The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-08
important Events in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North, Sc.
lscted for soandinavians and
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. oDLANo.


The general council of the Evangel-
ical Lutheran Church of North Amer
lea. recently in session In Philadelphia.
observed the reformation anniversary
with several big mass meetings. Ma
than Soderblom. archbishop Of Swe-
den, not being able to accept the in
ytatlon to attend the celebration. sent
his greetings to the American Luther
an church. Being for twenty years
an attentive and admiring student Of
the position and the progress OF the
Evangelical Lutheran church and Of
Its great prospects in America, l would
have appreciated more than these
words can tell you, dear brethren In
the communion of purified faith. eter-
nal hope and serving love, the privi-
lege Of celebrating In your midst our
conlnon gratitude for the mighty act
accomplished 400 years ago by our
Lord and his prophet" wrote the
archbishop. His special memorial
greeting read at the occasion follows:
Now tn. eve of all saints, the SOL
.mn day Of the % theses, approaches.
Although widely separated by distance,
let us, dear brethren. be united in
praise and prayer, We see the bless
ings of the reformation for the true
consolation of poor human souls; for
the purity. strength and richness of
faith; for the sanctity of duty; for the
glory Of faithfulness in human rela-
tions and in the fulfilment of different
| human vacations; for the individual,
for the commonwealth, for civilization,
for humanity. But no one can tell
what Martin Luther's work In the serv-
Ice of his Lord will mean for the flu
ture. God has entrusted us with a
wonderful inheritance. Let us realize
more and more the immensely of Gods
| grace in Christ and the blessing OF
| justification by faith, and be faithful
to our special calling in the midst of
| Christendom."
However bad off Norway Is in the
way of foodstuffs. both Sweden and
Denmark are worse off, especially Swe.
den, and what the future holds out for
any Of them is only matter of con-
| lecture" writes f.. /. Field, who is now
connected with the American legation
in Christiania. in letter written Sep
| TENDER %. "As far as have been
able to see, people are not suffering
here to any great extent, especially
those who have made considerable
money because of the war. Due to a
lack Of fuel. imagine the winter is go
ing to be trying one for ALL"
| According to Stockholm CORE
spondent. an artificial flour. composed
largely of the carbohydrates of wild
leguminous plants. which makes pala-
table bread when mixed with % per
cent of ordinary -four, has been evolved
| by two Stockholm scientists. Alfred
Schmagers and DR.. Gumar Lekander
are Its inventors. With the carbO-
hydrates they have evolved n success
full blend of egg white and fat. Straw
does not enter in the composition. as II
does In Germany's artificial flour. A
further series of experiments is to be
made.
The supply of silver is running very
low in Sweden at the present time
and II is feared that in the near flu
ture the manufacture Of silverware
will have to be discontinued. Sweden
has in the past obtained Its silver bull
lion from America. but for several
| Month. c,yodfoh ;,,pnrtaro have hoop
unable to obtain any from there. The
supply Of gold bullion In Sweden Is
however, plentiful and there seems to
be little danger of shortage In the
future The price of silver bullion has
advanced 100 per cent.
l. Among the heroes of Stockholm that
have received Carnegie medals Is q
woman with six children. The heroic
act which she performed was to rescue
boy from being run down by a loco
motive. He was trying to get Off q
train that was pulling out Of the sta
ton, but fell and would have beer
run over by the car wheels had not the
woman. at the risk of her own life
with great GOODNESS and daring, rescued
him.
Alexander Lander. a Swede, and two
associates, two Germans, were recently
arrested for espionage at Stockholm
and have been adjudged guilty. They
were In the service Of Russia and have
been operating Mt Copenhagen. Maine
and Stockholm. They we're sentenced t.
prison terms OF from 10 to Is years.
30 Bergman. who has for som'
time noted as theatrical critic ut Stock
holm. has been appointed literary agen
for the Dramatic theater. He Is nov
holding down both positions, which
seems Illogical and has subjected hin
to general criticism.
Something like .125.OO0 crowns viii
be spent In charging the wharf fo
boats at Langedrng, In Gothernborg
The old wharves are inadequate an,
, have been the cause Of many accident
, md niueh damage TO the boats tina
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