Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
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"A dispatch from the Swedish CApa-
tal nays that : conference FOR the con
sideration ot the problem III the a.
rect connection between Hwsdish ana
Russian railways Will BE held III Stock
holm. The calling az the conference
IL looked upon ~ ! sign or signill-
cant change in the attitude or sweden
toward Russia. The distrust ana aus
picion with which the awedes have q.
ways regarded Russia u giving way
70 better understandins. II ID ailered,
On tho other hand, the (sermAne
have been bitterly disappointed ii tho
hope that Sweden would take aayan-
taEe Of the present war 10 win beck
possession Of Finland from Russia.
Popular sentiment Ii Sweden, accorsk
inE to reports. i stronxly dlalnclinsa
TO enter the conflict. although ..aaiofr
emily urged thereto Nv militariatie -.
tators of the sven Hsdin type.
Prominent educators. authors. artr
lists and philanthr0pista 81 Hwsden
have requested tho Associated Press
70 distribute III the United States tAo
Following expresnion Ot their eenti-
ments concerning what they call IN
human methods III warfare: The
SWedish people are virtually unAni.
nous II supporting The 9overnment
IN Ito policy of strict neutrality. -
= large section Or them. whether :
majority or not we cannot say. m
anything but neutral h thslr fe<linee
ovAr the methods Ok warfare Adopted
In this terrible war which culminAted
In the sinking Of the stesmer Lunl.
tania. This mlsconception that wAr
suspends oil laws al humanity must
prove fatal 10 tho future Of clvlli1ar
tion and disastrous % that human
solidarity which ii AZ such vital u.
portance. particularly 70 the smaller
nations Of the world
Az Indicated elsewhere Id this col
umn, Sweden has been brought Into
more friendly relations with Russia
aimee the war opened than has heen
tho case since tho hlg hsAr took from
the 6wedea their province, Finland.
Al the sanne time tho pro<1ermAa Eel
Ing Of the Swediah people has dlmtn-
ished to certkin extent. and this
tendency was doubtless accentuatsd
by the torpedotnG of the Lusitania.
That act with In tragic consequence,
aroused strong feelings of disAppr0vAl
In Sweden, NJ lii shown hy the COM
ments OF the leading papers. and when
President Wilson's note was published
In Sweden the press was uniformly
friendly.
The General Telephone company dc
Sweden. has decided to issue new
stock to the amount OF 6.700, 900
crowns, All present stockholders IN
the company are entitled to take one
new share for each share they now
hold. paying the price now prevailing
ut the Paris bourse. II n safe 10 say
that this stock will be speedily taken
up. for the General Telephone com.
pany is one of the most prosperous
concerns In Sweden and pays large
annual dividends.
@. Amnell. travelling man. ID being
sued BY an insurance company for 3d.
750 crowns. which the company has
been compelled 10 pay the owners Of
the railway hotel Mt Cha-lottenberg.
which was recently destroyed BY are.
II Ii contended that Amnell caused
the fire BY laying burning cigar by
his bed when he retired for this night.
Amnell denies the charge against him.
II he Ii made to pay. that cigar 81 his
will probably 70 down In history ~
the most expensive one ever smoked
In Sweden,
The proposition OF Herr Monsoon.
member Of the riksdag. that the gov-
eminent OF Sweden establish q stats
newspaper, q state printery and stats
telegraph bureau was decisively rs-
jected by the second chamber OF tho
riksdag. During the debate on the
measure II was stoutly maintained
that the newspapers OF Sweden ara
as dependable as those OF any other
country and that the establishment of
state paper is entirely uncalied for.
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The Swedish paper Aftonbladat ok
Stockholm announces that since Janu-
airy /, not less than twenty-four steam
ers and four sailing vessels have been
sold by their Swedish owners to d.
nish and Norwegian ship companies,
while only one ship has been ought
during that time by Swedish shipown-
ers. The paper comments upon the
fact that the Norwegians and Danes
appear to be buying all the ships that
they can secure.
The commerce association OF Gotes
borg has under consideration plan
for the improvement of that city's
harbor, involving the sum OF 8,376. 000
crowns The CITY Ii to ha1n finance