Show AV mail H NEWS OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME reume resume of the most important events event in sweden norway and denmark of interest tnt erett to the cc in america FINLAND the new constitution of finland repeals the constitutions of 1772 and 1780 and nil all other laws and stipulations opposed to the new constitution tho the first four clauses declare that finland Is a republic a special constitution regulating its relations with rus nus bla that the legislative power belongs to the landt dag and the lie president ot of the republic jointly that the th e president has the highest legislative power that lie he shall have a cabinet find and that tile the judicial power roust must be exercised by independent tribunals the constitution guarantees to finland citizens life lionor personal liberty pursuit of imp P alness iness and property rights they art are given free choice of residence and traveling within the country liberty of speech or of the press and of public meetings Is stipulated in general terms the secrecy of tho ilia malls Is declared inviolable and it a finnish citizen Is to ho be judged only by the court of ills his own district before this trib tribunal until lie he lins ling a right to speak his finnish or swedish mother tongue As to legislation the he right of initiative belongs to tile the president and tile landi dag the president has a veto power though limited A bill roay may be passed over the presidents veto by n R two thirds vote of the amendments to ti the constitution must be approved by a two thirds vote of two consecutive sessions of tho the the president la Is elected for six years and every citizen hns has a vote the president has the power of calling the ordinary landt dag anti when necessary nil all extraordinary one lie ila tind and close prescribe new elections dissolve the landt dag ilag issue administration statutes and by right light of pardon abolish or reduce punishment in time filae of pence peace tile president Is first in command ot of the army till and navy and appoints representatives to international conferences all other administrative watters matters have to be decided by the cabinet ane am the president jointly the cabinet includes five members among them bliem it procurator whose function Is to see that the offie fuls do their duty lie ile jilts has to report violations of the laws to tile lie president tin and if the president does doea not pay any attention to the same to the land landt tda ilag As to Fin lands relations rola tlona to russia the new constitution stipulates that finland shall bo be represented in ili the russian government by a ministerial erial state secretary for transmitting propositions and communications between the governments of tile countries military tary service Is made com by the constitution the alie constitution ution accepts the evangelical ld IA theran church as the general church of the finnish people the elect election lon to the finnish land landwing tIng resulted lit in tile the choice of 02 social sial democrats 01 representatives of tile tho civic party 23 25 representatives of the agricultural party and 21 representatives of the swedish party the most important chinuge cliD Tige from the former elections Is the reduction of 0 the social democrats from to 02 tile participation in tile tie elections was general among both men and women it Is reported for instance that a widow one hundred and four years of ago age walked nearly a mile little to get an opportunity to vote dr earl ignatius Ignall ns representative of the finnish gov eminent now in washington to obtain supplies of wheat ant and flour for its his country probably will deliver a series of patriotic lectures tit nt finnish settlements in minnesota BlInne sota NORWAY christiana Is ono one of the lie many norwegian cities having too few houses in proportion to the population thero there Is a regular stampede for the of the local now newspaper clien it gets out of tho the press showing what rooms there may be for rent it Is prop props aed cd to prevent foreigners from stopping in ili thi the city for any length of time 0 the great saltpeter factories at have increased tho the population of the community of thin from 41 in 1010 to lit in 1017 1917 A census was taken a short time ago for tho purpose of distributing public aid to the community on the basis of the population 0 bitting titting ting the work of p putting tit up wireless stations Is greatly ham hampered pored by a lack of oc materials and men some of the stations cot considerable sums of money tim the radio which Is located tit nt hill hiltl Is to cost over v private partle parties 4 have raised torlin for new building for ilia lili and museum of Ber bergani the property known is as bastings Fa stings alindo tins lina been donated by the municipality its BS grounds for the new university the rho city council tit nf bergen has also voted ns as it n donation to tile university and the national govern government meat will lie bo asked tor for n sli similar nilar amount 0 norway linn han lost fiobo ration during the war a central newa tIlA patch reports the of two morn beeam alpa tc fr noted til in uw 4 f v i ja 11 DENMARK king biting chris christian tian received dr maurice F egan efian the american minister re bently the audience extended