Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-26
Sweden.

Sweden.
Admiral Deguoy or France has pub
lished an article In the Revue sles deux
Mcndea III which he appeals 10 thu
Scandinavian countries to Join the IL
lies In the war. At the same time he
accuses the commercial interests Of
the Scandinavian countries. particular
~ those OF Sweden and Norway. OF
carrying on an Illicit trafIic with Ger
many on q large scale, This. he main
tains. II continued, will have the effect
OF prolonging the war. rendering inef-
fective the British blockade OF Ger
many and may even affect the ANAL
outcome OF the struggle. The only
way for the governments of the Scan
dinavian countries to stop this tY&fsic.
says the admiral. Is for them to enter
the war against Germany. whose inter.
ests are inimical to these or Scandi.
navia or course. this article win have
no effect in the Scandinavian coun.
tries.
The people of Sweden were amused
by the publication OF story how /
peacock stopped passenger train
near Runo station, The bird had
taken up his position between the
rails and showed no signs OF retiring
when the passenger approached. The
engineer whistled several times. but
the big bird merely spread HIS aplen.
did tail farther and farther, ~ II the
whistling were applause. and stayed
right on the track, Then the engineer
stopped the train and went forward
to brighten the vain peacock on the
track
The large steamship company
Transatlantic has paid back to the
Swedish government the subsidy OF
zoo, 900 crowns which 1t received 10
per agreement, and also relinquishes
Its claim to the 100000 crowns which
were to have been paid TO the COM
pany this year. This action shows to
excellent advantage the patriotism or
Swedish business men and also what
unprecedented prosperity has been the
good fortune OF Swedish steamship
companies since the outbreak OF the
war.
The governments OF Russia and
Germany have been exchanging pris-
oners OF war too seriously wounded
to be OF any further service on the bat
tie field and thousands of these are be-
ing transported through Sweden on
hospital trains. They are transported
over the Haparanda- Trelleborg rail.
way. three trains passing each way
every week. each carrying $50 wound
ed soldiers. A corps OF doctors ard
nurses accompanies each train, and
each train is equipped like hospital.
including operating tables
Denmark.
A new industry has been started In
Denmark as q result OF the European
war, namely, the manufacture OF dyes.
Hitherto Denmark has imported prac-
tically all OF It's dyes from Germany,
whose manufactures have . world
wide recognition Since the outbreak
of the war the importation OF dyes
from Germany into Denmark has re-
duced almost to minimum, partly be-
cause of the inability OF the German
factories to supply the foreign mar.
kets and partly because of the pro-
hibitiye prices. To meet the situation,
dye factory has been opened at
Silkeborg and another Is In process
OF erection at Copenhagen. The
Silkeborg factory has proven entirely
satisfactory, Its output being quite
equal to the German dyes.
A live stock census was recently
taken In Denmark, which shows that
the number OF horses In the country
is $4,000; the number OF cattle and
sheep. 2,416,00 the number OF swine,
| 1,919,000. This shows a decrease OF
$4,000 in the number OF horses since
the last preceding count; decrease
Of $4,000 in the number OF cattle and
sheep; Of rs per cent in the number
of swine. The principal reason is the
| high price Of fodder, but 1t may also
be taken for granted that the activity
OF foreign buyers is responsible for
the reduction, the war having created
a keen demand both for horses and
other live stock.
Representatives of the musicians of
Denmark, Norway and Sweden held q
conference at Copenhagen recently, ct
which 1t was decided to form Scan.
dinavian Musical association for the
protection and promotion OF the inter.
ests OF the musicians OF the three
countries. Wilhelm Fischer Of copen.
hagen was elected president.
The farmers of Denmark expended
22,400.000 crowns for artificial fer.
| tilizers i'm the year 1914. This IL q
goodly sum for small country and la
| evidence of the care taken I'm Den
mark to keep the soil I'm the highest
| state OF productivity.