Show SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT MAP HAP ta IN FAR FAI OFF 4 NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME remira of the mot most important events eventa in sweden norway and ana denmark 1 I Inter cut to the scandinavians lo ll america NORWAY ship owners complain bit terly against tho the practice 0 of english warships in forcing norwegian vessels boun boum for norway to put back to ii a 0 it port in many man cases these norwegian ships have been outside tho war zone and on their being s forced to retarn ret irn to british ports thoy they have been the victims of 0 german sub au b ul artries had tho the vessels been loft left alone by tho the british ships they would have reached their horne homo port safety provosty provosts ts from norway to england have haa een cen met by tho the answer that the 6 british government will hold itself rit re for norwegian shipping that Is treated in this manner but the nor owners continua to see aaa their ships destroyed the question has become especially acuto acute since silica the norwegian american line steamer stord was tor ter by a german submarine july 31 an english cruiser had bad stopped i the ax amer put a prize crew on board and 1 retted the vessels course to f Kir kirkwall kwall when the torpedoing torpe dolne occurred the norwegian press complaining pla ining against tho the british admiralty asserts that the steamer was loaded in now new york under the supervision of three abreo inspectors from tho the british cou coil who sealed scaled the ships hatches and among the ships papers was waa an affidavit from the consulate to tho the effect that the still ship had no other cargo I 1 what the papers showed aside from this tho the norwegian government had guaranteed that possible contraband would not bo be tron tro fro n 11 nory norr sy py to any of the belligerent court coun i tries notwithstanding this the ship war seized prize flag hoisted and the unlawful prize wits was directed toward Kir kirkwall kwall the chief ot of the german submarine torpedoed tho the steamer because it was bought from england last S december and wis was therefore according to ills his instructions considered to r bo be an english ship f them was no contraband on board according to german rules the cargo conits ted of bushels of grain iv pork and tobacco the loss of norwegian ships since the war broke out a year car ago amounts ta albut of 0 which only j was covered by insurance tho the rest falls on tho the ship owners the minority majority of the ships have been torpedoed by german submarines sei sev oral eral without warning naming aw cw oglan owners are vard lard lilt b the announcement of deal cre cr that tho the supply of tiros tires has been and it Is impossible to replenish the stock to any extent be muse cause tho the belligerent belll countries aro are takla up all the worlds supply at present it Is said there Is not a now new tire to be bought at any price any whery ahers in norway the situation Is m much 11 ch in more 0 r 0 than annoying tor for it will have a serious economical effect on No norwegian farming it Is doubtful it if any country has adopted the automo bile more mora extensively in ft a public way for lit in norway the sparsely settled hills have never been able to support railways and the automobile has come to bo be tho the principal means of communication und transportation both for the cormor oriff and commercial men the in wi merable cars which have been put 6 6 acevich in recent years are all ot of foreign manufacture tor for there is tie no automobile factory in fit norway and the same Is true as to oil gasoline and tires alc tlc yemen women of fredri astad and fred rik tako take tho the train by the score to Strom sweden beeden where they can buy shoes so much cheaper that it pays to take the trouble and pay the railway fare fara when they havo have bought the shoes they put them on and carry their old ones back in a package tor for only by wearing the new shoes can they return across the boundary line without paying import duties on tha goods booda the bergen Verk sted a shipbuilding firm has offered to build a floating dock which may he bs used by the navy provided the govern ment will give a bonus ot of and loan the firm 81 ou on easy terms in case such a dock lb Is built the goverio gove rii ir ment shall have a right to use it vil itil ever it Is found necessary the va mil tary committee has expressed itself irk ID favor of tho the proposition v A norwegian who has spent part ot 0 his bla life in america americ a abill am Is now reald 1 ing lit in has written to a friend in minneapolis that ho he Is dis gusted austed with the foreign policy of two 0 the leading political parties the tha social democrats polled 27 per cont cent ot of tt IN voto vote at thu the epst election and now ilia ao party comes out openly to in cavot ot it dul but this to a not all premier knudsen tho the head of tha party in power lins hai sald said that he be would rather support the bocal nem ocraM than the tha rightists who aro are in favol avo it f strong defenses |