The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-15
important Events In Sw
Norway and Denmall
BRIEFS FROM OLD couY| MI
Interesting ltsms From The rhest
Great Kingdoms Of the North -
lectsd for eeandInavIans on6 n
Their Descendants.
By MARTIN W. oDL3Np \
Denmark.

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The Danish West Iudieq have bee1
suffering from an indusFjA1 qeprei
sion and scarcely any mofpv ~ n eff
culation In st. Thomas. FThis ~ du
partly to the European YQr and partl.
to the closing Of the anam4 canal
The chief industry, sayoa corfespond
ent, has always been tn supplying o
coal and water and otller necessitiei
to ships. but this is nov practicall,
at a standstill, particu11cly because o.
the suspension of tho o(oap1sbip serv
Ice Of the Hamburg American line
This company gave 2ndployment to 9
large number of la6crere and others
the majority OF whom have had to EN-
igrate to Santo Domingo or other az
ricultural islands Al order TO make q
livelihood. The Hamburg American
line has. more thin was heretofore re
allied. been the main support OF the
island, disbursing ~ large sum OF
money annually. An extensive system
Of harbor works. with an up-to-date
dock and all modern appliances such
as electrical GOAL cranes, warehouses
and oil tanks. was recently completed
here. and with the opening Of the Pan
anna canal it was expected that great
trade would develop. But the slides
in the canal have prevented these
hopes from being realized. On the
island Of st. Croix the strike which
paralyzed the sugar industry for a
time was a serious matter. The island,
very much more so than st. Thomas.
is agricultural, and this years produc-
ton of sugar and rum promises to be
exceptional. Following the formation
of labor union, the laborers on the
sugar estates contended that with the
increased prices for sugar they should
be paid more wages, but this was re-
fused by the planters. Thousands Of
the workers were turned off the es-
tates and f1ocled. with personal be-
longings, to the towns of Frederick
sted and Christiansted, where. for the
past month, they have been living in
tents and matched houses and school
buildings. A wage concession has end
ed the strike. Notwithstanding the I'M
settled conditions. there have been few
disorders, except fora small amount
of suspected incendiarism. The gov
eminent has recently passed several
bills looking to the Improvement of
the laborers of both islands, including
the parceling out among them of small
lots of land under certain conditions.
II these measures are carried out they
should improve the situation greatly.
says a press correspondent.
The population of Denmark Febru-
airy 1. 1916. was 2.919.796.
Norway.
The Norwegian mission society had
an income of $4,000 crowns in 1916,
which is somewhat less than it's in.
come in 1914.
The Bank of Norway recently re.
ceived 100000 crowns of gold from
Copenhagen. The metal weighed 2h
tons and Is now safely stored in the
bombproof basement OF the bank
Norway's society for the restriction
of emigration has adopted new
name-"Ny Jord." which means New
Soil" or New Earth" It will also
change its policy somewhat. It is un
derstood that 1t will advocate the col
onization of the interior of the coun
try. where there is an abundance Of
new soil" to be utilized. II properly
developed.
DR.. Jorgen Brunchorst. who for SIX
years has been Norway's representa-
tive at Stockholm. Sweden, has beer
transferred to Rome, where he will
look after his country's interests al
ambassador. DR.. Brunchorst was borr
in 1862 For several years he was con
nected with the Bergen museum, be
ing appointed it's director In 1901. He
served In the storthing from 1895 Il
1898 and from 1908 to 1905. In 1906
he was appointed consul general fol
Norway at Havana, Cuba, and the mex,
year he became q member Of Michel
sens cabinet and continued at his pos
when Loveland succeeded Michelser
as premier DR.. Francis Hagerup
Norway's minister at Copenhagen. viii
succeed DIR. Brunchorst at Stockholm
th
Capt. ROAD Amundsen IL planning
TO start on his North pole expedition
next year, according to a dispatch
from Christiania to q London paper
The explorer has insisted all alonl
that be would head an expedition 3,
the North pole, but on account Of tn,
many delays the belief has becom'
quite general that he may never star
at all.
During the year 1915 the Norwegian
American line brought 1856 passen
gers to New York. Only portion o
these were Morse immigrants, tn,
others being for the most part Norwe
gian-Americans who visited tbei
mother country during the past year
The Observation-Disclosures line land
ed 1891 passengers at New York las
year. ...l
The Norwegian bark Lindfeld hal
been sunk. Thirty Of the crew wer,
rescued b. Ne Norwegian barl