The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-05-06

el|R I FROM Old COUNTRY
BY MARTIN oDLAND.


Ks Sweden.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
that the Swedish steamers Hakan,
Hera, and Olaf, loaded with herring
for Germany. have been seized by Brit
ish warships. Their cargoes are val
ued at 100000 crowns. 10 IL stated
that In future Swedish herring ships
win sail within territorial waters,
The authorities Of Bohus district
find that there ID q great deal Of suf-
fering among the stoneworkers who
are without employment. It IL esti-
mated that 5000 families are in want,
and that It win take about 100000
crowns to carry them through the Sea-
son and the local officers do not know
how to provide this sum. It has been
proposed that the state take over the
stone industry and thus provide en-
ployment for the unfortunate men.
A cabiegram Of recent date says that
the threatened cabinet crisis over the
war trade bill has been averted by an
agreement accepted by all the parties.
The. firm attitude of the liberals and
socialists compelled the government
to considerably modify the bill. Tho
original bill sought to give the govern
ment arbitrary rights beyond parliar
mentary control regarding all arrange
ments for foreign tade and the
transit of foreign goods through Swe-
den. Stockholm dispatches said
Premier Hammarskjold had threat
ened to resign II the bill were not
passed without alteration.
The steamer Munin had peculiar
experience one night recently while ap-
preaching Gothenburg. The sea was 30
rough that the ship rolled heavily and
some heavy iron plates which were
kept In the hold broke loose and were
lung back and forth, with the result
that the sharp corners of one of them
cut small hole In the hull beneath
the water line. Tho accident was not
discovered from the deck, but the
sailors soon observed an ever increas-
ing volume of water In the machine
room. BY and by the leakage stopped
without anybody discovering the .rea-
SON. Later. after the ship had reached
smoother waters. an Investigation dis
closed the injury to the ships huh and
the reason for the cessation Of the In
fiux of water. A herring had been
drawn into the hole with such force as
to plug II up completely.
The death of Fritjof Berg, the
noted Swedish politician and school
master. has caused widespread and
genuine sorrow In Sweden. He died
suddenly OF heart trouble at the age
Of sixty-five years. his passing follow
ing hard upon that Of his friend and
leader. Karl 6taaf. former premier.
The death of Berg, like that Of Staaf.
II a heavy loss to the Liberal party
Ind to the nation as whole. Berg's
useful career began with his work as
; schoolmaster which eventually won
for him the honored title Of Father
OF the Swedish Popular School Sys-
tenn" II was in 1905 that Berg was
appointed chief director or administra-
tor of the schools and church Of
Sweden, and as such took his place
IN the Staaf cabinet. That the for
mer schoolmaster should thus take biz
place in the kings council attracted
wide attention.
Hjalmar Branting. the leader of tho
Swedish socialists, said to an English
correspondent: THE nation that wins
will build up its ornaments afresh.
Those that are defeated must build.
Also. to defend themselves. The war
party in Germany can only be de-
stroyed BY the German people. Your
mistake, think. is the idea that you
can destroy German militarism by de.
feating the German war machine. Ger
man militarism can only be de-
stroyed by the German nation. II 10
1ust possible that peace IL not 80 dis
tant. The nation IL beginning to see
that force is not efficacious. When the
light has gone Cd long time. and
nothing has been effected by It. then
ne people Of Germany will see that
their force 10 not 20 supreme as they
Thought. II IA wonderful. but what