The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-01-27
Norway.


tons now prevailing In the Morse cap
.itai While his description Is doubt
less 0verdrawn, II shows the impress
sion made upon visitors by Chris
tiania at the present time and Is there
fore of interest. ''The conditions In
Christiania today are very much as
they were In Bucharest before Rou-
mania entered the war;" says the cor
respondent. Gold flows In streams
and fortunes beyond the dreams of
avarice are made In a few days. Men
who six months ago or year ago did
not own the clothing on their backs
and hardly knew where their next
meal would come from, now roll In
wealth. All Norway Is in the midst Of
an insane, fantastic adventure and
has but one thought-to make money
and still more money. The 'goulash
barons,' as the spectators furnishing
food stuffs and other necessaries to
the belligerents are called. are In evil
dence everywhere. Their luxurious
automobiles make the streets Of the
capital unsafe and their princely
steam and motor yachts cruise In the
fjords and bays. Palaces rivaling
those of Paris, London, Berlin and
Vienna are growing out of the earth.
The cafe of the Grand hotel has be-
come a kind of an annex to the stock
exchange. Day and night the place
Is crowded with Norwegians, Danish
and Swedish spectators and agents
of foreign governments. Around the
payne bottles and delicacies from all
parts of the world, deals amounting to
hundreds Of millions are made daily.
Everybody talks in millions. That Is
one side Of the medal, but the other
looks different. The cost of living has
become so high in Christiania that not
only the poor, but also the middle
classes suffer severely. Money Is too
plentiful, and has lost It's buying pow
er. The result is that the prices of
all foods and other necessaries have
risen so enormously that only the
wealthy can pay them. Rent, food,
clothing and fuel are much cheaper
in alf-starved' Germany than in Nor
way, although the latter country Is at
peace with all the world and piles gold
upon gold"
Norway is directly in danger Of be-
ing forced into the war, as Germany
threatens to carry on more severe
submarine campaign, forcing Norway
to break Off all connection with Eng
land, says Ella Anker In rather
sensational dispatch from Chris
tiania in the Chicago Daily News. I'm
til now, she continues, Norway has
contented herself with making formal
protests against the outrages on the
sea by Germany. Can Norway, as
America, count upon the strong fear
and hatred of war among great part
of the people who support the Ger
man peace maneuver, no matter what
the cost to other nations II they can
only insure safety to themselves? Ger
man terrorism Is so far a success, In
making many persons wish to concili-
ate Germany by offering greater con-
cessions In food supplies and ignoring
the outrages against Norwegian lives.
The psychology of panic works the
same way in all countries, inducing
the peaceful to forget the origin Of
the war and minimize It's evils. Ger
many Is trying to make the allies part
ly to blame till 1t has reached the
standpoint of PLATE washing his hands
of innocent blood, claiming 1t Is for
peace and freeing the Germans them
selves of responsibility. But the Nor
weglan people on the whole realize
that the present situation Is untenable.
Peace negotiations failed owing to Ger
many's refusal to state terms. Ger
many's aggression on sea In COM
Wandering food supplies and war ma
terials which the allies will not allow
us to give her will force us to take
decision.
The socialists won important VIC
tories In the elections held In the three
largest cities of Norway last month,
according to press reports. In Chris
tiania the socialists polled 34,6O1
votes and elected Al or AZ members
to the city council. The right party
polled 2O,537 votes and elected 35
representatives. The left party elect
ed FIVE representatives and the liberal
party two or three. In Bergen the So
cialists will probably have a plurality
of one vote over citizens party In the
city council. In the Trondhjem city
council the socialists gained six men,
bers and will now control 81 votes,
as against the conservatives 20, and
the smaller representation Of the minor
parties.
A corporation known as the Norwe-
gian-Argentine company has been
formed at Christiania. The company
will buy large tract Of land in Ar
gentine and conduct a big cattle ranch.
1t Is probable that Don Pedro Chris
topherson's phenomenal success In Ar
gentine is responsible for this venture
Of Christiania capitalists.
Thirty-one Norwegian ships lay In
the New York harbor during the holi-
days.
ntenofches of recent date sfoted