Show scandinavian SUMMA SUMMARY RY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NOR NORTHWEST T H W EST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest inhere it to the scandinavians merica i in n A america SWEDEN it Is taken tor for gr gi that the old ill III to be dissolved ind a new one elected in a fe weeks if tile the and ale aie victorious it 11 is ih beli eed that a grave grano el tuition mill arise violent agitation preval lb on both sides revolutionary bubli called q 1 I be rulan dinger danger OL and nd the republic have been conns cried the moral strength ot of the government is gendered len ien dered le less s bv its parliamentary weakness akness most of tho ile 1 new are illa unfamiliar raar with ith the alie cil and intal cacieb of parlia mentar maneuvering I 1 llie lie radicals charge the king hing N with iab plot ting to overthrow constitutionalism a and n d accuse the with aid ins ig and abetting the alleged plot the moderate mod crite liberals liberal hoNe however Lr uphold upheld king gustat gustaf and the conservatives as discerning patriots allie alive to the din dan ger to european peace and consequent to the security of sweden the peasants pei have hane not tho the least doubt that russia s plans involve tho the conquest of sweden although evl evi dence of the true nature ot of these plans mav ma not he be forthcoming now or in t the b e future it if the national defenses are proper properio prop eriv reinforced king gustat gustaf has receive e ed d ad addresses addrece add drese reses s ot than thanks ke from till 11 tarts of the coun country trat but lcarl arl the former minister of state receives similar tokens ol of confidence un the majority majoria of the swedish people wish a stronger army and nan davv but the compulsory resignation of 0 the mini ministry str caused alarm among kanj man its and the ical question might ou outweigh the de tense bense question in the elections ring king gustat gustaf s speech to the 30 farmers and landowners in which he sa said 1 d that the problem ot of th the e national d defense fens a must be immediately immediate ay and that both the navy army must be strengthened eNi evidently denti had more serious consequences than he anticipated tor for it caused the cabi cabinet net to resign in a huff the ministers t took ook the position that in a lional monarchy the king has no right to express in a public manner his po lotical opinions without having bously consulted the cabinet and ascer bained it they the approved ot of his views the king refused to submit to this restraint and the ministers accordingly a handed in their res resignations ignat I 1 ons nelch were vere promptly prompt accepted bv ring king gus tat far who immediately ely called upon bar baron n gerard luls luis de ger to form a new cabinet members of 0 the liberal pait paita hoa however eer refused to accept ot of flee fice under the circumstances and baron de guer was compelled after a fe few davs das effort to abandon the at tempt at forming a new nen cabinet and ring king gustat gustaf thereupon invited the conservatives to take hold bold NN hile the cablegrams cable grams do not sav so positive tiNe li 13 it Is probable that former premier lindman will take up the task of forming the new cabinet he was minister of 0 the marine ot of the cabi net which has just resigned it Is not likely that the new cabinet will have a long life and it Is probable also that the will be d dissolved and a new election held in the near future in view lew ot of the situation it 1 would I seem almost necessary to take such a step the provincial government of 0 shar aberg recen recently tl had to attend to a N er en unusual correspondence A farmers son at bundens who nho has seen a good deal of 0 the world tor for his age vas so EO profoundly moved by the tl ti tame catastrophe about two years ago that he wrote a poem about it this poem he sent to the emperor of rue hue sid sia the czar N was as so BO pleased with nith the norm that he wrote to the russian consul in stockholm instructing him to find out who the author was nas and w nether lie he N was as in such buch a position that a little ready cash might come haidn the provincial government had to tend to this correspondence about citizens of parish on the coast of 0 sweden hae hac sent a petition to the king ask ing tor for the construction of 3 fort in that neighborhood the argument Is mainly as fol follows loNs the coast bouth of gothenburg gothenberg Got henburg is absolutes absolu tel onidia on the kungsbacka fjord which Is almost ever dear by foreign squadrons is an ex convenient place tor for mak ing a landing and assaulting gothen burg from the rear the opponents ot of the new cabinet agree that all the ministers are able men bt bint as their adherents will a be in the minority in the tha second chamber ot of the there will be little chance ot at the at 0 the defense bill in support of which the new cabi net will devote its energies early dissolution Is therefore inevitable the greatest ac tivit prealla alle in all political quart cra in operations for or new elections will bp doubtless doubt lese preceded by a heated constitutional struggle |