Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-22


resigned an important post
Ia Siam and accepted posltion as
professor OF law ut Harvard univer~
sity. OF which he h q graduate, For
the past twelve years Westengaard
has haen the chief foreign adviser Of
The king or Siam and has been only
second In authority to the king him
SELF. He was raised to the highest
rank or the nobility by the king and
was honored In many other ways for
his valuable services.
Among the soldiers In the French
army who have been designated ~
heroes worthy OF special mention Ii
the Dane, Lieutenant vetterstrand.
who was born in Copenhagen and has
received his earliest military training
In Denmark. He has distinguished
himself for bravery In the present
war.
The traffic revenues OF Denmark
during the period from April to Feb
ruary OF tho present financial year arc
In the aggregate less than during the
same period OF the preceding fiscal
year, being 5i.022. 900 crowns. ~ com.
pared with 62.667.000 crowns In the
preceding ysar. Considering the war.
the record OF the past SIX months ID
surprisingly good.
II E q Z
Norway.
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel. promi-
nent Norwegian. has written an Inn
portant article for Verdens Gang. In
which he urges with great force the
Importance OF building up steamship
lines operating between Norway and
foreign countries and flying the Morse
flag. That the lines be Morse con-
troiled Is very important In his opin-
Ion, otherwise the trade won for Nor.
way may not be permanent. He calls
attention TO the benefits that Norway
has already derived from the Norwe'
gian.American line. Its success having
been blessing to Morse exporters Ia
this period Of unrest and danger.
The Rotterdam correspondent Of the
London Mail gives the following nc
count OF the sinking OF the Morse shin
Nor by q German submarine:
Captain Simensen OF the Nor says
that he was signaled to stop and wal
ordered aboard the submarine, He
was told that his cargo, which con.
sisted OF seasoned wood. was contra.
band and that he and his crew must
70 aboard the steamer Unita. whose
cargo had been already examined and
passed.
1.-THE Unita. whose destination was
Hull says Captain Simensen. then
WAS ordered TO 60 to Rotterdam TO
land my crew. The captain OF the sub
marine told me that my ship would be
destroyed, but 1t was still afioat when
l left.
~ have learned since that Il was
set on fire by the Germans who could
not easily have sunk II with shells.
owing to the nature OF the cargo. The
commander OF the submarine gave no
certificate to the effect that the Nor
was destroyed for carrying contra
band
Carl Lumholtz, the well known Nor
wegian explorer. who has been plan
ming an expedition into New Guinea,
has been compelled to delay his under
taking, owing to his inability to get
an escort OF Dutch soldiers. He I'm
tended to start In January. but the
war made Holland unwilling to spare
any soldiers and now he will probably
have to wait till next summer or later.
According to a Christiania paper,
the war has taught Norway to look
more closely to its own resources for
Industrial purposes.
The match manufacturers are now
buying all the available Norwegian
aspen. while formerly they used large
Iy the Russian imported variety. Nor
wegian tanners are beginning to EN-.
pioy more and more the bark Of the
Norwegian forests in their work, while
formerly they imported 1t In large
quantities from Sweden.
A British warship captured a Nor.
wegian steamer which left New York
March "a, destined for Gothenburg via
Kirkwall It lis alleged that her cargo
OF lard, sausage and skins was ulti-
rnately destined for Germany. violating
the British blockade OF Germany.
A cablegram from Christiania con-
yeys the important announcement that
the Norwegian government has ad.
dressed q note to Germany asking
compensation OF s7o,ooo' for the tor
pedoing OF the Norwegian steamer Bel
ridge In iha English cifannel on Feb
ruary 10. An official inquiry, It was
stated. proved beyond . doubt that
the steamer was the victim OF Ger
man submarine. The Belridge was
the first vessel torpedoed following tho
Inauguration OF Germany's submarine
blockade OF the British Isles, She
Ras attacked OF Folkestons,