The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-01-22

Of the country's relations TO the great
war. with special reference 10 Ger
many and Russia. when you arrive
ct Stockholm" he says. you are bound
70 see number Of well-todo Russians
and Germans living IN the best hotels.
freQuenting the finest restaurants and
cafes. promenading the beautiful
streets and boulsvards. going and com
Ing from the seashore resorts and q.
together enjoying themselves IN this
quaint and attractive city. Then you
are bound to notice the many business
mon and government Representatives
Of both Russia and Germany busy
purchasing all sorts of goods in Sws-
den. from foodstuffs to ammunition.
machinery for manufacturing guns.
metals and whatnot. It 10 true that
the Swedish government has placed
an embargo on . number Of articles
just now. but before that millions Of
dollars worth of goods used to leave
the country for both Russia and Ger
many. Sweden Is fully modified. and
soldiers in their gray uniforms with
hats make fine appearance and are
seen oil over. The numerous bridges
are guarded by the military. and barb
wired entanglements are seen all along
the railways. Boden is q veritabie
arsenal and the main military point.
Leaving Stockholm for Russia you
pass the entire length of the country
and after two days riding in q COM
Portable train you reach Karungi.
small station with q few wooden
houses, resembling a mining town or
rather new settlement in northwest
ern Canada. From Karungi. which.
until a few months ago, was the last
station before reaching Finland. we
went by auto to Haparanda, q dis
lance Of seventeen miles. Karungi
and Haparanda are now joined by
rail so that the automobile or wagon
routes are abandoned. The most In.
teresting sight In Haparanda was the
enormous quantity of parcels placed
on large barges coming from and go
ing to Russia. These were the parcel
post packakes addressed to war pris-
oners In both countries. Thousands
OF such packages neatly done up in
canvas, or in wooden boxes, bearing
inscriptions In either Russian or Ger
man, could be seen on the large
barges, auto trucks and wagons. I
glanced at some and found that they
were addressed to soldiers, officers.
and doctors. The parcels in question
were handled by the Swedish postal
authorities and guarded by the sol
diers of the Swedish army. All day
long the loading and unloading of
packages was going on from barges
to auto trucks. and vice versa. When
in Russia, happened to be in the
customhouse and watched how each
Of these parcels was opened and care.
fully examined by the Russian custom
house officials. Each article was taken
out looked at, and replaced in the
box, or case. or whatever it might be.
OF the many different articles one
could see the most of them were
socks, shirts, handkerchiefs, cigars.
sardines and chocolate. Letters or
books were usually taken out of the
packages and not returned. On my
return to Sweden, ! again spent
whole day in Haparanda, but this
time ! witnessed the exchange Of in.
valid prisoners of war. They arrived
from both Russia and Germany and
presented a most pathetic sight. FIRE.
quently among them we're seen men
without legs or arms and some scarce
ly able to walk. However. despite
their heavy afiictions these men
seemed happy, doubtless because they
were returning home after so long .
period of Imprisonment and confine-
ment in . foreign land. Two Red
Cross hospital trains were lined up
on the tracks before the new little
picturesque station OF Haparanda. Sol.
diers with fixed bayonets were guard.
ing the passages to the station within
q hundred feet and the entire station
was surrounded with an improvised
wire fence. No one was allowed to
come near the station and we were
told that only an hour before our
train was scheduled to leave would We
be permitted to enter the waiting
room. The Swedish soldiers and Red
Cross nurses did all in their power to
comfort these unfortunate stricken in
valids who were returning to their
respective countries. Trainloads Of
these MANNED soldiers were to be seen
in Tornea on the Finnish side and In
Haparanda on the Swedish. Special
floating hospitals carried the invalids
from Sweden into Finland and vice
versa. The Russian invalids were met
in Tornea by the Russian ofiicials
while the Germans and Austrians were
taken in charge by the German Red
Cross nurses ard doctors at Hapar
anda."
The Ford peace party. which stopped
at Stockholm on its tour OF Europe.
was given warmer welcome by the
people of Sweden than was accorded
them by the people of Norway. The
spirit of skepticism, which was 20
apparent at Christiania, manifested It.
calf iv, n Ieaaer degree Mt Stockholm