Show GANDIN AVIAN NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most moat important eventis event 1 in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america SWEDEN formal notice that united states stated mall friall pouches destined tor for had been broken open in england and their contents tampered with was submitted to the state department by W A F ekengren the swedish minister with a reque frequent tit for appropriate action the minister called at the department and delivered to secretary lousing lansing a letter written on instructions from ills his government reciting instances of interference with mall mail for or sweden nd ind pointing out that such acts wern in violation of the provisions ot of tile the world postal convention and of other treaty stipulations the letter stated that the seals of mall mail bags were broken that letters were opened and censored and that onn one registered unit was retained two specific cases were mentioned one involving mall mail sent on oil the american steamer et eainer new york when she left on oil may 29 and the other pouches carried by the british steamer adriatic which bich balled fin it may 27 in the former case it was asserted that out of 29 registered letters and packages seven arrived in sweden opened while the greater part of tho the other mall mail had been censored of the adriatico mall mail which arrived in gothenburg gothenberg Got henburg on june 9 several letters were said to havo have been opened and one registered unit to have been retained whether the piece of mall mail matter shown by a comp comparison arlson of receipts to be missing was an official tion has not been revealed but it Is known that diplomatic correspondence was waa sent from washington on oil the adriatic As the malls were alleged to have been opened in Eri england gland and riot not on tile the high seas hens interesting legal questions have been raised which made it seem doubtful to many officials whether the united states could do more than transmit the complaint cot co plaint to great brit aln ain for consideration inasmuch as cable messages passing through belligerent countries are sub J eject act to censorship the view taken I 1 in n official quarters was that private letters passing through these nations were liable to the same risks it if they contained military information although the swedish ministers pro test was tile the first to come from a diplomatic source it was stated officially at the state department that since the w war or began there had been i nany 1 I any complaints that private mall mail to and from tile the united states had been tampered with iv ath while passing through belligerent countries nothing has been done by the belligerent governments to remedy the situation tho the government of sweden has placed mines in swedish waters and has taken other military precautions as a result of which american and other vessels navigating those waters must observe special rules prescribed by the government of sweden tor for their safety and protection the state department in washington rece received ived from the american minister in S stockholm and made public tho the text of the royal decree issued by the swedish government concerning the special measures to be observed by vessels navigating certain waters in the case of vessels that flint were not in swedish ports when tho the decree went into effect on may 7 the time was pro longed to june 15 and the information received by the state department is that it will be prolonged with respect to such vessels until tile the vessels reach swedish ports the anger of the public and tho press is rising dally daily over german attacks 1 0 on n neutral shipping says 1 bouters tou stockholm correspondent newspapers of all shades of ion are protesting energetically against the capture of the swedish steamer torsten and the sinking of the swedish 8 teamer steamer Ver dandl both of which carried certificates that they had nothing aboard which uio the germans could consider contraband some of the newspapers are discussing the question whether in addition to pro tests the swedish government should not consider adopting some form of reprisal the clover fields of so southern ern sweden were in poor condition ns as late late its as june 1 the grass on the wild meadows was alo al o short on account of a backof lack of moisture i ima lagerlof wrote a I 1 ct cr istman sis y for the newspapers ill ws papers with tle the un der ferstanding standing that the proceeds were to go 90 to the childrens colony near stock holm the amount raised in this way was almost which aich Is looked upon as a fine result 0 0 A soldier in the land regi ment was given leave of absence long enough to go home and get married in ili tile tho night after the wedding lie he took tooh sick of brain fever andaas and was taken to tile hie onesta hospital alere lie hu soon died |