Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-03
IN FAR NOR1HLAND
important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the rhroe
Great Kingdoms Of the North, &C.
ooetsd for 8candinavians and
Their Descendants
BY MARTIN w. oDLANp.
Norway.

Norway.
All Scandinavia Is worried over the
possibility Of America shutting off food
supplies from neutrs Is and concentrate
Ing On the provisioning Of its new al.
lies In war;" says William G. Shepherd,
the correspondent, in dispatch from
Christiania. 1.-THE anxiety with which
such q possibility is viewed was re-
vesled today by Premier Knudsen of
Norway In an interview. Such a move
would be disastrous to u.s. said Pre-
mier knudsen. 1t would cut off more
than half our grain supply. All people
are hoping there will be no such &C.
ton. 1t seems incredible that such
undeserved unfriendliness Is contem-
plated. is any American food going
through Norway to Germany the
United Press correspondent asked the
premier. There Is absolutely no leak
age into Germany he declared en-
phatically; although by agreement
with England we are sending into
Germany a comparatively small guam.
tity Of Norway fish, Premier Knud-
sen expressed greatest anxiety over
news Of any American embargo on
food shipments to neutrals. Not only
are Norwegians exercised, but word
received here from Sweden and Den
mark indicate similar apprehension in
those countries"
1t now looks as II compulsory serv-
Ice as we'll as military service may
soon be In force in Norway. The de-
partment of defense has prepared
bill providing for the employment of
men subject to military service ON
necessary public work, and 1t is an
nounced that this measure will be fol-
lowed by bill providing that men OBJ
jecting to military service on religious
grounds may be employed on gov
eminent development projects. Ac-
cording to this bill every man in the
country between the ages of twenty
one and forty-four may be drafted to
perform work in the production of
food or other necessities Of life. The
physical fitness of a man to perform
such labor shall be determined by
medical examination. It Is possible
that the measure will be enlarged to
include women as we'll as men.
1t Is reported from Christiania that
q lawsuit over three love poems writ
ri tn k~~
recently been decided in favor of Mrs.
Tresselt, the woman who formed the
inspiration of the poems, by the su-
preme court OF Norway. The poems
were written by Ibsen 60 years ago
when he was stage manager of thea
ter in Bergen. Mrs. Tresselt was then
Miss Rikke Hoist, sister of Court
Secretary Lars Hoist. The three
poems, written by Ibsen during their
brief love affair, were given to friend
by Miss Hoist upon her engagement
to Mr.. Tresselt. The friend gave the
poems to her sister and she again to
her son. Upon learning Of this Mrs.
Tresselt brought suit to recover the
poems and prevent their publication.
Norwegian newspapers announce
that a company which has for its OBJ
ject the exploitation Of the Kamchat-
KIN peninsula, in eastern Siberia, is in
formation in Bergen. Norway. The
company will be capitalized at six mil
lion kroner and will take over an al.
ready existing Norwegian company on
the peninsula. The main business of
the company will be the canning and
sailing of salmon for export to Russia
and Japan. The company will also
handle red caviar and will conduct a
trade In furs.
All Scandinavia Is worrying over the
possibility Of America shutting of food
supplies from neutrals and concentrate
ing on provisioning Its new allies. Pre-
mier Gunnar Knudsen of Norway says
"Such move would cut of more than
half our grain. It seems incredible
that such undeserved unfriendliness Is
seriously contemplated. There is alb
solutely no food leakage to Germany.
although by agreement with England
we are sending into Germany a COM
small quantity of Norwegian
fish," Word received here from Swe-
den and Denmark indicates similar ap-
prehension in those nations.
The city council Of Sandfjord, Nor
way, has voted q to IA In favor of
the liquor licenses in that
city. The action Of the council now
awaits the approval Of the central gov
eminent.
A new company was almost ready to
start line of steamers between north
ern Norway. Baltimore, end the West
Indies, when the Germans started their
latest submarine war.
Tw0 martens were c0urht IN Aarfo1