Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-27
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the scand'navians
In America.
SWEDEN.

IN America.
SWEDEN.
Says C.. F. Stewart of the United
Press: Sweden does not intend to
let Germany lose the European war,
even II she is forced to make war
herself as Germany's ally. Sweden
may not insist on an out-and-out Ger
man victory, but she feels she cannot.
Tor her own safety, allow the Russians
to beat Germany. She is not particu-
larly pro-German or proally, but she
IS anti-Russian, with her whole soul.
She will fight with Germany before
she will see Russian win. She be-
lieves her strength will be the decid-
ing factor in the last resort. AS far
back as any Swede can remember all
Swedes have been in terror of Rus
sian attempt to seize the cars most
coveted war.I-water port on the west
coast of the Scandinavian peninsula.
and Norway can only be reached
through Sweden. The Swedes claim
they can put 100000 troops into the
field. Experts doubt this. but concede
that the Swedes are admirably trained
and well armed. In the event Of hos
tilities they would be thrown across
the frontier into Finland in the ex.
pectation that the Firms would join
them in a campaign to capture Petro-
grad and sweep southwark to join
the Germans near Riga. The Norwe-
gian attitude cannot be spoken Of SO
unqualifiedly. BY sentiment, and in
consequence of trade relations. the
Norwegian masses sympathize with
Great Britain. They are mindful, too,
of the ruin England's navy could work
to their merchant feet, the worlds
largest after Britain's and Germany's.
Norwegian army officers, because
many of them were trained in Ger
many, are mostly pro-German. But
for political reasons the Norwegians
presumably would be with, the Swedes
against Russia IL forced to take sides.
The Norwegians can muster 100000
excellent soldiers fully equipped.
Denmark does not enter into the
northern Scandinavian peninsula's cal
culations. The Danes are pro-ally in
sympathy and German haters,
In October the government turned
$2,700,000 over to the department Of
war in the interest of preparedness
for war. This is all spent, and the
department of war has asked for an
other appropriation of 100000.
The National Bank Of Sweden now
pays 80 per cent of the face value
of Norwegian money and S7.5 on the
face value of Danish money.
The head of the staff of physicians
of the navy has reported to the min
lister of the navy that the men in
the navy drink too much coffee. The
head of the STAFF takes the ground
that the matter is serious enough to
demand remedy.
The water in the rivers and lakes
of Sweden is abnormally low this
winter. The condition is most serious
in the southeastern part Of the coun-
try. There was abundant rain In
July, but since that time the downfall
has been way below the average. The
September rains afforded some relief
in the central portions of the coun-
try.
The late Rev. DR.. s. A. Fries had
collected about $500 books ON the
history of religions, and all of them
will be donated to the seminary of
the history Of religions of the. Stock
holm high school.
The amount of money sent from
America to Sweden was only half as
large in 1915 as in 1914. The slump
was due exclusively to the war.
The government has decided that
the repair ship Blenda shall carry 81
millimeter guns while serving as a
supply ship for the submarines.
About 80 contracts between private
railway companies and their EN-.
ployees expired the first of this year.
At this writing 1t is not known how
many of them were renewed before
they expired.
The quarterly report of the brick
layers union shows that In "a local
unions having a membership of 1886
there are 66S who are out OF work. A
large proportion of those engaged in
the other branches of the building
trades are also idle. and no improve
nient is in sight.
It is estimated that the expenses
of the home for inebriates, at Venn-
garn for the year 1917 will be S27,27O,
of which $4,000 win be contributed
by the state. ,s
During the last few years the .igs-
dag has voted $4,000 to the support
of farmers advisers in the different
provinces.
Bulgaria has established a regular
Enthusiastically In Stockholm. and the
name of the first man sent to I'LL the
new position ia Grecon. .
The managers of the public domain
have notified the government that
there is no reason for expecting the
government forests to furnish fuel to
the public on large scale.
The government has set aside over