Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-14
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publican Of springfield Ma&Mss las
published the following Interesting
comment Oh recent Developments Iii
Scandinavia, with special references III
Swalega comment that wilt appeal
III All Suandlnayian-A tnegicans as very
lalr and reasonable That "a elseF
gstic German propaganda han been
carried en- I'll Sweden III well known.
though there IL probably no evidence
% support the assertion Of the Lon
lon Daily Telegraph thai d protector
ate over Finland was offered a.
reward FOR supporting the uarman
cause The agreement said ID have
haen reached hy the three ScAnNi-
nayisn kiEgs Is their Maine confer
ence points ID d isrna cosnnapn policy
81 neutrality In Denmark. which has
suffered III the past from German Ag.
II would hardly be possIhla
ID iind support tor d movement la fsss
yor Of Germany. while Norway, like
liAlglusn, has depended upon i guar
anty iii the powers for lta neutrailtss
and can hardly tail 70 share HollandN
concern ever the summary way sss
which RelRium haa been treated Iii
Sweden the case ii more complicated,
both because of fear of Russian Af
gresslnn and because al eha Swedish
penetration oE finland which has
made the fate of that province d mat
ter cf peculiar solicituda 20 The
swedes. Yet there has been fear also
Ut pan. German aggression. and the
tome oE same III the German repre-.
sentatlyee aens 10 Stockholm 81 lasa
has NOT been altogether reaeanrin9 AID
three countries would be well satisfied
to have things stay aa ghey arc. and
tlsia position viii BE strengthened hy
an alliance FOR dafensa Of their ness
seality
3 II IL reported from Stockholm That
the shipping company, Nordstl aaTnan
has Eor some yeafa intended ~ start
regular service liz the west roast III
North and South America, asss III the
beginning III june of iast yaHr the
steamship Kronprlns rsuashf Adolf was
sent ca England 10 complies her cargo
and to continue her voyage through
the Panama canal The canal. how
ever. had moi tisnis heen opened 81
traffsr. and the start was delayed nna
the scheme Will biz put Into eifart In
the future The new nautoraltip Pacific
also vii he ready I'd start shortly
and through this new lEnA Swedish
goods can b. exported on Swedish
ships to many ports On the vest eoast
81 Amreica. The ships will call es
Coion and Panama. from whence goods
can be forwarded BIZ other lines york
ing III conjunction with the Ncrds
stjaernap. To nearly eyerg port II
America
Swedish goods III thess ports were
previously carried by German and hel.
gfan ytoamara, but since the beginning
og the war these have been unahle to
run. and the inauguration ia this n@W
line should be os great service ID
Swedish commerce
A already fpretoid Ia this col
INN, the Nobel prize committee ~
stockholm decided that the varsouA
/ Nobel prizes viii moi be awarded this
year. because of The war. and the
sturthlng or Norway, which awards the
prizes, has been advised oR this de-
cislon and approves 4. u y possible
| that sum equal ~ cre Of the prizes
I150 900 crowns, may be used 4, re-
| lseye distress and SUFFERING on account
iii Tie war, the suggestiDa having been
made that the money be turned over
Ia the Dutch or American He'd Crosa
society.
III Lyeke parish. Bahua Ian, there
are several schools which are kept OF
work, though the number Of pupils a
| very small. All Kiovero. for instance
there are only two pupils. The condt
| tiaa il practically the same at Tango
and al Aigo threemonth term y
taught for the benefit III two children
The people are poor flshernien, aistnG
far apart The teachers sud the equip
msnt are of the cheapest kind, still
the schools are d great financial bur
den To the people.
Prince Eugene has donated S136 n
the queens relief committee The
money iii I'd be sF aid Iii two differ
ent ways lii the first place Il n 20 be
paid To poor women Tor making Ger.
tain articles of necessary clothing, md
| Iii the second place tho articles are ~
be given b the army or the Red
Cross
The skaraborg private bank donated
81, $50 10 the army FOR the purchase 81
shrapnei guns.
Sweden has nov lost eight ships
and sixty lives on account OF the war,
and the financial loss mounts up into
the millions.
In the Gays Gone ny.
Al n 4xtx.o ye7sx