The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-30

most famous political leaders. d deaa
He rhrst entered the cabinet IN lS0l
and not long afterward formed Z neu
cabinet himself. IN which he Wa Pre-
mier and minister Of justice. In 1911
he was again asked BY the king d
form cabinet and continued a pro
mier till February. 1914. whom he ~
signed because OF differences with
King 0ustaf - to his majesty's risht
to deliver speeches OF . political na'
ture without nrst consulting his cab
met ministers a. to the subject mat.
ter. This crisis came q the time Of
the big demonstration IN Stockholm
In favor Of strengthening Sweden's
defenses. $4,000 peasants marching to
the capital to demand that the army
and navy be Increased. The king was
in sympathy with this movement and
when the peasants appeared before
his palace. delivered . rousing speech
along the line. Former Premier Staaf
was man Of middle age. He was the
leader of the military party and a poll.
tician Of great skill in some respects.
Had he lived he would probably have
come into power again with the
triumph of his party.
The controversy between Sweden
and England over England's attempts
to limit Swedish imports is getting
more and more bitter and has tend
ency to strengthen the sympathy OF
the Swedish people for Germany. The
contention of England is that Sweden
has been importing goods from. abroad
and reshipping them to Germany. As
proof Of this It points to the largo In.
crease in Sweden's imports since the
war opened; but Sweden replies that
this increase is from neutral countries
only. In former years Sweden has
bought heavily in Germany; now shs
can get no more there. except q few
things in exchange for Swedish prod
ucts, and hence has to buy more from
neutral countries. BY way OF retalia-
tion against England for attempting
to restrict Swedish imports, Sweden
has begun stopping shipments for
Russia through Sweden, something
like $30,000.000 worth OF goods being
thus tied up. For two months Brit
ish-Swedish commission has been try
ing to adjust the diniculties between
the two countries. but the problem IL
an extremely dificult one and some
time ago an adjournment was taken.
The fact that the commission has re-
sumed its meetings indicates that Eng
land feels the need of pacifying Swe-
den in order that Russia may again get
supplies through that country. There
are those who believe that com
promise will be effected, but recent
correspondence from Stockholm to
the Associated Press do not bear out
this assumption. The correspondent
says the English commissioners per-
sist in their contentious that Sweden
is reshippng goods to Germany. Tho
issue which has caused complete
deadlock is the quantity Of supplies
sent to Germany under the special
licenses contrary to Sweden's list OF
exports. The English mem
bers OF the commission have called
for exact figures showing the export
to Germany. but such statistics, 1t is
claimed by the Swedish government.
are not available. The English and
Swedish members Of the commission
also disagree as to the usefulness to
for military purposes of such
articles as copper. wlach are on Swe-
den's free list. The English argue that
whether the copper is one kind or
another, It can be converted into cop
per for military use in Germany and
that large quantities OF, copper. oil
and cotton have found transit into
Germany. Although some OF the. scsa
lected statistics available In Sweden
are misleading, they support the Eng
lish contention that Swedish imports
of the articles mentioned have in
some cases been trebled since the be-
ginning Of the war. The declaration
of cotton as contraband has. OF course,
eliminated articles from the discussion.
From Investigations made by an i'm
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that. although greatly decreased by
England's supervision. the transit OF
considerable supplies to Germany still
continues. After arriving and being
vouched for by Swedish consignees.
these supplies often pass through as
many as a dozen hands before their
shipment to Germany. Many Swedish
merchants have frankly stated that
when they could not only command
better prices. but serve their own in
clinatiops by shipping to Germany.
they found no reason for not doing 10.
Stockholm hotels are full Of German
agents, who confess secretly that they
are satisfied with the way business 10
going. Since no figures are available.
any estimate Of the quantity Of sup
plies going to Germany ID merely
speculative. but It may safely be said
that enough 10 going to Germany to
be . material factor In her economic