Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-08-09
SWEDEN.

blockade permit the scandinavian
countries TO have only what the Off
Gals think they should have not what
the countries proclaim they need. IN
the case of Norway and Denmark the
'rations" basis Is maintained by
agreement. In the case of Sweden ii
is enforced by British sea power, by
seizure of neutral ships at sea and
detention of goods in English harbors.
Some Scandinavian ships, en- route to
Sweden from South America, recently
have been entirely emptied of cargo
and sent to their home ports as pau
perS of the ocean highway There
are many evidences of increasing re-
sentiment against Great Britain on the
part of the Swedish people. The
newspapers are beginning to comment
more and more freely upon what they
say is practice ''in violation of all
international lava fragrant misuse
of power against the unquestionable
rights of weaker nations" Swedish
government officials and Swedish mer-
chants alike do not hesitate to say
they have hoped against hope the
United States would take a stand in
behalf of the neutral countries which
would bring about a more reasonable
enforcement of the blockade Scan
dinavian newspapers and officials ar
que that the United States has q
most potent weapon TO use against
the allies To bring about "a more law
ful conduct Of the blockade" They
firmly believe that If the United
States government would threaten to
forbid the export Of munitions of war
and to declare unlawful any loans to
belligerent nations, England would
quickly be brought to terms One eff
feet of the blockade has been to place
food supplies in the hands of specu-
latOrs who are demanding exhorbi-
tant prices for their wares A great
majority of these spectators are said
to be Germans. Many months ago
they bought for shipment to Germany
supplies not covered by re-export
We're soaring TO such high figures in
Sweden 1t was more profitable to hold
their goods and resell 10 the Swedish
people. This is particularly true of
coffee. The Swedish system covering
exports of food to Germany has been
very carefully thought out No food
can be exported without special H.
cense from the government. In or
der TO obtain this license the exporter
of butter, eggs, pork. etc, must agree
to put on the home market at a speci-
fed price an amount of food equal to
that he is sending Germany. The
produce thus placed on the home mar
ket is known as compensation food"
and is sold well below the prevailing
market. For a long time the better
classes of consumers were able to COB
BILE up all the compensation food"
Immediately Ii was offered. Now cards
have been issued TO the poorer classes
and they have special privileges at
all sales Manufacturers assert that
the British authorities In measuring
materials to be allowed Sweden over
look the fact that Russia has come
INTO AIlc cNtdlAh maj net AOt LUXURIOUS
Of products and manufactures former
ly bought from Germany. They claim
to be seriously handicapped in filling
Russian and japanese contracts be-
cause England will not let the neces-
sary raw materials out OF bondage"
In the past six months Great Britain
has seized from one line of Swedish
steamers In the South American trade
So per cent of their cargoes, allow
ing only II per cent 10 come through
The Swedish Red Cross society has
awarded gOlf and silver medals to a
number of German army surgeons in
recognition of their great work IN the
hospitals at the front and the aid Civ
en- by them TO the surgeons and
nurses sent by Sweden. Among the
recipients of the gold medals are the
famous Professors Kinmel. Friedheim
and Schmidt of University Of Berlin.
Count louis Douglas died July 20
at Lysekil baths. He was grand mar
shat of the Kingdom and chief of the
Swedish court.
The Swedish flight lieutenants |
Mannstroem and krus. were killed !
when their machine fell from a height
Of 500 feet.