Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-20
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENiNos IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the seandInavians
In America.
SWEDEN.

"All political parties in Sweden
stand united in maintaining strict
neutrality" said Capt C. F. Silver
stolpe of Stockholm, aide-de-camp to
Crown Prince Gustave Adolph at a
luncheon given in New York in his
honor. Movements have been on foot
to draw Sweden into the war, but they
have been of minor Importance" Cap
tain Silfverstolpe came to New York
on the steamer Stockholm. which ar
rived from Gothenburg on her first
trip for the newly established Sweden.
America line. He came as the repre-.
sentative of the Swedish press and is
to return on the Stockholm. Whether
the establishment for the first time of
a direct steamship line between Swe-
den and the United States will stimu-
late trade, Captain Silfverstolpe said.
depends on the attitude of Great
Britain. He asserted that Swedish
trade had suffered greatly by reason
of the English system of using I'M
pleasant and unfair methods to find
out the business relations of many
firms and traders" Captain Silver
stolpe said British suspicious that
Sweden was re-exporting goods to
countries at war with Great Britain
were unfounded. He asserted that all
goods which Sweden was importing
from the United States were for home
consumption and not for trade with
other countries.
The Swedish government has sent
sharp note to the British government
protesting against the holding up of
mails from America to Sweden and
the examination of the contents of the
parcels. Sweden also has retaliated
by stopping British mails going
through that country to Russia and by
holding up communications from Rus
STA. But there has now been an i'm
provement in this direction. It is now
pointed out that the British govern
ment in examining postal correspond.
ence going to Sweden or seizing par
cells sent to Sweden is within its
rights, according to international law.
The matter Is regulated by The Hague
convention of 1907. Swed en- was also
a party to the convention as well as
Germany
A spy searched the room of Nine.
Aimo Malmberg of Chisholm. Mimi. a
member of the Ford peace party. both
at Christiania and Stockholm. suspect
ing that Nine Malmberg, who is citi-
zen Of Finland, was engaged in revolu-
tionary work against Russia. Nine.
Malmberg's SON, who lives in Finland.
visited her on Christmas day. While
she was absent from her room 1t was
thoroughly searched and the uphol-
stery cut to ribbons in the hunt for In
eliminating documents. 1t was report.
ed that Nine. Malmberg's son was &C.
companied to Stockholm by a young
Finlander, who was shot to death
when on his way home.
The little group of "activists" who
urge participation with the central
powers are found chiefly in military
and aristocratic circles; but Sweden is
no longer governed by the aristocracy.
Though the transition is not yet com.
plete, the democracy is pretty well in
the saddle. The Swedish peasantry,
which has been called the purest
blooded and the most enlightened peas
antry in Europe, is said to be in COM
plete accord with the Industrial prole-
tariat Of the cities on the subject.
English agents have made energetic
efforts to induce street railway men In
Stockholm to go to England to per-
form similar work. The agents offer
$14.50 week, while in Stockholm mo-
tormen and conductors receive only
$8.44 a week. The street car mems
union has made strong efforts to pre-.
vent its members from accepting the
offer from England. but about fifty
of them are said to be on the point Of
leaving.