The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-09

Important Events n Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.



leotsd for oessdInavIane and
ThsIr psaosndanta.
y MARTIN W. opLAND.
Norway
Jon Norstog, the Morse immigrant
Sho mas become famous a. poet
among the Norsemen Of both CONT
nents. has published another volume.
which judges Of Morse literature do
Nl9re is-hfs greatest work. It Ii .
drama in blank verse. dealing with
the life Of Moses and 10 longer than
Ibsen's Brand or peer Gynt." 1t
IL written In the Norne dialect or
"Landsmaal." WHICH fe author
handles with rare skin and power.
Like "Tone" and "Cain." Norstog's
latest book was written on the au-
thor's lonely claim In Mckenzie coun-
~, N. D.. where he has lived for sew
eral years all alone. unmarried and
unfettered. 1t was also printed there.
for Nortog is not only z poet but q
printer and prints and publishes his
own works. It is very doubtful II Nor
way has ever produced more unique
literary figure than Jon Norstog. and
every work issued from his western
claim shanty increases the respect OF
the Morse literary critics for his
genius.
A Scandinavian students club has
been organized In Christiania. This
IL intended as a movement towards es-
tablishing closer and more intimate
cooperation between the students of
the Scandinavian countries. Students
at Upsala and Gothenburg, Sweden.
and Copenhagen, Denmark, are organ
king similar clubs. In the middle Of
the ffties of the last century q
similar movement was started with
ringing speeches and flying banners.
But the enthusiasm Of the young fell
lows gradually cooled on. and imme-
diately after the dissolution Of the
union. In 1906, all intercourse between
Swedish students on the one hand and
Norwegian and Danish students on
the other was suddenly stopped. Those
experiences are still fresh In the
minds OF the young people Of the
three countries, and the new move
ment is apt to be Of more lasting
value.
The Reuter- Telegraph company's
christiania correspondent is authority
for the statement that 24-Norwegian
and two Danish steamers have been
declared prizes of war by the German
prize court at Swinemuende. All Of
these ships were captured in the Bal
&c by German warships. Most of them
were laden with wood. Great indigna-
ton at these seizures IL expressed In
the press in Denmark. Norway and
Sweden. The national committee Of
Norwegian ship owners met at Bergen
and passed . resolution urging the for
eign ONCE to act promptly to obtain .
change In the sentence Of the prize
court. The sentence Is described IN
the resolution as IAN insult against
the administration OF Justice" 1t adds
that at is appalling II the declaration
of Norwegian consulates and of the
Norwegian foreign ONCE cannot be be-
tieved by German courts"
From Christiania comes the inter
esting news that Sven Elvestad, the
Norwegian writer Of detective stories.
was recently arrested as q spy at
Calais, France. but through the efforts
Of the Norwegian. minister at Paris
he was quickly released. Comment
ing on the arrest, the Stockholm Dag
blad observes that his arrest must
have been due, not to defective papers.
but to his own personal appearance.
His facial expression is repellent, his
eyes are penetrating. his hair is long
and why. and he dresses in shoddy
clothes. However. the Stockholm pa
per states, he 10 not the internal crea-
ture his outer appearance would indi-
cate. that characteristic being confined
largely to his imagination, and he II
personally good-hearted and jovial.
Hallward Askeland, who came into
considerable prominence last spring
on account of his relations with A. q.
Schmedemann, United States minister
to Norway. has returned to, America
after stay Of six months In Chris
tiania. He denies the truth Of the
story that he had had difficulties with
Mr.. Schmedemann and that he land
ed at Christiania to find himself with
out an once (private secretary to the
minister). He 10 firmly Of the opin-
ion that trade between Norway and
the United States viii be greatly In
creased on account Of the war. and he
gave It as his opinion that in case the
three Scandinavian countries are
forced into the war they may have to
take opposite sides, but win never
eight eanb other.
! It il the opinion Of Capt Road
Amundsen that Il win take dome $16,
600 70 repair the hull Of the polar
ship Fran. which. since ~ return
rom South America, has been 81 dry: