Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-12
SWEDEN.

Dagens Nyheter, the leading organ
Of the liberal party, has made clean
breast of the weakness of the party,
which resulted in crushing defeat
at the recent elections. THE party
was failure from pedagogical point
of view," says the paper. During the
long silence which prevailed while the
| liberal government was working out
the details of the measures for the
defenses there came an emptiness
which was filled out with suspicion,
restlessness and doubt as to what vas
coming, and when the silence was
broken the explanation did not ring
out openly and In a reassuring man
ner, they did not clearly express a de-
termination to defend the country. Or,
to put the matter in different way:
The flaw in the defense policy Of the
liberals was that it neither made an
effort nor succeeded in rallying public
opinion as voluntary co-operator, but
was satisfied with the riksdag politics
and with the assurance of their own
consciences that they had an honest
purpose"
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
have to pass through Sweden on their
way home. At the opening of the war
there were about 10000 Russians In
Germany. and about three weeks ago
only 10000 had passed through Swe-
den. The flood" at that time averaged
about six hundred day. Of whom 200
passed through Stockholm, the rest
through Cafe. The steamboat traffic
is very brisk, six steamers running
between Stockholm and Raumo and
eight between Cafe and the latter
place.
German warships stopped and cap
tured four Swedish lumber steamers
bound for British ports. The German
naval commander stated that Germany
considers that all wood cargoes bound
for Great Britain are contraband. A
dispatch from Helsingboro. Sweden.
announced that one Norwegian and six
Swedish steamers have been seized
and detained off Falsterbo, small
seaport of Sweden on the Baltic sea.
The book market used to be flooded
with new books this time of the year.
Now only a timid little volume APP
pears here and there. The reason is
not far to seek. The war is occupy
ing everybody's mind. The authors
cannot make themselves write ordl-
nary books, and If they did write them
the people would lot care to read
them.
1t is very rare that a man who
makes living by carrying wood into
peoples houses saves up thousands of
dollars. But Stockholm has had at
least one man of this kind. At his
death he was found to have left
$3,659.5S. of which amount he gave
S3,119.59 to the Swedish Mission cove
nant.
The Swedish steamer Alice, home
ward bound from London. has been
blown up by a mine In the North sea.
It sunk In three minutes. All the men,
bers Of the crew were saved
| sss
The government has appointed i've
experts to lead the experiments which
are to be made for the purpose OF
utilizing the immense peat bogs Of
Sweden for fuel. Valuable methods
have already been devised for treat
ing the peat, but improvements are
still needed in order to make the use
Of pc profitable to a greater extent
than a. 'esent.
The government Is about to take up
a domestic loan of 100000. The
denominations of the bonds run down
To s27.