Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-08-17

throughout the country.
The measure provides for criminal
Of offenders against tn
articles. the first offense belhx punish
able by fine and a repetition BY I'm
prIsonmeht for a maximum term q
three months and liability 10 dis
missal without possibility az return
to public service.
Employees on street cars. osnnihuseM
taxicahs. railroads and passenger
boats are to be subject ID the provis-
Ions Of the bill, mn well ~ soldiers
and sailors. but the king has the
power to grant dispensntion 10 the Of
flcers and crews OF warxhips visiting
foreign ports where they may have to
be entertained by the hosts or have
to give entertainments In return.
Most OF the Norwegian steamship
lines already make 1t d condition of
their contracts with their officers and
crews that they shall totally abstain
from Intoxicating liquors during their
service.
Statistics show that marriages %
the number OF 1906 were contracted
In Norway In the year 1915, ID COM
pared with 1n,773 In 1914 ana 16,202
In 1919. While the marriages thus
show an Increase there was i dir
tinct decrease In births. there having
been born $500 children III 1DlH. q
compared with Oh ,8A9 la 1914 and q.
03T In 1913. The population of ~
country was estimated u 1512.O6h
Sweden.
According to reports from stock
holm, the people of Sweden are not
easing up In their feelings Of resent
ment against England because Of her
blockade against Sweden. On the
contrary this feeling II growing
stronger, and the newspapers are ~
ginning to commept more and moro
freely upon what thes say IN prac-
tice "in violation oh ali international
lava fragrant misuse Of power
against the unquesti0nahle rights Of
weaker nations" Swedish government
officials and swedish merchants alike
do not hesitate to say they have hoped
against hope the United States would
take stand In behalf Of the neutral
countries which would bring about I
more reasonable enforcement of this
blockade. They have protested In
vain to Great Britain and have en-
deayored to take such retaliat0ry
steps ms were nj Sweden's command.
But they realize Sweden Ii In no pO-
sition and has neither the resources
nor the military Importance to gain
favorable consideration. Scandinav-
ian newspapers and officials nrgue
that the United States has most po-
tent weapon 10 use against the ailies
to bring about "a more lawful conduct
of the blockade They firmly believe
that IL the United States government
would threaten to forbid the expert Of
| munitions OF war and TO declare un-
lawful any loans to beliigerent nations.
England would quickly be brought to
terms. The Scandinavians weald b.
| perfectly willing, they say, to let Amer
| lea dictate the conditions OF the block
| ade; they do not feel thay should be
left arbitrarily to the will OF Great
Britain. One effect Of the blockade
has been to place food supplies In the
hands of spectators, who are de-
manding exorbitant prices for their
wares. Oddly enough, great major
| ity Of these spectators are said to
be Germans. This liz particularly true
| of coffee. No people In all the world
love their coffee like the Swedes. Al
ready they are paying practically
| double the normal price for I. with
quotations daily leaping upward.
| Sweden still is able to get large guam
titles Of coal and briquctte fuel from
Germany. and 1t is In exchange for
| this very essential import TINT the
Swedish government allows the export
| Of iron ores and various food supplies
to Germany. German commerce still
| fiourfshes In the south Baltic waters
although the recent activities of Eng
| fish and Russian submarines and de-
stroyers sent a thrill Of apprehension
through the various trading interests.
The II higher institutions OF learn
Ing In Stockholm graduated 4o5 stu
dents this summer.
Az an addition to the existing royal
decree prohibiting submarines from
using Swedish territorial waters ex-
| cept in certain parts OF the sound, the
Swedish government has issued i mo-
| tice. says Reuters Stockholm CORE
spondent, that submarines contraven-
ing this decree run the risk Of being
attacked by an armed force without
warning.
Denmark
The Danish motor ship Samsoe, ac-
cording to a Lloyd's dispatch from Ty-