Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-19
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENNIES IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume of the Most Important Events
h, 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
Grown 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 GothenbuTg 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
q 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 aud not for trade with
other countries.
The Swedish government has sent
a 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 II is now
pointed out that the British govern
ment in examining postal correspond
ence going to Sweden or seizing par
GELS sent to Sweden is within its
rights. according to international law
The matter is regulated by The Hague
convention of 1907. Sweden was also
party to the convention as well as
Germany.
A spy searched the room of Nine
Aimo Malmberg OF Chisholm, Mimi,
member Of the Ford peace party, both
at Christiania and Stockholm, suspect
ing that Nine. Malmberg, who is a 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
Htery cut to ribbons in the hunt for in
eliminating documents. 1t was report
ed that Nine. MaImberg's son was ac.
eompanied to Stockholm by a young
Finlander, who was shot to death
when on his way home.
The little group Of "actfvists" VINO
urge participation with the central
powers are found chiefly in military
and aristocFatie 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 probe
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
S1450 week, while in Stockholm mo-
tormen and conductors receive only
ss.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.