The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-19
Sweden.

has been attracting more and more at
tention throughout the world, and the
belief is becoming more general that
the Stockholm government may cast
its lot with the Teutons. England has
been SO harsh in its treatment OF
Sweden with respect to importation of
merchandise that the feeling against
her in Sweden has become intense and
general. Be that as 1t may. however,
the government Is just as determined
as ever TO adhere to its original pol
icy of strict neutrality in conformity
with the principles OF international
law. Such was the keynote Of all the
speeches In both houses Of the rigs
dag, wheE the debate on the budget
opened January 25. The most notable
speech of the day was that Of Premier
Hammerskjold, who also declared for
an impartial neutrality, but added sig
sificantly-and his utterance has at
tracted worldwide attention.: I'VE re-
pudiate the idea that our policy
means we will not abandon neutrality
under any conditions. 1t is our fer.
vent desire to keep peace and 1t is
our duty to work for this end with all
our might. but we must also reckon
with eventualities in which mainte.
nance of peace, in spite Of all our ef-
forts, would no longer be profitable"
The premier admitted that certain in
conveniences, especially of CONNER
cial nature, might have been mitigated
II the government had been less scru-
pulous In regard to absolute and i'm
| partial neutrality. However. expert
ence has shown U.S." he continued,
that one can depend for only q short
time on the precarious enjoyment of
advantages procured by such arrange
ments." Hialmar Branting. the social
list leader, expressed dissatisfaction
vsth the speech Of the premier. whose
| policy, he declared, seemed to be to
expose the nation to the gravest perils
solely for the sake Of an exact inter-
probation of international law.
The women Of Goteborg have as
founded the people of that city with
their generosity in contributing toward
worthy undertakings and charitable
! institutions. The one, Mrs. Emily
Dickson, has given 100000 crowns
toward relieving the distress of large
families who are unable to obtain
homes. The lack of houses in Cote
borg, to which attention has already
been called in this column, Is becom-
| ing a more. and more serious problem.
It is now utterly impossible for some
families with many children to secure
lodging. Mrs. Dickson, to begin with.
will erect Is houses. with accommoda-
tions for 80 families.
The other woman referred to is Mrs.
Caroline Wijk, who will erect homo
for nurses and set aside a fund for its
maintenance. Such an institution Is
greatly needed in Goteborg and its es.
tablishment will have tendency to
increase the number of nurses and
enable them to minister to people too
poor to pay for such care.
The mother Of Selma Lagerlof. the
famous Swedish author, is dead at the
age of eighty-eight years. She was
the widow of the late Lieutenant La
gerlof and was noted for her good
deeds and noble character. She died
in varmland on the estate Of her .hus-
band. which her daughter purchased
some years ago. In several of her
books Selma Lagerlof refers affection
ately to the worthy life Of her mother.
and in that way has immortalized her
memory,
A dispatch from Stockholm says that
the rigsdag has appointed committee
4 of IL members to confer with the king
ON foreign affairs and defense meas
ures. The committee, which is repre-
sentative OF all parties in both cham
bers, includes three socialists and the
conservative, Professor Kjellen. who
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