The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-06-26
IN FAR NORTHulND'
Important Events IN Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great kInodoms Of the North o.
lsctsd for seandInavIans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN ". oDLAnD.

Their Descendants.
! BY MARTIN w. oDLAhp.
Sweden.
Mr.. levin Of Landskrona IL In
trouble on account of the expectation
to Germany from Sweden Of 10000
sacks Of -four and 5000 sacks Of 5ute,
q couple Of months ago. The four
and jute were transported by three
German vessels which succeeded In get
ting away with the precious cargoes
by resorting to ruse. They got clear
ance papers for Stockholm, but turned
southwark to Germany after passing
Falsterbro. levin was blamed for
the ruse, and Is being tried In the
courts.
The rtssdag voted down local op-
ton bill A motion has also been made
to strike the usual appropriation Of
$4,000 as aid to the bureau OF informa-
ton Of the temperance organizations.
The chief argument against making
the appropriation was, that last year
the bureau stated that q certain minis
ter who was recommended for q par
isk was hostile to the temperance
movement, while. as matter Of fact,
he had been a temperance worker.
The bureau apologized, but that did
not satisfy the liquor people.
The big Swedish steamer Sir Err
nest Cassel, which was captured by
the British and brought to Kirkwall.
while en- route from Narvik to Rot
terdam with a cargo of iron, has been
released. The cargo, consisting Of
10000 tons Of iron, has been seized
by England, however, and whether
payment will be forthcoming remains
to be seen. Be that as 1t may, the
owners of the big ship have suffered
Heavily by the tying up of the ves-
sel for 80 long time.
The ship owners OF Sweden, like
those of Norway, have been waxing
rich on account of the war, despite
occasional losses, due to mines and
submarines. G. Bodin, the prominent
ship owner OF Cafe. recently ordered
dve small freighters from the works
ut Fredrikstad. and now 1t ia given out
that he has increased his order by
sight The tonnage of these ships will
be from 3.0S0 to $500 tons each.
The last will and testament of the
Ate duchess of Delarne has been sub
mitted to the court for probate. The
entire estate goes to the royal fam
lily of Sweden, In accordance with q
testament executed by the duke and
duchess as far back as 1865. In this
testament 1t was provided that in case
the ducal couple die childless, their
property was to 60 to the Swedish
royal family.
Prince Carl of Sweden, youngest
uhild Of Prince and Princess Carl, re-
.ently wrote the German kaiser asking
him to stop the war. The kaiser. with
his own hand. penned a reply. He told
his little correspondent that, unfortu-
nately, the war was not of his seeking
and at the moment he was powerless
to stop 1t. With the letter the kaiser
sent life-size model of the favorite
royal dog.
Shippers of Sweden have been great
iy inconvenienced this year by the
lack Of cars of the national railways.
In March there was shortage Of
6,000-that is to say, the demand
for cars exceeded the supply at
the disposition Of the lines by that
number. The situation has improved
and the shortage 10 now only about
1000.
Representative OF Sweden, Norway
and Denmark recently held con-
ference at Stockholm to consider the
best means of preventing contagion in
the scandinavian countries. All were
prominent doctors and physicians,
Sweden's delegation being headed by
Doctor Buhre. ff
Sweden gained 1000 in population
the last year and the total popula-
ton IL now 6.67s,000. The number Of
births during the year was 129.451
and the number of emigrants was
1887, the latter figure being the
second lowest in ten years.
At various times submarines have
been observed In the waters between
Trelleborg and Sassnits. jf
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Two Of the smallest railway compa.
uies Of southern Sweden have distrib-
nted q dividend Of three per cent. and
The Ystad & Garsnas Railway company
) dividend Of five per cent