forgive Ger
many for attack .on that weaker
neighbOr.
The railroad between Christiania
and Trondhjem runs for much Of tho
$40 miles through some Of the best
agricultural districts of Norway. The
first point Of interest out from the
capital is Eidsvold, the historical and
hallowed place at which the constitu-
tiOnal assembly OF 1914 held its scs-
sions. The meeting place. the palat1al
residence of Carsten Ankle. is kept in
tact. and is now d national museum
and shrine.
Lake Nijoger, the largest body of
fresh water in Norway, stretches from
lIidsvold north to Lillehammcr, a dis
lance Of about so miles. The railroad
follows the eastern shore of the lake.
"A way up is the old town of 1Ianar,
from which place a. narrow sage rail-
road runs eastward and hen north
ward through Osterdalen and over the
mountains to Trondhjem. In these
districts around Lake Nijoger and in
~')sterdalen we have the principal agri-
cultural wealth of the country. There
are splendid farms. whose owners are
regarded as Norway's a~ristocracy.
Some Of the families trace their de-.
scent from the old kings. Several
pretty large fortunes ave been mado
IN these districts. especially from OBJ
GRAFTON in pine lumber. The princi-
pal business outside Of farming is the
making OF woodpulp and paper.
LAllehammcr Well Situated.
The standard gage railroad con-
tnues from Halnar along the shore to
the north end of the lake. where we
nave the little and most beautifully
situated city of Lillehammer. Thence
the railroad runs north through tho
valley of Gulhrandsdalen to Dom.
haas. At this place there is great ac-
tlvltN at the present time. The work
Ii being pushed on the main railroad
across Dovre mountain and toward
Irondhjem. And another line is to
ne built westward. from Dombaas to
The sea at Molde. =.
ing Norway's finest valley with the
most progressive people. In this dis
trict. but a short distance north of
l.lllehammer, was the home Of
BJornsteperne Bjornson. Farther up
at Qua, a monument erected by Nor
Weislan-afner1cans marks the spot
where h peasants Of Gulberandsdal-
EN- some hundred years ago attacked
and slew Colonel Sinclair and his
scotch mercenaries, who had disre-
sarded Norway's neutrality and were
marching across the country on their
way to join tho army in Sweden.
If we never had aff1ictiona We
couldn't appreciate being without
them.