The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-04

Important Events IN Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY


Isetsd for eeandlnavIs1s and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN W. oDLAND.
Denmark.
A Copenhagen dispatch says that
King Christian has decided that the
newest Of his numerous residences
shall be furnished in American syle in
every detail. He win not initiate the
home of the American multi-million-
aire. The style he has selected to
copy h that Of the simple and efficient
equipment of the average American
home. He has long been an admirer
OF the American arts and conveniences
Of homemaking. and he has insisted
that his newest house, which Is stu
ated on the Skaw, win lack none Of
them. The excuse for 10 many resi-
dences az King Christian has In so
small country as Denmark Is his
fqndness for keeping IN touch with his
people. which. he maintains, he can
not do better than by living every
where. The king maintains an elabo-
rate encourage. but It 10 only for the
entertainment Of visiting sovereigns
and diplomats. As for himself, he
lives In the most simple manner. No
ruler in Europe is more easily Access
sible.
According to a report from Dem
marks capital, the Danish policemen
are threatening to strike because the
new women police are started out at q
greater salary than male novices. The
women police have been appointed to
deal with delinquent and defective
women and children. and the new ap-
pointees are to receive $500 more q
year than regular men police when
they first enter the service. II the
strike should occur the police chief
win probably. use the new women 20
lice as strike-breakers by putting them
on the beats of the strikers.
Sweden.
Aftonbladet Of Stockholm recently
printed an interview with Premier
Gunnar Knudsen Of Norway as to the
possibility OF, q defensive alliance be-
tween Sweden and Norway. the in
terview being give to the papers cor
respondent at Christiania- Minister
Knudsen declares against such union
~ inadvisable, saying that 1t would
lead to difficulties and. perhaps. inter
national complications. Such union.
he thought. might prove worse than
the one dissolved In 1905. and he con-
siders It unnecessary. He has no fears
Of Russian attack. Russia, he says,
does not need to pounce upon Scan
dinavia to obtain an open harbor-she
can get II ON her own coast. OF course,
In the event of European confagrar
ton. Sweden and Norway might be en-
dangered and II 10 well for. both ma
lions to be prepared for stout re-
sistance. Former Minister Bratle
takes q position radically different
from Premier Knudsen, but he sees
no hope Of large appropriation for
military purposes by the storthing.
Il Ia estimated that the proposed
concrete bridge ACROSS Oresund, from
Sweden to Denmark, would cost about
eight million dollars, while tunnel
under the sound would be consider
ably more than twice that amount. O.
Kjellstrom, who has studied this sub
1ect more than anybody else, Is 80 en-
thusiastic over the plan that he thinks
It IL only question of time when Orc
sund will be bridged. He thinks such
q bridge would pay 80 we'll that II the
governments of Sweden and Denmark
do not care to put money into the en-
terprise It may be financed by private
parties. Such a bridge would tend to
bring new trade from Russia and Fin
land through Sweden.
Three hundred men QUIT work In the
humber district OF Norrland recently.
and It is feared that this strike IL
merely q forerunner Of q general strike
in that section. The low wages are
the cause OF the strike.
Reports from the different parts Of
the country indicate that Sweden will
have Q rich crop Of fruit Of different
kinds this year. So far the insects
have done no serious damage. -
On q farm at Hornsborg. Hamneda
parish. Smaland. COW gave birth to
five well-developed calves at the same
!. time. Two Of them we're dead but tho
others bid fair to live.
Il Dr.. Thulin. the aviator. made sue