Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North ss-
lectsd for scandinavIans and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. oDLAND.

Felix Hollaender, German who has
been spending the winter In Christi
ania, has written decidedly interest
ing and original description Of the
Norwegian people and life In the Nor
wegian capital for Berlin newspaper
The people OF Christiania,' he says,
are all taken UP with the whirl Of
the worlds affairs--corks pop and the
wine flows. No one desires peace. As
brilliant times as these have never be-
lore been experienced by the city. ana
ieasts and banquets are the order OF
the day. No one can deny that the
Norwegians have much I'm common
with the English. They are sports
men. as they are. and their pose, walk
and dress remind one OF the Britons.
And business with England develops
so easily and quickly that even small
exertions bring wealth in return. But
with the term German the Norseman
associates sweaty odor--to use an
inelegant expression. The Germans
are honest people. but they toll and
work In manner to be feared. In
Norwegian politics business Is the de-
termining factor. And speaking OF
business and ciphers, 1t Is fact that
the Norwegian merchant feet, which
before the war was valued at three
hundred millions, Ia now valued at
I've hundred millions, although there
has been some considerable addition
to the number of ships. And when
further state that ship owners receive
100 per cent dividends on their money,
the figures speak for themselves, and
further words are unnecessary"
II Is estimated that no less than
$60,000,000 In money orders, bank
drafts. etc. have been exchanged by
the people OF Norway and the United
States during the is years ending De-
cember 81. 1915. The figures for the
postal orders, according to the post
office department reports. give the
number of orders for each year and
the total amount rs follows: Sent to
Norway--1s0l. 20.190, SAL. 02T.13:
1902, 27..62. $954.s1432: 1903, 61,53s,
lJuft tA.IVA, 4i,D1 H.
275.s0; 1905. ss.6ss. s1.s46.32s.42; 1905,
1I2, 4ss. $2,577.s41.37: 1907, 13o,o1s,
S,243,61003; 1908. 111,107, $685.
s6i.46; 1909. 121,44s, $2.s2o, 637.s4;
1910, 136,913, $3.11s,Sl120: 1911, 129,-
7s9, s2,s+9, 1865: 1919. 121,746, $2,-
b9s,5o44s; 1913, 117.6o6; s2,516.1sS. 10:
1914, 103,073, $2.t05.5s6.0S: 1915, co.
s35, s1,5oo.s2l,ss: total, 1.444,s1s, $751;
b14,724.a7.
Received from Norway--1901, 2,112,
$5h.s69,1s: 1909. 2,4s3. s64.s2224: 1903.
4,sss. $13s.751.ss: 1904, $3.50, $685..
075.7I; 1905. s,s5s, $1S7.95S.s5; 1906.
s,56i. $202, 1907, 6.s42. $24s,-
4s4s4 1908, 1878, $271, 200. 20; 1909,
7.075. sa30.s9a.73. 1910, 6,946, $780,
4275b; 1911. 1870. $24s.7ls,7a; 1912,
1857, $218.60i.20: 1913, 1856, $780,
Ses.ss; 1914, 1853, s2l6,2s4.47: 1915,
6,s44, $ls3,s2s,a4; total. e2.5s7. ST.
T1,945.20.
When the new railway connecting
Petrograd with the arctic port of
AleSandrovitch Is finished, 1t will be
possible to transport goods from from.
in 1--WE days, says press dispatches.
A new steamship line has been organ
ICED to take advantage of the new
route, and II Is expected that the rail-
way will be available for use within
o month or so. Although much FUR
Their north than Archangel. on the
White sea, which Is already connect
| ed with Petrograd by the narrow
| gauge railway. the new port OF Alex
androvsk Is free from ice all the year
around. by virtue of being situated on
an inlet which feels the effect of the
Gulf stream, while Archangel Is closed
to navigation six months of the year.
One of the difficulties of the Arch
angel route has been the tremendous
congestion OF traffic, and this will still
be problem for some time as the
new railway from Alaxandrovsk will
at first be in roundabout way via
Archangel. But direct line from
Alexandrovsk to Petrograd Ia to be
completed as soon as possible.
Il
The Morse scholar and historian, DR..
Halvadan koht, who Ii pro-German,
has written series OF articles on his
observations during an extended stay
in Germany. He says that the Ger,
man people have an intense yearning
for peace, not because they fear de-
feat. but because they have come ia
the conclusion that Germany's enc
mics. especially Great Britain. can
not be permanently vanquished. and
the war may as we'll end now as later
Twenty-seven ships have been
built or are being built for Norwegian
trims In the United States. Just re-
Gently contracts for six steamers ol
5000 tons each were placed with ship
! yards at Manitowoc, Wis. The price
paid by Norwegians for American
J built ships IL SO per cant higher thar
J such shfps sold for before the war
J Prior to the war Morse arms placed
. most OF their orders for vessels with
/ an clfsh Shinynrtfs hut now thass