The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-02-10
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Enormous quantities Of .noncontra
band foodstutfs from America have
been going into Germany from swe
den during the last six weeks. includ
ing preserved fruits from the Pacific
coast, coffee and tea. Imports OF
American coal: are increasing, owing
to the continued ban on British coal
by the British government, Germany
Is sending chrgoes of Belgian coal
from Lubbock and Stettin to Malmc
but it is of inferior, quality and the
demand for American coal is growing
The activity Of British commercial
agents, whom the Swedes call "com
mercial spies," has caused great irri
tation. Several have been expelled
because Of their activity in shadow
ing" cargoes unloaded at Gothenburg
and other ports. American buyers
are carefully watched and their nego
tiations with Swed;5h business men
followed in detail.
DR.. Charles F. Aked, Nine. Rosika
Schwimmer and other members of the
Ford peace board, after having vainly
appealed to the German minister at
Inc Hague for permission for the
scandinavian peace delegates to re-
turn home through Germany, tele-
graphed to Berlin for the desired per.
mission. twenty-five subjects Of Den.
mark, Sweden and Norway, who
came to the Hague with the peace ex.
petition, are DESTROYS to return to their
homes, which they are unable to do
unless by way Of the North sea. This
route is regarded as unsafe Included
in those marooned here is Paul Lind.
hagen, mayor of Stockholm, who says
he may lose his position unless he re.
turns soon.
Many Scandinavians in the United
States desiring to return to Norway,
Sweden or Denmark are unable to OBJ
tain passports because they have NJ
birth certificates. Under the recent
order Of President Wilson that all per
sons leaving American ports should
be provided with passports, the Scan
dinavians have great difficulty in OBJ
tanning passage on steamship lines to
scandinavian countries. Consuls OF
those countries in New York have re
ceived numerous appeals and they and
the steamship lines are considering
the advisability of laying the matter
before Secretary of State Lansing.
The Nordiska museum in Stockholm
has established separate Strindberg
museum. August Strindberg's room
and private library were moved to
the museum, and everything is in the
same order az he was wont to keep
it. There are 1000 books. In a safe
there are also $4,000 sheets of manu-
script never printed, diaries, etc.,
which his heirs have a right to print
No American mail has been received
at Stockholm since January 3. This
fact has created speculation on the
part of the newspapers as to whether
the nonreceipt Of mail is due to it's
seizure by Great Britain or to a new
American arrangement to send pos
tails only by Scandinavian steamers.
Allegations that German agents are
trying to smuggle copper and other
contrakand from the United States in
to Germany by shipping it first to a
Swedish port disguised as unprohibit
ed foodstuffs have resulted in the
stricter surveillance of all incoming
ships by the Swedish government
The Swedish-American STEAMSHIP
line is contemplating the purchase
Of two 12,000-ton steamers from the
Hamburg-American line. But the
chances are that even if the ships are
bought they cannot be used until after
the war on account of protests from
England
Those socialists who signed pro
test against the prohibition movement
have been called to time. Mr.. Wiberg,
trustee OF the typographical union
for a great many years, is threatened
with defeat when his term expires,
and in many places around Stockholm
it is proposed to punish the signers by
reducing their rank in some way.
Lieut.. Carl Ericsson is one of the few
prominent men of Sweden who have
something good to say in favor of Eng
land in this conflict. He holds that
England should not be blamed for
blockading Germany wherever it is
possible. Sweden is threatened from
the south, he says, and he is in hopes
that the allies will be in position to
dictate the terms when the great con.
fict comes to close
British agents have been at work
among the employees of the Stock.
holm street railways trying to per-
suade them to accept positions on
the trolley lines of London and other
English cities. The wages paid street
railway emn1Oveos If Sfoctho1Do ora