The Nome nugget., 1925-02-28

the attainment of the Social Democratic dream of universal peace by universal understandings Dr. Granting worked increasingly and with fine under standing and optimism for the realization of his ideals. He spared himself personal sacrifice and even sat in prison for his championship of the of those whose and culture infer for to his
 Interference with these activities. which he garded his important international work. prominent Swedes said at the time. the real for Dr. Branting's resignation Finance Minister in the Eden government in 1918. altho he said he withdrawing from the cabinet be- cause of the condition of his health.
 The ministry from which he resigned fell in 1920 and Dr. Granting succeeded to power forming entirely socialistc Democratic administration. His government remained in power. however, only from March to October when it resigned As 8 result of the Socialists victory in the elections in the Fall of 1921 he returned to power His government remained until April 1923, during which Granting both Premier and Foreign Minister. It resigned after having been defeated in the upper chamber proposal by the govern ment to distribute doles among the unemployed.
 The succeeding ministry resigned in 1924, be- cause of divergent views between it and parliament the question of disarmament, and for the third time Dr. Granting called the head of the government
 During the World War Dr. B:anting was out spoken in his criticism Germany. and in May, 1917 he made bitter attack upon the German government for it's submarine warfare, character zing Germany's ruling clique "the common ene- mics of mankind.'
 As the representative of the Swedish Social
 
 in nearly all international labor conferences. He too kpart in all the meetings of the First tiona and in the Summer of 1917 chairman of the Dutch Scandinavian delegation which sat at Stockholm and in conferred with delegations of the Socialist parties of nearly all the begerent countries with view to devising a platform for joint intervention by them in the interests peace In January and February 1919. he was chairman of the International Social Democratic Conference at Berne. at which British. French and Germans met for the first time since the
 During the Paris Peace Conference Dr. Granting was active advocate of peace the lines of Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points. As Swedish delegate to the League of Nations he took a prom inent part in it's proceedings with special interest in the movement for disarmament. He chair man of the assembly committee disarmament at the 1920 and 1921 sessions and also was appointed member of the League councils commission on armaments.
 Dr. Branting with Christian l.. Lang. of Nor secretary of the International Union, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1921
 Born at Stockholm, Dr. Granting son of Professor L. G. Granting He educated at Upsala University. studying natural sciences.
 trip abroad prior to 1882 brought the young scientist into touch with Socialism and when he returned he immediately got into politics through the journalistic channel, becoming editor the Tiden. Social Democratic newspaper. He went to the Sociademokraten when it founded in 1ss6 and year later became editor In that the working classes and peace
 The Social Democrats organized as a party with Granting of the leading promoters. There opposition to it from the start, accompanied by movement for the repression of free speech and free assembly. In two years, or in the Summer of 1SSs the four principal editors of the Socialist press, including Granting, found themselves sitting in prison together. Despite imprisonments, bned with fines. repeated times. Granting and his fellow fighters would not give way
 In 1895 when against Norway advo- cated by the Swedish mitarists, Granting was fenced to three months imprisonment for deliver ing speech denouncing the idea of "against