Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-22
IN a. 4. ~strandvoldl

by q. B.
Ch~rtstiAnia. Via Copenhagen, May
sO.-0n my writing table is a vase
tilled with little stAr-like flowers.
popular name 10 stenpraek,
that is, "the stone breaker" IhaI
created d country. Away oaGk
in pre- -historic >l%titnes--in the age
which biologists. classify as ~antedelu-
vi%an-billfons of<these flowers grew
among the Norwegian rocks. and weak
Ii the plant in itself wAs. 1t had roofs
OF the greatest and most astonishing
strength, for where the flower q
grown for thousands OF years. its roots
Ioosened big boulders so that they
plunged down into the ocean. The pro
cess continued for ar untold urnoe
Of years-perhaps millions OF ages
and the result wasANt that M day the
country now known as Denmark was
created out OF the rocks n stones
that the little flower had loosened.
This, at least, is the explanation OF
botanists as we'll az Of BIOLOGISTS. AND
1t ought to be added that IT caugh
the fancy of the poet, too. The orig
inAl foundation Of Denmark has lon
4 been changed, for there are no
rocks In that country now. except a
few small ones on the island of Born
holm, but the fact, still remains that
it was the "Stenbraek" whose roots
caused such. a slow and tremendous
upheaval among the Norwegian rocks
and mountains that a new country
emerged from It.
All Flowers Arc Not Pleasing.
The sociologist may be interested in
the little flower from another point OF
fiew. for he knows of another plant
whose roots affect many nations and
contribute to the creation OF entirely
different conditions; to remain WITHIN
the limits Of the botanical terminolo.
gy, we may call that plant t h red,
flower,
Study and observations in Flu
ropean countries convince q cor
respondent that the dangerous
ana poisoisous. red flower T. en-
joyine unnteasurcd strength to-
day. Its odor IS bad. it's hIes are
those Of the all-devourine flame.
ana It's bubtfy concealed roots
work stealthily for \the purpose Z
of effectinR q general dissolution.
10 make the picture stand out
| palmer, we might as we'll recognizes
the concrete fact that the red flower
Of syndicalism is trying to permeate
the air everywhere with its bad doors:
its roots are slowly, out surely. UNI
!dermining European society.
Unjust Claims q Feature.
Wherever you go you hear that the
broken pledge or agreement is the
order OF the day; from the lowest
stratum Of society the claim for pre-
l.posterous privileges is sounded every
hour of the day, and where 1t is not
I.heeded, men resort to the most igno-
BILE of all modern weapons, the illegal
strike.
| H M. -l&a-o~r Z - a-t . -lSnnu- n tn
the United States. but what we have
seen over there is merely the begin
ming. Over here the flower is in full
bloom, and all those who have the
ability to peer into the future predict
that one Of these days there will be
a crash, more far-reaching in its direct
effects, han v the world war. ]
may as well make the personal con.
fession that I left America with some
doubts as to the actual truth of the
claims made in that country concern.
ing the spread Of the red" movement
but since l have. seen with my owr
eyes and heard with my own ears
what is going on in a number of Eu:
ropean countries, I am fully convinc'
ed that both the Old and the New
World are facing a crisis that will b
more serious than. n heretofore re
corded. :.
Stern Measures Necessary.
Just now there is in Norway Z
tremendous social agitation. 1t is no
La unique thing. for you realize quit
what is going on elsewhere. tits tru'
that a general strike has Just bee,
averted in this. country because Of ar
bitration, but all who are fanilia
with the tendencies OF the age in tn
Norwegian people. understand tina
/ this is merely a truce-a Temporal,
armistice/ which is destined to be fol
saying that, it will be a revolution q
anything as bloody as that, hecnus
Scandinavians generally are %incline'
to settle their differences in othe
ways, but I do claim that Norway i
co%nfranted by the mast dangerou
epoch in its entire history.
They say here. and they sa.
throughout Scandinavia. that 1t vii
not do to repress syndacalism witt
about the use Of troops and machin
guns. and may not find 1t necessar
to resort to this extreme. Rut tn
fact is that a little less lehiency shoul,
be shown here as elsewhere In regar
to the syndicalists. organized and un
organized. who are stopping tn
wheels Of industry.
!. The fight IL not against organ
: lied Labor. Here as in America
. generally the trades. unions are
: aligned with the elements that ia
vor law and order, and discourage
= every attempt at illegal strikes.
: But there is an ever-growing ten
. dency to make illegal demands.
. and to present them In Illegal
3 ways. The inspiratton-apd prob
, ably the moneys Russian.
To Benefit the Good for. Nothing.
h In Norway as well as in Denmark
Sweden, England n France. there
a lot Of clamoring for specialization {
industries. On the surface. it migt
sound all right that the workers hav
something t o say about the way /
which an enterprise Is. conducted. bu
when you look into the situation wit
am analytical mind, you find that SO
ciAlization will favor no one but thos
who amount to nothing in society.
: 5'In this connection 1t is characters
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