The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-24
Important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
interesting ltsms From The Three
Great kInsdoms o. the North e.
lsctsd for soandInayIans and
Their descendants.
sy MARTIN W. oDLANo.


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from Christiania says: The revival 81
the plan for n Russian railway to the
1cefree port of Alesandrow. on the
Thurman coast near the Norwegian
border, again directs attention to the
needs OF Russia for an open port for
the expanding naval and commercial
demands Of the empire. The desire
Of Russia for an ice-free harbor on
the Norwegian coast has long been
held out as a menace to the peace and
safety Of Norway. but according to q
writer In the Russian paper Novoye
Vremya this danger Is unfounded;
and the Norwegian newspaper Norske
Intelligenssedler In commenting upon
the article of the Russian writer de-
clares that fear Of Russia In Norway
is largely of Swedish importation and
greatly exaggerated. The har5or OF
Alesandrow, toward which Russia Is
now said to be pushing its railroad
extension, lies on the Arctic coast.
close to the Norwegian border, but Is
free Of ice the year round. 1t has an
ample basin for harbor and IS de-
clared to be all that Russia needs in
the way of naval station that will
give 1t free access to the Atlantic.
With the building of railroad to con-
meet 1t with agricultural and industrial
Russia, It may also in time become an
important commercial outlet for Rus
sian products, It is declared. Al the
present time, however, 1t is only
small village of some 400-500 inhabi-
tants. Attention to the possibilities
OF Alesandrow as a naval and CONNER
cial port was first directed by the late
Count White, who secured the estab-
lishment of a telegraph line and the
erection of some public buildings. The
building Of railroad. however, was
held in allegiance until recently. when
the plan has again been taken uI,
Seventeen sailors of the Norwegian
steamer Lord Stratford were picked
up of the Hook of Holland by the
steamer Ocmulgee of the Clyde line
and put ashore at Dutch fishing port
Their ship was blown up by mine
and they drifted about for hours in a
small life boat before rescued. Their
ship went down Immediately after the
explosion.
A London dispatch says that several
German aviators attacked the Norwe-
CLAN steamer Diana as II passed out of
the English channel. Captain Vogt Of
the Diana reported on his arrival at
South Shields. The aviators threw at
least 500 darts. foot long and sharp
pointed. upon the deck of the Diana,
vogt said. The crew took refuge be-
low. and aside from splintering the
deck, no damage was done. The air
men disappeared In the direction of
Calais.
Tree planting has become one of the
passions Of the Norwegian people. The
first tree planting society in the coun.
try was organized In 1900. Now there
are IA and 1t is claimed that they
have planted $4,000. 900 trees. of which
100000 were set out last year. It Is
realized that trees are among Norway's
principal assets and that II the coun-
try is to be really prosperous in future
generations its hillsides must be
clothed In thriving timber.
A Christiania dispatch says that
Capt. A. N. Hovland Of the Norwegian
navy recently gave lecture before
the Norwegian Engineering society
on his recent epochal invention In
wireless telegraphy. which will make
the aerial transmission of kilograms
absolutely secret. Captain Hovland's
invention consists Of system where
by the message Is sent by means Of
an instrument resembling typewrit-
er. transmitted through the air by
means of series of dots and dashes.
and received at the receiving station
by an apparatus which operates on
the reverse principle Of the sending
apparatus, converting the message in.
to typewriter form. The system en-.
ables the operators to use any one oil
.720 combinations Of letters, making
the reading of the message by q third
party practical impossibility.
The Norwegian committee Of III,
Observation-Disclosures foundation hal
granted scholarship to Chr. wriedt
an agricultural student, in order tina
he may 60 to America and study hors,
raising and allied subjects. The schol
arship b worth $3.50
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A London cahlssraw 81 that ii,
Norwegian ministry Il lAS11k = cr1hi
- the result Of disagreement between
the minister Of defense and the mill
tary committee. according to > tele
gram nom sto>hholm II is;saiditAA
the committee demands : reduction .
LOON. 900 kroner In the contemplate'
militAry expenditures. and that ~
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