Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17


var 81 many other neutrals, says
recent Stockholm correspondence. con-
citiDns have reached point where IL
Ii unusual for a week to pass without
bringing some new restriction, either
la the form Of an appropriation by the
state OF certain articles. or some other
method of reducing consumption.
Hides Of all sorts were appropriated
few days ago. A decree followed
shortly, forbidding the brewing until
September 80 next Of malt drinks with
greater volume Of alcohol than 3.6
per cent. The latest restriction deals
with gas and electricity. With the
beginning Of the new submarine cam
paign Sweden's coal supply from Eng
land virtually stopped. 1t has now
been found necessary to compel a con-
siderable reduction in consumption.
To save coal the price Of gas and cleo
tricity has been increased. The pO-
lice are empowered to reduce the light
ing Of signs and advertisements. Street
car companies must reduce their traf-
fic. The price Of fuel wood, which al
ready had quadrupled since the he
ginning Of the war, has gone up an
.other notch. A cord cost $40 In
1914; 1t now costs 1915. Railway au-
thorities are experimenting with peat
for fuel. and have decided to ask the
state to appropriate all peat bogs.
Inge Lund writes from Stockholm
that Sweden has learned one important
lesson from the experience of the bel
ligerent nations--that her equipment
for taking care of the wounded In
case Of war has been entirely mad
eQuate, and she has set about making
good this deficiency. To begin with
she found that her staff Of nurses for
the army was insufficient. According
~ the Swedish Red Cross took the
matter up and group of new type
Of nurses was evolved. 1t was made
up of young girls from well-to-do fam
lilies who had their time at their dis
posal and who were summoned by the
Red Cross and placed into hospitals
to learn nursing. Thus there was ere.
ated q little army of auxiliary nurses.
During the last year not less than 200
young women have been trained for
this work The work Is no slnecure.
The auxiliary sisters have to work
hard and do all kinds of rough work
In hospital. They have to pay the
cost Of their training themselves and
have to pledge themselves not to do
nursing In time Of peace but only In
time of war and only as aids to the
regular nurses. The auxiliary nurses
have done active service on the trains
Of Russian and German invallds pass
ing through Sweden.
Late dispatches from Stockholm con-
vey news Of a popular uprising against
King Gustaf. One dispatch states that
so great Ia the danger to the royal fanl-
lily that two warships are being kept
at anchor opposite the royal palace to
be available II the king and his family
are compelled to fee. The dispatches
state further that the reason for the
strong popular resentment against the
king Is the governments prof. German
attitude. It Is said also that the
sentiments Of the people are infu-
enced by the attitude of Norway. which
Is strongly anti German. on account OF
the increasing ruthlessness of the Ger.
man submarines In sinking Norwegian
ships. How much reliance Is to be
placed on these dispatches 1t Is dificult
to tell. There may be ample founda-
ton for them and then again there
| t~a Int tan ss,1S n fur
them.
The Stockholm Dagblad says that on
account Of the ever diminishing food
supply In Norway and Denmark inhab.,
itants of those countries are immigrant
Ing to Sweden, and maintains that
stricter regulations affecting immigra.
ton ought to be put into force. The
number of foreigners In Malmohuslan
IL given as $500 and the number In
Stockholm as 5000.
|
In his speech from the throne the
king suggested that tax be levied
on luxuries and the government has
accordingly levied super-tax Of Ave
crowns on every bottle Of champagne
and two crowns on every bottle OF
ordinary wine. That ought to make
the champagne drinkers sQuirm.
| A rather serious epidemic Of small.
pox has broken out In Sonderborg,
Sweden, and one death has been re-
ported. The authorities regard the
plague as OF q very malignant type.
and IRE using every effort to prevent
Its further spread.
August Strindberg's nineteen-year-
old son, Fritz Strindberg, who IS fight
ing with the German army, has bios
sOmed out as an author, having pub.
lished In the Berlin Tageblatt novel
entitled "Erkenntnls.'
Nonpooi Players Pass This.
"A fellow with the hives" began the