The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-24

Denmark.
Clemenceau has recently published
an article in which he upbraids Dem
mark for its neutral stand and desig-
mated the Danes as q people without
pride. This aroused the ire Of Georg
Brandes. the famous Danish critic and
author. who is a close friend of Glenn
enceau, and he points the finger Of
denunciation at France for its conduct
In 1864 when II sustained Germany In
It's demands upon Denmark at the
close of the disastrous Danish.Prus-
sian war; On account of that settle
ment Denmark now has no adequate
feet to strike with nor a frontier
which 1t can defend, says Brandes.
Thor LANCE, the celebrated Danish
linguist and litterateur. is dead at Mos
COW. Russia. which has been his home
since 1874. Born at Copenhagen in
1851, he graduated from the univer-
sity there as young man and was
Immediately given a position as do
cent in the University of Moscow. He
advanced rapidly as scholar. espe-
cially In languages and philology, and
became conversant with all of the
languages Of Europe. In 1887 he be-
came Danish consul at Moscow and
held that office till few years ago.
He retained his love for Denmark dur
ing all the years OF his residence at
the ancient Russian capital and en-
riched Danish literature by many
translations from foreign languages.
The celebrated training school, Her
lufsholm. has celebrated its 350th an
niversary. 1t was founded by the naval
hero, Her;uf Trolle and his wife, and
derives its name from its founder.
It Is reported from Christiania that
the third liner of the Norwegian-Amer.
lean line. for which an order has
been placed with English shipbuilders.
will be considerably larger than the
two vessels now in the service. The
length will be the same. namely $50
feet. but the tonnage will be larger.
between 1900 and $4,000 tons, in
stead of 10000. and there will be one
deck more than on the older ships. The
speed Of the ship will be II knots.
The vessel will be named Stavanger-
ford. The new ship will accommodate
1906 passengers. distributed as fol-
lows: First class, 88; second class.
306; third class. 912. Third class will
be provided with a dining hall having
a seating capacity of ATS. The shape
Of the vessel will be somewhat differ.
emit from the two ships now In the
service, as 1t will have the so-called
cruiser stern. resembling the cruiser
type. Due to the European war. It
will not be possible to deliver the YES
sci before in February, 1917. or two
years hence.
Many radical people have been ar
guing that the office Of precentor is no
longer needed in the churches. In or
der to find out the sentiment vote
was taken on this question over the
whole country. The result proves that
a large majority Of the people favor
the continuation Of this ONCE. and no
more attempts will be made In the
near future to abolish It.
The Bergen steamer. Fedrelandet.
which recently arrived In Bergen from
England. had an interesting expert
ence. which the officers will long re-
member. When the ship was about
midway between England and Norway
the officer on the bridge thought he
saw one night an object ahead re-
sembling rock and Immediately or
dered the ship stopped. Then he hur-
ried below to examine the chart, think.
ing he might have gone out of the right
course. He found the ship to be on
the right course. however. and when
he returned to the bridge he saw be
fore him huge submarine boat ap
parently just AZ long as his own ship
A moment later the submarine divet
into the deep and the Morse ship wal
permitted to pass ON. Whether thu
submarine belonged to Germany o.
England the oficer on the bridge coult
not make out. but II was evident tina
a. soon a. the Morse ships identit,
was established nothing was demand
ed Of Il.