Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-02-18
Norway.

Norway.
1t is estimated that about 10000
foreigners in Christania are affected
by the new law requiring residence
permits after the expiration of six
months from the passage of the law.
Among the 10000 are not included
travellers or foreigners residing tenn
porarily in the city, who live mostly
in hotels. The war has brought a
great influx of foreigners into the
cities of Norway, with the result that
different housing problem has
arisen. Men with money to invest do
not care to place their capital in
houses for people who may leave
again as soon as the war is over.
The storthing has changed the con-
stitution of Norway in such a man.
ner that hereafter neither the king
nor the storthing can declare an Of
fensive war. For 103 years the
storthing has had the right to de-
clare both an offensive and de-
fensive war, but hereafter it will
have the right to declare defensive
war only. The amendment to the
constitution was adopted with great
solemnity, and proclaims to the world
Norway's determination to be at
peace with other nations. Lovers Of
peace the world over highly COM
mend the storthing's recent action.
According to press report, DR..
Haakon Styri, former instructor in
iron matallurgy at the technical high
school in Trondhjem, Norway, has
been appointed professor at the
Carnegie institute of Technology at
Pittsburgh, Pa. DR.. Styri was one OF
the scholars OF the American-Scan-
dinavian foundation in 1910 and stud
led at the Carnegie institute. He has
also studied in Sweden, Germany,
Belgium and France.
The press of the United States, as
we'll as of England, has recently be-
slowed high praise upon Norway for
her courage in maintaining strictly
neutral attitude in the war, despite
the fact that it is exposed to great
danger from Germany. Norway has
continued her trade with the world
despite Germany's submarine cam
paign, and has rendered great service
with her big merchant fleet, the
fourth largest in the world.
1t is reported that arrangements
are being made between the British
government and the Norwegian
American line by which three ships
of the company, the Lyngenfjord, the
Tanamfjord and the Romsdalsfjord,
will be placed at the disposal of the
allies. In return for this service the
British government will deliver the
new liner Stavangerfjord in the
spring.
Consul Hans Hover OF Skien re-
Gently purchased a Stradivarius vio-
lin in Germany for $500 marks. The
violin was made in the year 1870
and has been the property of the
same family ever since.
The famous Bishops chapel at Sta
yanger, Norway, is being restored
and will be used for special COM
munion and baptismal services. The
chapel was built in 1872 and is one
of the oldest in the Scandinavian
north.
Capt. Road Amundsen is very busy
man nowadays making preparations
for his trip to the polar regions next
summer. Much of the equipment is
to come from America. Six men of
the crew have already been hired.
Four more will be needed, but there
are any amount of splendid men willing
to take the risk. The Maud is a
regular beehive. The intention is
to start from Christiana next June,
and stop will be made at Bergen.
Tromso is mentioned as the last
place to be touched before the de-
parture. when do you expect to be
back?" was question recently put
to Captain Amundsen. This was his
answer: IF we get into the ice at
the desired point We may be back
home again in 1921
The imports from Norway to the
United States in October 1916, were
1868, sos, in October 1917, 1888. EN-
ports from the United States to Nor
way for the same months were &c.
S5S,267 and s5SS,64S, respectively.
The corresponding figures for the
other Scandinavian countries tell a