over a period of CO 60 minutes and the inference was gathered that it was im III por tant v the price of kerosene ke roseno tills haa increase In creaseA f from 8 cents to IS 18 cents centa n quart since tile the united stilt states stopped L the v tation of that article to denmark the oldest help in service in tho the world Is said mid to be the galens galeas named de brodbe it wua was built in 1782 its present captain Is J 0 boue bone SWEDEN A union of tile the scandinavian countries including sweden norway don den mark and iceland to bo be called tho the united states of scandinavia la 14 suggested in the swedish periodical stats the common affairs of the scandinavian united states questions of customs and defense hould be handled liy by it scandinavian anavian government constituted of it a cabinet it headed abed by one of the three scandinavian kings as president tho the periodical believes the president should be elected for five yours by tho the diets of the four countries it says tho the scandinavian cabinet would bo be formed by tho the foreign ministers of sweden norway and denmark to deal with external matters and by the pre premier niler and another minister each of those thosa countries to deal with internal matters together with a special minister lit in Copen copenhagen hilgen representing iceland the alie editor says 1 each aali country would have its own ambassadors and consuls in foreign countries ni ng before resides besides the different lings ling of the countries the union would have a common hag flag A sketch of this hag fing hit tins already been prepared by tile tho swedish artist carl wiles sillies it Is three years since the name of gustaf Fredr fridriksson ilisson the actor appeared on a theater program this was taken to mean that tho veteran front from the old Dra matisko of stockholm would never appear on oil the stage again tills this supposition was well founded fur for the man Is eighty uvo years old last spring it was rumored that tile alie veteran would appear in it star performance ile he aenied it lilno self lie ile had no plans plan to reappear on oil the boards lint but lit in spite of everything it turned out that dame cumor wits was properly informed gustaf fredriks sort son did show up fit at in fil Fuld ns El evening after evening lie ho played the main part in tills this arinna and those who havo have seen and heard him declare that lio lie never opp appeared eared more youthful and vigo vigorous roust than now ills performance li Is still that of tile the muster master and tits his rolo role keppa keeps lihn him on tho the stage staga almost half of the time during the hie evening there Is neither hitch nor flaw lit in tits ills work at the snide same time tile tho patriarch among swedish actors admits if that in t lie ho has about forty other casts so well lit in hand that he can play any one of them if lie he Is permitted to spend n day or two reviewing the play 0 0 As a result of the embargo against northern european neutrals exports to those countries from the lio united states state s last october totaled only 1 compared with in october 1010 figures made public by the lie bureau of foreign unit doines domestic commerce at washington show that pot liot a dollar s worth of goods was waa exported hiring during the ho month to sweden with fill which country tile the nu no war trade agreement has tits licen been readied reached being ninde made in ILI sweden to electrify the whole cani ennui as tom tein of the ilia country stretching fr from 0 n the eastern to tho the western const coast 1111 anil I 1 connecting the he baltic sen with wild tile alio north sen sell the electricity will life be derived from froin water power tile the nun Is 14 not only to in run rim tho the lockage lock igo machinery electric power but ilso also to apply it to tile vessels and steamers the project Is of grent importance now on oil account recount of the lie scarcity of coal swedish capitalists have leavo bought so RH many shares in danish steamship companies the danish pres lias has seen tit in call tile alio attention of the public to tho transactions A majority of the stocks of the denmark steamship company 14 already in the hands of swedes tile tho deal cut involving about the Berlings ke Tl Ti dende copenhagen liua ius given expression to tile the benr that aliat the tha stock sold to swedes may puss into tin tho hands of more mere speculators 0 A stockholm newspaper recently contained tile following announcement la Is thero there it maker or a factory that Is willing to sell ft a few pounds of butter material to a housekeeper an till awer Is thankfully awill ted under me ilia picture marked per pound 0 0 the names 4 a railway to tile tho norwegian bouti boundary onry in land has been change chinked from froin abnot to 0 o tho the housekeeping ammi ion tit i I 1 st stockholm oc I 1 he it has started a eon tolvo movement for tile 0 fruit marmalade ns as a substitute for butter those who anro lit in charge of tile work do not expect to lie bo able abio to induce the masses to give elve ap 41 their but ter for marmalade thu tho immediate alm aim therefore la is to have the substitute go to tho firmy hospitals awl anti other public institutions tile commission bought tons of which ille chocolate chocol nto rind candy yrtl lioan tn cvrk wh 1 IQ 0 |