Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29
IN FAR NoR1HLlND|
important Events n Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
sRlEFs FROM OLD COUNTRY
" MARTIN ". opLAND.


nenmarlk.
The publisher Of the conservative
sNAtionAltidende.' d.
hiadet. ana 'sDAxonA Nyheder.s hAs
put three radicals On the stan ot tho
last named paper, ono of Thorn heinz
the well.known Dr. Paul Lawn. This
has created furors Ii thu conaervAr
tive circles, which have been the chief
supporters OF Dagens Nyhedsr. ana
they are threatening to boycott the
paper unless the three radicals are
removed.
Clemencean. the French statesman.
reproaches the Danee Tor their neu-
trality and calls them people without
pride. DIR. George Hrandcs. tho Danish
critic. responds to Clemenceau Ii ! let.
Tor Ia which he appeals 70 their old
friendship and refntes the charges q
Clemenceau. pointing 10 the actiOn of
Germany and France Ia 1864. which n
responsible for the fact thAt Denmark
now has neither nary nor IN army
which can property be called uAeans ~
assault. nor i boundary that can ~ A.
tended. A Dane Of political sanity
would look upon Danish declaration
OF war against Germany - piece ~
sheer madness.
1Wodou.
There II much indignation among
Swedish bankers and other business
men over the censorship exercised by
England over cablegrams from 5we.
den to America. II Ii maintained that
all OF these are delayed from ~ 10 -
hours and some OF them are never
transmitted TO their destination ct al.
The bankers send frequent cable
grams to Swedish banking institutions
In America and these In particular
have been tempered with by the Eng
lish. SO that the Swedish bankers have
decided to Ale q protest with the Amer
lean government, In which they will
point out the injustice OF the English
interference and the injury suffered
by American commercial and financial
interests. ~ well N BY those Of Swe-
den. Il Ia also stated that the Swedish
bankers viii demand of the govern
ment that the wireless station being
constructed at Goteborg be- made
strong enough to send messages to
America. 80 that Swedish business
men need no longer make use OF the
English-controlled cable.
That flying machines are OF value
In discovering mines at sea was dem
onstrated recently In southern Swe'
den, when two aviators found mine
which many vessels had searched for
In vain. A report reached the author.
tiles that mine had been seen near
the entrance TO the harbor Of Solves.
borg, and torpedo boats were sent out
to destroy II, but after 36 hours OF
diligent search, the boats gave up
hope OF finding the mine. Thereupon
the government sent two ayiators
from Karlskrona to find the dangerous
engine and they were successful. The
mine was rendered harmless by tor.
pedo boats.
The Swedish officers. who have been
organizing gendarmerie In Persia.
are now returning TO Sweden, accord
ing to press reports. They have made
themselves known all over the world
by their successful work In re-estab-
fishing q military system In the an
cient empire. The first officers to re-
turn were Maj H. Anden OF the Hell
SINCE regiment, and his wife, who ac-
companied him; Capt v. zettergen OF
the Alfsborg regiment and Capt. NJ. A..
Osterberg OF the vasternorrland regi-
ment The Swedes left Persia In
three different groups. General HAL
marson Is the only one who Is not
going to return to Sweden. He Is to
accompany the others to Petrograd,
where he proposes to take leave OF his
comrades and proceed to China. for
which country he has been requested
to organize q gendarmerie. Before
making any definite arrangement with
the Chinese government he wants to
take some time to make himself IA
miliar with the circumstances.
II IL rumored that certain parties
are contemplating the establishment
OF a Swedish Norwegian Danish bank
In Petrograd.
There are still sixteen Swedish off,
GERS In Persia who are serving as In
structors Of the gendarmerie OF that
country. They are going to stay there.
having withdrawn from the Swedish
army.
Queen Victoria Of Sweden il suffer
ing from lung trouble and Is at Earls-
ruhe, Germany, with her mother. She
believes that the Swedish climate is
too rigorous.
1t IL maintained that the number OF
emigrants Is declining, being less than
1t has been for many years. In Janu-
airy and February, this year. only 238
persons have left Sweden by the way
OF Stockholm, Goteborx and the har.
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