Morris tribune., 1915-03-19

eagerness with which her books are
awaited on this side of the water. It
is dedicated to Hjalmar Branting and
Carl Lindhagen, two prominent So
cialists of Sweden, and it states for
the first time Miss Keys attitude to-
ward the Socialist party. She has al
ways been distrustful of the modern
tendency to organize every thought
and impulse, and, in fact, believes
with Ibsen that the greatest value OF
women to modern public life is the
fact that their individuality has not
been stiffed in any party machine. Nor
does she advise any one to join the
Social Democratic party, although she
has arrived at the conviction that at
present 1t contains the most earnest,
even though fumbling, efforts to as
sert an ideal in the face of dominant
capitalism and militarism. She be-
lieves that the watchword Of the So
cial movement must be solidarity, and
that this solidarity must begin with
the class which Is now deprived Of
it's right to culture and happiness.
The class war, though an evil in itself,
she believes to be a phase through
which modern society must pass be-
fore a new structure can be raised on
a broad foundation of justice. The
leveling tendency of Socialism does
not appeal to her when it would ham,
per the growth of the individual, but
at present believes the greatest need
of humanity to be the fertilizing OF
the vast desert of the proletariat; the
stronger and more fortunate individ-
uals, whom she compares with the
trees, are in no danger of being stifed
by that. lower growth which must
transform the desert into a meadow"
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That former Scandinavian sailors
will be glad to defend their country
can be cleaned from the following
item which appeared in a recent is
sue Of the Minneapolis Journal That
the proposed American Legion, to be
composed of former members of the
army, navy and marines, with an esti-
mated strength of 100000, might at
tract to it thousands of Scandina-
VANS in this state who had seen sea
service abroad was the statement OF
o. P. B. Jacobson, member of the
railroad and warehouse commission.
Mr.. Jacobson put in twenty years be-
fore the mast and expressed his readi-
ness to join the legion. The plan of
organizing the legion, which Is to
serve as a defensive body, was recent
ly announced at Washington, D. c.,
by Captain Gordon Johnston, aide-de-
camp to Major General Leonard
Wood, on behalf of group of officers
and civilians who are developing de-
tails. There are in Minnesota thou
sands of Scandinavians who formerly
followed the sea-" said Mr.. Jacobson.
MANY of them undoubtedly would be
willing to pledge themselves as Sec
ond line of reserves. They might not
have the time to enlist in a first line
naval reserve, but they would be
available in the event of war"
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+ OAL1A LA0 SOFCA AukSAI DO4AI AIS AdL &c
plant at Trollhatten all the hydro
electric plants in Sweden were owned
as private enterprises. The govern.
ment has two other large plants un-
der construction at Daleff and Porjus
in I4apland, which as soon as complet.
ed will furnish the power for the state
railways in Northern Sweden. The
water falls of Sweden have been cal.
culated to contain 100000 horsepow.
er. About 16 per cent is utilized at
present.
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The Augustana Book Concern OF
Rock Island, ILL.,, has undertaken a
praiseworthy task in publishing a Sc.
ries of the works of Swedish-Ameri
can authors. The first volume is a
collection of stories and verse by the
popular writer, Oliver A. Under, ed1
tor of the Svenska Amerikanaren OF
Chicago.
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A well known writer for the Danish
American Review says: The resigna
ton on Nov. 30 of the Icelandic min
lister, Sigurdur Eggerz, is the SECOND
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