Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-03-31
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CONDITIONS ARE UNBEATABLE
Russian Despotism Manifesting Al.
thority in Finland With Greater
Brutality Than Ever.
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Russian despotism is manifesting
It's tyranny in Finland today with
greater brutality than ever before. A
statement of grievances of the Firms
and an appeal to civilization for help
published in the Aftonbladet follows:
FINLAND has not violated her obliga.
lions to Russia, yet her constitution
has broken down, her national exist
ence is in utmost danger, and many
of her sons who refuse to bow to IL
legal use of Russian authority have
been deprived of their Offices and
dragged into Russian captivity. BY
virtue of DEGREES which have no
legal validity in Finland martial law
has been declared. Russian Office.
holders have been empowered thus
to make more burdensome their CO.
ercive policy. Finland, in spite Of all
the wrongs done her, placed no diff.
culties in the way of the Russian gov.
eminent after the outbreak of the
war. At that time Poland was prom.
Used national unity and complete self.
government. But Russia's Finnish
policy took abruptly a Numerically
opposite turn. Although the Russian
press has repeatedly declared that
henceforth peace and racial reconcile
alton would prevail in the empire and
that all national persecutinos would
be at an end Finnish officials are con.
stantly imprisoned. The venerable
first president of the Finnish diet has
been deposed, arrested and sent to
Tomsk, Siberia. The Russian con.
stabulary herds Films in Russia and
Siberia. Without any reason they
are charged with political conspira.
cies and the houses of Films who
have never taken part in political
agitation are being searched. News.
papers are fined or suppressed be.
cause they contain harmless informa.
tiCn. Journalists are deported. The
governor general and the Russian
of1ceholders have recently confirmed
proclamation whose effect is to de-
stroy every remnant Of Finnish self.
government. A commission consist.
Ing; of ministers Of state worked out
program of the proclamation with
tile object of strengthening Russian
power in Finland and completely EN-.
bodying that country in the Russian
empire. The entire Finnish admins
tration is to be changed after Rus
sian pattern. Officials may be de.
posed and are to take the oath Of al.
legiance in new form. They are to
be- subject to Russian Jurisdiction in
every act. Finland's independent
coinage and customs systems are to
be abolished. The Greek Orthodox
church is to be predominant in Luth-
eran Finland"
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The volume of mail matter pass.
ing between Germany and Russia
through Sweden and Denmark is in.
creasing from week to week. The
number of letters was large almost
from the start. But the volume of
parcel post is assuming gigantic pro.
portions. Weeks ago about $4,000
pounds passed through Malmo on the
way to Russia every day. The aver.
age weight Of each package is about
ten pounds. A man who has a hank.
ering for looking below the surface of
things claims that large part Of the
packages contain pepper. He further
claims that this pepper is to be used
In preparing substitute for vodka,
the sale of which is absolutely pro.
hibited by the government of Russia.
A special car is now used for carry.
Ing the Russian parcel post from Co.
penhagen to Malmo and 1t is pro.
posed to run the car directly from
Copenhagen to Karungi, on the Rus.
sian boundary line, in the northern
part of Sweden.
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Sven Hedin, the eminent explorer
and traveller, who during recent years
has been Sweden's champion on the
great defense agitation, celebrated his
fftieth birthday Feb. 10 and was the
recipient of hundreds of congratula.
tons from all over the country and
from abroad. A telegram from the
queen read: God bless you for the
coming years and accept our hearty
thanks for services rendered in the
past" The German minister, on be.
half of Emperor William, personally
paid his respects to Mr.. Hedin, who
also was the recipient of congratula.
tory kilograms from Generals Won
Moltke and Won Falkenhayn.
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Johan Nordling, for twenty-seven
years editor of the popular Swedish
monthly 1dun, has resigned owing tc
the fact that he desires to spend the
remainder Of his years in pursuing
literary work. His successor will be
Ernst Hoglund, who for sixteen years
has been assistant editor.
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DR.. Sven Hedin has published &
book of 800 pages infinitely describing
the war from a German standpoint
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