Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-02-21

nOunceO tnat NINE. Luna, prior "
her departure, will give concerts at
Chicago and Rochester, N. Y.
The Cambridge, Mass. sculptor.
Karl F.. Skoog, who has previously |
been mentioned in these columns, |
has just completed a bust of the |
greatest of all sh-Americans,
John Ericsson. The bust was exc
cuted at the order of the John Erics-
son lodge of the knights of Pythias
in Boston. Even the most fastidious
art critics of the conservative New
England cult have pronounced the
work an exceedingly rare success.
Copenhagen syndiSalist mobs have.
according to cablegrams, tried to
storm the buildings of the Danish
ministry of finance. to loot stores
and even to force entrance into the
royal castle. Between $4,000 and
$4,000 people are reported to have
taken part in the demonstration
which resulted in several arrests be-
ing made. There is possibility
that the affair looks less important
when mail advices arrive in this
ountry.-Preparation for the April
election are now going on all over
Denmark. and among the principal
political news of the country comes
the. announcement that ]. G. Chris
tensen and H. Rottbell, members Of
the cabinet, have resigned. ostensi-
bly, for the purpose of taking part in
the campaign. but actually. as indi-
Gated in London kilograms, because
unneutral attitude of their confrere.
C. Stauning, minister without port
folio.
Swedish dispatches during the
past week have brought information
regarding the revolution in Finland
where the bolsheviki Red Guards are
making a rather too extensive use Of
the privileges accorded them by
government which is not yet strong
/
affairs.-It is said that the Swedish
government is considerably worried
over the economic aspects of the
near future, and it has been pretty
broadly hinted that whatever dis
tress reigns in that country is due
to the export embargo of the United
States and Great Britain. Leading
/ Swedish newspapers have intimated
that the embargo may have an ef-
feet entirely contrary to the one ex-
pected, for, they reason, IL the allies
close their market to us. it is abso-
lutely necessary for Swedish mer-
chants not only to maintain trade
with Germany, but to expand that
trade. This viewpoint is said to
have caused. some disturbance in
the diplomatic circles at London and
Washington.
In Norway there has been consid-
cradle agitation because of revela-
tions recently made by Thrond-
hjem paper to the effect that Ger
many had offered vast quantities OF
coal and coke to the fuel clearing
house of the Norwegian trades
unions Judging from the articles
4 printed, it seems that Germany did
not advance generous proposition
! without expecting some favor in re-
turn. and IT. has leaked out that Ger
many stated 1t wanted to have Nor
wegian socialists write pro-German
news stories for the press. thereby
influencing Norwegian public opin-
ion I'm favor of the Prussian cause
The trades unions. however. rea-
lized what 1t all meant. and cold
bloodedIy and politely informed the
German representatives that the Of
fer could not be accepted on such
humi1iating terms. 1t is reported
however. that similar methods were
adopted by Germany in Denmark
with the result that the trades
unions in that country went into an
agreement by which they were to re-
ceive certain quantities Of coke. 1t
is understood that the Danish socfa-
lists refused to accede to the Ger
man terms and instead looked at the
transaction as a purely commercial
deal which, incidentally. is said to
have netted the organizations about
Is million kroner.