Show NAON NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events event in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america DENMARK the the upper house of the danish rigs dog met iet na as a committee of the whole to consider the treaty treat providing for the stile of the danist danish I 1 west indies to the united states an and 47 of the 01 61 members present placed themselves in favor of the order of the tie tini day stating dint alint the sale cannot bo be settled before elections for both houses of parliament have hion been held five ave members of the were absent from the inciting tile situation tins been further complicated by it a proposal from bahle that the government resign and help in the formation of a cabinet representing the various parlous par ti ties es this ihla pro proposal propos postil nl it if carried out would avoid the holding of elections as educated by bv the conservative i and alie lift left the I 1 he pre premier put forward chipi hi proposal at it a conference with the presidents of tile tho political parties in it hi but it Is uncertain it if it can he bo carried an led out ns as the socialists have hitherto declined to be represent el eil in a 0 cabinet with members of the other parties nothing can ann be settled tit at present ns ninny members of thy the tire not in town it if the idea of a tion nun cabinet Is put into effect n plebiscite will be held on the question of the lie stile sale of the islands an influential member of tile the radical government go eminent party stated in nn an interview that the governments offer to resign did not mean that eliut it feared tile the result of nn nil election but blint it did not visit to dolny delay the snip aide of tho the islands lie ile explained that if elections were held the ratification of ho stile sale would be delayed three months or perhaps more the pettit k lien en the organ says tho the ling king desires to avoid an election elect lou during tle the war the political situation aaion that has come into existence exl as 11 remit result t of the danish west indies question Is so tangled that not even the best informed politicians venture to predict what developments may be expected parties in the rig ri ing will hold their first caucuses saturday to consider iho governments proposal tor for tile the formation of a coalition cabinet naturally no party lender leader will commit himself in advance of these caucuses but indications appear to foreshadow tho the rejection of tho the governments proposal such a rejection would carry with it tile the proposal for a plebiscite on the sale of the islands and defer a decision P on this matter until the general era election which then probably would be unavoidable despite tl gov ein ments reluctance to have lieve a urn am laign before the close of the war A majority of the party of tile the left in the Is opposed to the sale bale of thu the islands king christian of denmark summoned the lenders of nil all the political parties in the saturday and delivered nil all address which Is quoted I 1 Is as follows by reuters copenhagen correspondent spon dent it Is under serious circumstances cum stances that I 1 have you ou ilic iho world war still rages vehemently and nations stand sharply against ench other during past years tears we have enjoyed the blessings of ponce pence but uncertainty Is still esI existent stent to for us us am was the case two years tears ago it 19 isan a grea great I 1 task I 1 have given you ou try to shake ahnke blinds in toleration all and forget for the time differences between purties the lenders leaders afterward attend ed party caucuses cau cusps tit at which nit all declared themselves willing to negotiate concerning the formation of a coalition ministry SWEDEN t the Ger germani ninni started a fictor in sweden sneden for turning out inper ninde up tip of two thin films dims of ordinary pamper per with a film of rubber between them thein this made it possible to eynde ithe the embargo on the c exportation por tation of rubber out but the traffic was soon dincov crad and now tile the german gemma inventors will have to devise some now nev scheme af they wish to obtain rubber from sw SN eden in view of the light fruit crop tile the food comm commission isslyn of stockholm has proposed ased nn an embargo on tho the exports tion of lingon berries the chief of police of Stock stockholm holin 4 stilted that there tharo aro are about foreigners in stockholm russann jews ore are the most numerous I 1 ilan nelson morris american mints ter ler to sweden ni at rived nt at clergen nor way ny august 10 on tits no return train from the united states where he spent his va cation As aa a means of checking tho the fuel cornine the government tins ordered soldiers to chop car cord wood in tho the government forests fo reata the late into game warden F ners KICK sten ron pon bequeathed to 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