Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-03
NORWAY.

A report to the department of COM
merce from Consul General L. II.
Dennison at Christiania says: 1.-THE
extent to which Norwegian industry
has expanded under the stimulus of
the war is demonstrated in a compila-
ton of the new companies formed dur
ing the first nine months of the current
year. The total amount of capital of
these new companies is given as $751;
451, 900. divided into six groups as fol-
lows: Shipping companies, S14S.736.-
600; banks, $17.528, 900; industrial COM
panies, So, 100000 i.mining companies,
81, 10000; insurance companies, S4,-
$4,000; other commercial enterprises,
$3,315.00O. In addition, $6.164,000 has
been invested In public loans. For
country of the size Of Norway these
figures are large"
A leading Norwegian liberal leader,
Haikon Loeken, said that, although the
wording of the German note was Irri-
tating, it would be a tactical mistake
for the entente allies to decline
TO consider the proposal. Both
parties are right In saying they
are not beaten" Loeken said, there
fore, both could conclude peace with
out humiliation. The condition must7
be the foundation Of a world fedora
ton to enforce peace" The socialist
leader, Mayor-elect Kristfan Jeppsen,
says: German statesmen do not
a. xsyfI
result in u peace conference. The real
intention is TO get a pretext to con-
tinue the war with the utmost ferOcity
and brutality"
Members Of the crews of the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Berlin, formerly
of the North German-Lloyd steamship
line, which has been interned at
Trondhjem, Norway. since November,
1914. have been allowed four months
leave In Germany, according to the
Overseas News agency. One detach-
ment of sailors already has left the
Norwegian seaport for Germany.
The first tuberculosis sanatorium of
northern Norway has been dedicated
at Vensmoen, Saltdalen. The main
building is said to be the longest
wooden structure in Scandinavia. All
beds are located on the sunny side of
the building. Most of the heavy work
is done by means of electric energy.
Control of the extensive coal mines
of Spitzbergen, group of islands In
the Arctic ocean north Of Norway, has
passed from local into the hands of
a Norwegian syndicate. The Spitz-
bergen mines were understood to have
been bought by German interests.
DR.. Knut Ojerset, president of the
Park Region Luther college at Fergus
Falls Mimi, has been decorated by
King Hankon of Norway with the or
der of st. Olaf. and made a knight of
the first order. The order OF st. Olaf
was created by King Oscar in 1S4T
and is conferred upon persons for dis
tinguished services to the Norwegian
neople. The honor is doubtless con-
ferred upon Doctor Ojerset for having
written a standard history of Norway
in the English language. history that
has been extensively introduced into
American universities and colleges.
The German steamship PrinZ Fried
rich Wilhelm, which has been anchored
nj Odde. near Bergen. Norway. since
the beginning OF the year. has arrived
at Stavanger, according TO a dispatch
from Christiania. after having broken /
the British blockade outside Ber-
gen" The Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm,
before the war, was engaged In
the regular service of the North
German Lloyd line between Bremen |
and New York. When hostilities broke |
out the vessel was of the coast OF
Norway on a cruise to the Arctic and |
put in 20 Bergen to escape capture.