Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-14
SWEDEN.

made a trip from Butte to Gothenburg.
Sweden, received an Inheritance from
his fathers estate. eluded the Swe-
dish authorities who wanted him for
the army, went through the war zone
twice. saw number Of the bodies
of German and British sailors who
were picked up 100 miles from the
scene of the Jutland naval battle. and
returned to Butte to resume his posi-.
ton. On the way to Sweden. Mr..
Wattson's ship was held up three days
at Kirkwall. Scotland, while the Brit
ish officers searched 1t for German cit
liens and extracted the mail. The
search was very systematic and thor
ough. Mr.. Watson says. Every man.
woman and child on board was inter-
viewed, every bit of personal luggage
was examined and even the trunks In
the hold were searched. Mr.. Watson
landed at Christiania, Norway, and
went by rail to his old home In Goth
enburg, Sweden, but failed to report
to the chief of police, as is customary,
as to have done so would have cost
him his freedom. The trip took him
only three months. Sweden Is now
an armed camp, with 100000 men
ready to go into the field at mo
ment's notice. The usual terms of en-
listment in the army, required of all
citizens, Is four years. Physical re-
quirements have been forgotten. There
Is place fer all, no matter what they
have been doing, and they are put to
work In some useful capacity. Since
the war started Sweden has become
a great Industrial center. Instead of
depending upon fishing and shipping
as before, the northern kingdom has
been forced to scratch for itself and
provide all the necessities which here
tofore were shipped in. Factories of
all kinds have sprung up, and the coun-
try which depended upon England,
France and the United States for ev-
erything from ready-made clothing to
electric motors, is now making these
things for itself In Its own plants.
Great Britain, following the lead of
Sweden. has made public the entire
correspondence with Sweden concern.
ing British seizures of the Swedish
parcel post with the United States and
Swedish retaliation in stopping all
British parcels in transit to Russia.
The correspondence discloses that the
situation has not been satisfactorily
adjusted. Some letters and notes TEEN
with language so sharp as to indicate
that the relations of the two countries
at one time approached the breaking
point. As result of the negotiations
Sweden recently released 10000 par
cells to Russia under agreement with
the government to submit the matter
to arbitration after the war. IF II
is a fortunate thing for this country
that the statement of its case In the
in the extremely competent hands of
Lord Grey, it is perhaps unfortunate
that the case for the other side should
have fallen to such surprisingly incom-
petent advocates as the Swedish for
eign Office appears to produce" says
liS Duily 1NC"o. lhCAl WuOiC
ling of it appears to have been Sc
ries of blunders of first magnitude"
The capture of the German steam
ship Desterro, with cargo of iron
ore, was made by a Russian subma-
rine, flying the Swedish flag, says the
Overseas News agency. Dispatches
from Stockholm say the Desterro was
seized in Swedish territorial waters,
having ON board Swedish pilot who
has now returned to Haparahda. The
vessel was taken into Raumo, Finland.
"This fragrant violation of Swedish
neutrality" the News agency says,
has produced excitement in Sweden
and embittered the feeling Of the peo-
pie" Crown Pilot Hoeghome, who was
on the Desterro when it was seized
by Russian submarine, confirms the
statement that the seizure was made
in Swedish territory waters.
Travellers returning from the North
this summer are complaining of the
intense heat prevailing at the southern
edge of the Arctic circle. Travellers
journey by rail all the way around the
Gulf of BOthnia, say they have suf-
fered intensely from the heat while
on the northern reaches Of their four
days trip. At Haparanda, where pas
sengers transfer from Sweden to Fin
Ion1 tbo tap,Noro t,,ras fhfc e,,,,,,,,or
have ranged from 10 to 20 degrees
warmer than In Stockholm, several
hundred miles to\the south. This diff
ference is of course attributed to the
longer hours of sunshine prevailing in
the North, Haparanda being but a
night sun. In company with the rest
of Europe, Sweden turned up the clock
one hour this summer, although day
light saving" was hardly necessity In
this land of long twilights and white
nights.
After the All-American association
football team playing at Gothenburg
had defeated the Oergryte Sports club.
one of the best teams in Sweden. two
goals to one, furious mob attacked
several Of the American players and
threw stones at their automobiles as
they drove to their hotel.
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Silk spiders of the genus Nephila
are abundant In the southern United
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