Willmar tribune., 1915-01-20
tavus Vasa is honored as the noblest.

tavus Vasa is honored as the noblest.
The recent meeting of the rulers of
Sweden, Norway and Denmark for
the purpose of agreeing upon plans
for maintaining the neutrality of their
lands and protecting them from pos.
sible invasion, is but one of many
unions more or less binding between
those closely related kingdoms. It
was by destroying such a union,
whereby Swedes were made vassals OF
Denmark, that Gustavus Vasa gained
his renown as the great national hero
of Sweden and the Swedes. By the
union of Kalmar in 1897 Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark were united under
one sovereign, Margaret of Denmark.
called the "Semiramis of the North"
Under Margaret the Swedes Jared
badly and under her successor much
worse. The Danish party controlled
both church and state, and the Swedes
were given no voice in forming the
laws under which they lived. The
mobiles organized a plot against the
Danish rulers, but it was discovered
and in 1929 all Sweden was aroused by
the terrible "blood bath of Stock.
holm." More than ninety of the lead
ing mobiles of Sweden were slaughter
ed by order of Christian II. Of Den
mark, styled "the Nero of the North"
Among those slain was the father of
Gustavus Vasa. The latter, outlawed
by the Danish party, had disguised
himself as laborer and had wander
ed through Sweden, calling upon the
people to revolt. The "blood bath"
Of the Northern Nero set fire to the
powder magazine which GustavrS
Vasa had lain and with Gustavus at
their head the Swedes sprang to arms
and did not rest until liberty was Sc
cured. On the 18th of January, 1923,
Gustavus Vasa was crowned and be-
gan one of the most glorious reigns
in history. He gave the people repre-
sentation In parliament and he was
the first great trust buster" of Swe-
den.
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Some interesting compilations have
been made of the reports of the CEN
sus of Stockholm for the year of 1910.
OF the inhabitants of the city only
66,750 males and 74,O18 females were
born in the city. OF those born out
side of the city, Jamtland and Norr-
botten furnished the largest number.
Those very provinces are largely COW
cred with immense woods, and their
cities are small and few and far be-
tween, so there is plenty of room.
Norrbotten has sometimes been called
the America of Sweden" on account
of it's undeveloped resources, and for
years the government has been dill
gently advertising Norrbotten in
Southern Sweden. The above statis-
tics seem to prove that large pro-
portion of the people there have be-
come tired of the dreariness of the
region and rush headlong into the
largest city Of the country.
X !. !.
The Dagblad, the leading Swedish
conservative newspaper, expresses
great dissatisfaction over Great Brit
aims reply to the American govern
ment's note concerning delays to COM
merce, declaring it indicates a de-
termination to adhere to what it terms
the harrassing policy of interfering
with and restricting the legitimate
commerce of neutrals. The Dagblad
maintains that the figures quoted by
Sir Edward Grey in support of the
contention that neutral countries are
importing large quantities of contra
band from the United States for re-
export to Germany are misleading. It
concludes by declaring that the Swed-
ish people never will submit to Great
Britain's assumption that she has the
right to dictate just how much of such
goods she will be permitted to i'm
port