New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-15
Socialism in Sweden
Ifs SeIfihness Is Aiding Both The Beasts of Au000'y ana TIC
"H,pocries of Constitutional Monarchy
Bu Ernst Byshom


ing an appontment with the diplomat told
han tbe Who'll e,of. nou and DID rot
forget the drop in again farewell My
friend looked surprised and exc'a msa'
Your minister cannot be a gentleman
Well. the same evening attended, with the
family. the Nobel prize meeting IN the
Academy Of Music. whcr inr ace P.'Le
was given to Colonel Roosevelt. The nail
was packed with gi.ttcring mass OF people,
gold braid and decorations Calore on the
mons evening coats, and felt very plain IN
my undecorated one. Suddenly my friend
called my attention TO a man Ok m thfy pear .
i'm, handsomein fact, the most distinguished
looking man in the whole room but WIN
out q decoration on his coat. who is that
fine looking man over thereg' he asked. |
soon discovered that il was none but Colonel
G.. and informed my Interested friend
thus; "Oh, that is no Rcutlemat diet .ie
American Minister" Then his father got
excited and told me, well, if Americans look
like that then we do not need any other eX-
ulanation as 70 the progress OF tnat grea'
republic.I His fsthef had Just bee: PEN
stoned 80 he could afford to be independent.
Thus rank ceremony and thousand other
sn,all matters are so rooted IN S"ed.sh hle
that. even when in company with "oc.aIls y
there could not see any progress a. IAf
as the individual was concerned. In their
hearts the Swedish people are all conserVa-
tive. Tradition is stronger than anythihg
e,so in Sweden. and a certain fear OF new
ness seems to possess them. ara soc aIi.fn
lonst Of anything can take them out OF 'hi'
ut.
with its German origin, II is just dampen-
inc the Swedish love for the beautiful in
70 Cd ny 2
n get rid Of all that is French and re-
n,,cinc :, hy wha, is called "rative" style
tho Boltic an ugly and dreary imitation OF
so.celed German architecture usually plain
white walls ard black roofs.
Class Rule
lass rule IS 50 deep-rooted that t "a a
hindrance to social reforms. As an example
nigh. quote the position Of the servant girl
Many of those workers come to Amer CO
where they arc much appreciated. In Sweden
there arc plenty OF women's clubs, and ne
suffrage question is debated eyerywhe5e the
servant girl berg urged % heir a'or' me
cause. met a few Of those benevolent heads
OF the movement ladies who advertised them
selves as the servant girls friends. doubted
their sincerity, though, when they all com
planned of the scarcity of workers and the
hi9h wages which had resulted in Sweden
because OF the drain from America. when
sugge ted that il fortunate thing foi
"A small and not rich country ike sweden e
be able TO send 50 manv you1c women %
America, where they could improve their con
dt.On so easily, and IN most instances De
come wives Of prosperous men. which i al
most ar imposshility in Sweden. those Ia
dies unmaskcd themselves and burst out II
"A lot Of medieval class dlctatlon. as II they
owned the working class II was all folly e
spoil servants and let them dress Ike la
dies. etc Why, they should be treated like
servants How could we live, otherwise!
The idea Of woman suffrage in Sweder thu'
means the same bondage by women as white
men have been used 20 because Of class RULE
| tired to make those ladies understand that
matter Of scrvant work was purely an
ecoromic question Sometimes an employer
.ght be inferior both b. birth and educa-
ton 20 her servant girl. and her work should
be looked upon simply as business. AT
least, that is what we in America consider
the right attitude as independent beings
But with all their socialistc theories my eff
forts to demOcratze were IN vain, and
think that constitutional monarchy is safe
for many years 10 come in Sweden.
Hjalmar Branting, tho Soc. aist leader. has
as far as know, never had to make his owr
living He inherited fortune from his
father who was successful physician anc
ran a gymnastic health institution in Stock
holm. Brantng is popular nan with al
classes, and in practice not seemingly fonc
Of the simple life which Marx wished to force
on society But ne is, and has always been
an admirer of France. and his dislike fol
German supermen, and especially the mill
tary caste in Germany, is too well known e
be doubted If he had chosen 70 come e
America he would have been the right man
FOR the place which Samuel Gompers now
occupies as a labor leader, and he would have
made a first rate Democrat. But such {
democracy as we run here cannot work along
side monarchy, and thus Branting is toler
ated by his King as Social Democrat, harm
less TO q constitutional monarchy, and rather
an aid in its class ruleas German and Swed
lish Social Democracy is.