The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-05-01

Sweden.
Widespread attention has been Gre
ated by an article In the Stockholm
Aftonbladet severely censuring Rus
sia for her treatment of Swedish Fin
land. which. says the writer. has been
even worse since the outbreak Of the
war than before.
| Finland" says the writer In part.
has not violated her obligations to
Russia. yet her constitution has brok-
en- down. her national existence is In
utmost danger. and many OF her sons
who refuse to bow to illegal use of
Russian authority have been deprived
Of their Offices and dragged into Rus
sian captivity. BY virtue Of DEGREES
which have no legal validity in Fin
land martial law has been declared.
Russian officeholders have been en-
powered thus to make more burden
some their coercive policy.
Finland, In spite Of all the wrongs
done her. placed no difficulties in the
way of the Russian government after
| the outbreak of the war. At that time
Poland was promised national unity
and complete self-government-S But
Russia's Finnish policy took abruptly
a Numerically opposite turn. Al
though the Russian press has repeat
eddy declared that henceforth peace
and racial reconciliation.w would prevail
In the empire and that all national
| prosecutions would be at an end Fin
nish officials are constantly impris-
oned. The venerable first president
of the Finnish diet has been deposed.
arrested and sent to Tomsk, Siberia.
The Russian constabulary herds Firms
In Russia and Siberia. Without any
reason they are charged with political
conspiracies and the houses OF Firms
who have never taken part in political
agitation are being searched. News
papers are fined or suppressed because
they contain harmless information.
Journalists are deported.
THE governor general and the Rus
sian ofIiceholder have recently con-
firmed proclamation whose effect Is
to destroy every remnant of Finnish
self-government. A commission con-
| sisting of ministers of state worked
out a program of the proclamation
with the object of strengthening Rus
4 sian power in Finland and completely
embodying 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 a 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 Lu-
theran Finland"
"Mamsell" Johanna Berns OF Stock.
holm, said to be the oldest inhabi
tant of Sweden, is dead at the age Of
. one hundred and six and half years
She was known by almost everybody
In the capital city and at each Of heI
birthdays In recent years the Stock
holm papers gave her favorable men
ton, calling attention to her excellent
health and cheerful spirits. She was
. never married, but objected to the
title miss" being always addressed
as "mamsell" She was In fine health
, bright and active. till within few
, days OF her death, but az soon as she
, took to her bed her strength failed
rapidly.
Il The queen was highly honored OF
{ her recent natal day by the people o
r Sweden who desired to show thei
patriotism and loyalty to the crown b.
' demonstrations OF affection and gifts
, No less than $4,000 persons joined Il
+ the gifts. which consisted of 1900
: crowns cash. $1,000 pairs Of stockings
! 5000 wooden garments and many thou
Q sands Of other articles. The wife o
Q Minister Hamcersjold handed tn
Q queen an address on behalf Of tn
$4,000 donors.
= The gross receipts Of the nations
X railways OF Sweden In 1914 we're %
- Z68,iSo ClOW0b. LUG OYoAoSAu8 %
% penses were 69.S60,06S crowns and tn
4 profits, 23,42S,727 crowns. ~ compare
g with 2i.s2s.sos crowns In the yss
1918.
at A misery man in Ockelbo. swedel
d. kept his money In . stove, which VI
Is not being used for the purposs oril
n nally intended. Last wintes the mis-
DE- won lottery prize. Of 10000 crow
ID and this was also placed with b
- other savings In the stove, makins
st total Of $4,000 crowns, all in PAP
~ Money. Some weeks ago someo1
- thoughtlsssly threw Z burning, mst>
b into the stove. setting nfss TO Il
No money, which was totally deotroye
10 The miser took this 20 to heart "a
he died shortly aftsrwsrd.