Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-15
some RESULTS
OF WAR SEEN
BY TOR HEMBY
Visitor Here Predicts New
Republics and Interna-
tional Merger.

That a Solldly RUSSIAN repuDAc WIFI
be one of the great results of the
other, and a United Scandinavia the
third, vas asserted today by Tor
1Icmby of Butte, Mont, who is the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Knud Peterson
on University avenue for a few days
while EN- route for Montana from
Norway and New York.
Mr.. Hemby has spent about a year
in Norway. which is his native u
try. and he arrived in this country on
the last trip of h Gamer Bergens-
ford. The trip across the ocean was
~unevcntful. Mr.. Hemby said, and he
saw no submarines, but a few British
men-of-war. Ordinarily the Scandi-
~navian liners touch the port Of Hall
fax for the purpose of submitting to
British examination, but on this trip
the boat went direct to New York be-
cause of the explosion in Halifax.
Since coming back to this country
Mr.. Hemby has spent some time at
Little Falls, N. Y, where he is in
tercsted in Il manufacturing concern
producing chemicals for dairying pur-
poses, and yesterday arrived here
from Chicago.
When Mr.. Hcmby left Norway in
the middle of November, he said there
q" IL SIC0I NSd Va SNSIASIaI@"1 W.
cause of a recent German attack OH a
Norwegian convoy in the North sea
Rather strong d~cnunciations of tho
Iatrocious deed were heard in the
storting, where Mr.. Henlby attended
Il few sessions.
Generally speaking, he said today
the Norwegian people is inclinsd tt
believe that it's salvation lies in con
tinucd neutrality, but on the Other
hand, he added. there are many whit
begin to think that Germany i:
wegian people to the breaking point
Conditions Arc Serious.
Mr.. Hemby said h a the food prob
lem is particularly distressing in hi;
old country, and the government ha'
put the people on Il strict ration basis
1t was expected hat vast uuantitic
of grain could be obtained from Den
mark, but it was found that tina
{ country was in Il bad plight also AM
could do very little toward alleviat
ing tho distress of Norway.
Fuel and lighting material ar
f, !sorely needed in Norway, MI. Hcmb
. added, but in spite Of this, people :p
: peared to be calm inc level hcadct
There was very little gloom in owl
: dencc among tho people whom NJ
HcmbN met in Christiania, Bcrgc
. and Dronthcim, and in these as VIC
: as in other Scandinavian cities III
tendency to try to forget worry an
= the war was quite tronE Theatre
and moving picture shows ar" real
ing golden harvcsts, Mr.. llcmby sale
D and to understand that. he added.
: must he known that there is plcnt
: of money in Norway. But it is nc
: always possible to get anything fl
the money.
Sec United Scandinavia.
Mr.. Helnby said that Just when !
left Norway came the announcemcI
that the kins; Of Sweden would Wis
the capital, together with the DAMS
king. Tho visit of King Gustlf w F;
' particularly welcome, because it W;
the first time since tho dissolution {
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES union that
Swedish king had set his foot upu
Norwegian ground.
=. Mr.. Hemby felt very certain til;
- tho present world war would result
) three great changes: First. he sal
there will be ii firmly established I4u
sian republic: second, there will be
i, German republic modelled somcwh;
- after the system prevailing in Switze
|. land. and third, II United Scandinav
!, would emerge from out the war. /
said that much sentiment in the thr'
= northern countries favors Il union
them and that the realization Of
dream of centuries is nearer than C:
be imagined at this distance. al
from secondhand reports. Whcth
that MOI is 10 he Il monarchy or L
! public, Mr.. Hemby would not prcdit
, but, Judging from the political thong
~ which prevails in thc> north,
- thought that there is little chance f
:" i%changing tho moDarchial form
CT government for some time, to con
1one.la.ls VI w." :, n. 49, J." :
a Kingdoms as they exist in Scandinav
is SO slight as to he almost invisib