The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

The talk about the Swedish buoor,.
visit TO Germany since the war hrot.
out and her avowed German symns
thies should be cause for no alarmln,
conclusions. The Swedish Cue,
German by birth. For years she b,s
spent more or less time with nor
mother there. Her health has AWAY, j.,
been delicate and the climate IN
Sweden has not agreed with no,
therefore she has spent much t,me
away from the country. What Mas =,
more natural than that she pay ber
very aged mother a visit even after
the outbreak of the war? Nothing
And it alarmed no n but the Sensa.
tionalists. The writer does not know
what the Queens personal sympa'hlcs
are. but II would hardly be surprising
IL they were with the country Of her
birth. However, being a woman OF
extraordinary intelligence and being
unusually well balanced she is no.
likely to let her sentiments lead her TO
utter words or commit deeds that
reasonably could compromise the pos.
ton of her present country.
Last spring It was published broad.
N"'A 80 80 = A''' ~ AaiN'A' N'Nlllt
sensational expressions Of her Ger.
man sympathies while in Germany.
This proved To be absolutely false. Bu,
to one familiar with the Queens TEN.
permanent no proof of the fllsity " the
statement was necessary. one writer
is silly enough to attribute the Queens
visits TO Germany to anger because
of the Kings neutrality proclamation
and because of the Malmo meeting.
This is obviously foolish. The Queen
has been a Queen indeed for Sweden.
as a matter of fact. For example. she
Is at the head Of an organization that
| collects and distributes money and
other gifts TO the needy families Of
\ the men who are doing military duty
on account of the war and the Swed.
ish papers make many "A mention o.
her thoughtfulness and kindness 10
those Of her subjects who are in need
As for the conferences it has been
announced that she had not only with
the German Ministry hut with The
! Kaiser. and the liberal offers she
| brought back to Sweden with her, II
a only he stated the writer has been
assured from the most reliable source
that the whole story is fiction.
Then IL has been pointed out that
the Swedes get just news from one
side. the German, this due to the lrlt.
ish censorship. The Swedes know tll
well that here are British censoEs,
hut they know equally well that there
are German censors. Both sides ave
ont news Of successes and make a.
| 1,,,1a a. Y,AsGi11. ahAttt r.NsarSaZ That
Is perfectly natural. The Swede weighs
what he hears just as carefully as
does the American or any other.
, The press points at sven Holin
Sven Hedin has written a great d"t
about the expenditures Of the German
institution and nobody who has read
his seven hundred page book doubts
that he is pro-German. But ! an
no Judge Of him or his actions. Tu.,
I might say. however: he has un'
lone what others in other n"uir.
countries have done. one can pIDh 10
in this country magazine after w.-t'
zine. for instance. Coutaining articles
that show very plainly tn" colo. 90.
the authors sentiments. But. a~ has
already been intimated. the action Of
an individual. however prominent
cannot he accepted as the cour~" %
the majority. Further, 1t is perfectly
possible to have personal sentiments
in favor of the people of n Of the
warning nations and yet Ice just Ind
fair to all. Nearly every living person
must have some particular friend. hN'
therefore does not necessarily haze me
rest of the world.
The contention that Sweden hHs
been a supply depot for Germany is
also false. At the %beCIuuiuG ~ 'at
war the Swedish Government pax aH
embargo on wal material and % great
many other articles. From t.m' 20
time this embargo has been mad" p"
extend to - great number of in'-'
At present the list is very extensive
To begin with. the cmharE" l'LHt'
tons did not apply To- TRANSIT -'"d'
when il was perfectly cNid"I' ilom
the documents that a~ccump'n".. 800
imported shipment that the 'I'. desc
: tination was not sweden
/ Later they were changed $" '.t' 31
, absolute embargo was place. n NN'
material. motorcycles, automobiles ana
other carriages, &c. Still later 'a'
: regulations were sharpencd $50 thai
. goods. when Of the kind mentioned H
, the embargo list but not N, N.ni u.
a which there is IN absolute en-, I'-", ,"
order to be allowed to pass iu''N-H
the country in transit must '' accom-
panied by II through Free. '".
: There have been no diScr.w H'''"H'
, All of the countries have h,,n '''''''
alike. There have beer iudiy.!I. '''es
, where the embargo regulate nr N"N'
bcon violated In favor of ore ~.' "'
the other, but they have been severely
: punished when discovered,
h There are. of course, article 80 me
Q mCrCe that are not on the NN'''''
{ embargo list and of which rn'r" H'
t been export to Germany as We. "' ~
= the other countries. Tn" Wr.i'. ~.
o in a position to state vhr'''' "''
r has gone to Germany tlhn .'
e of the others. But if 1t n.. WHERE
does the wrong come in f'"'
I America sell more goods 10 'N' \''''
8 than to Germany, and who s'.. ''.'
n America is not neutral? II o. h'..
T. pays more for the Swedish s. .."'
[ the others are willing a. 't.
: should the Swedes not sell .. "''
v many?
There are Swcd,s VIA" r'.'
n England's Interference Wll.
= trade, hut there are Amer. '''
e other ncutrals who du the s.u"