Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME returns resume of the mast important events event in sweden norway Ncr and denmark of interest to the ig in america A merl ca SWEDEN the united states will continue to act alone in representations to in great britain regarding the neutral trade negotiations begun by the swedish legation hero here to secure american operation cooperation co in proposed concerted action of bf neutrals to protest against tho the orders in council have brought no results the most recent swedish proposal contemplated identical ident iral notes of protest by neutrals flat rejection by tile tho american state abate department having met a previous suggestion for a joint note nota negotiations are still it in progress some details of tile the swedish position it Is in said bra are inconsistent with tho the contentions of the united states reports as aa to strong german thlen in sweden also are believed to have heen been considered by tile the state department part ment input negotiations progressed to a point where both the swedish mid and american governments govern menta in puts prepared tentative drafts of proposals to he be n sent ent to great britain the swedish proposals were submitted to tho the state department but were faunl to bo be unsatisfactory ull satia a 6 Sw sweden nien looks like an armed camp and all tile the troops are ready for a brush with tile the enemy says george Ma malingson lingron who halls from brainerd minn and who has just returned from a visit in sweden german agents and buyers sald said mr Mn Ma lingren aru art overbidding over bidding tho the aleua on oil anything that can call bo be bought tho the only thing that germany appears to lie be well supplied with Is arms ammunition cotton ofton and copper of which somo some mako make the claim that germany had an all enormous supply long before the war started salomon one of tit tho most noted vagrants of sweden lied died at the ljungby poorhouse at the age of seventy two years for him to live was to roam and ho he had been in all parts of Siev den ii time an and agala the local authorities would send him back baat home to get rid of him but ho he his first chance to get away sweden wits was not his only field 0 of op orations erat lons and ho he could even bonat boist of having visited both boll berlin and carls the bible commission has completed the great task of making ft a new translation of the old testament tile the national convention of the church 0 ot sweden lias ban a right to authorize authorise or rf re eject the now new version as far as tile state church la ili concer concerned ved such stich a convention to Is to be held next fall the translators themselves believe that some slight changes will bo be made it if the work Is approved there are many people in kristinn stad seail who are unable to get work even in tho the bus busiest lesli season of the year in the ho courso course of one month over stone cutters applied for wort work at the employment bureau about elgar makers are also out of work because the tobacco monopoly has no use for abou t a the war has almost destroyed the stone dressing industry of Bob some firms havo have discharged ill all tho the single men in order that the heads of fa families milles may have a chance to make front from 8 to 16 a weak the pros president ident of china has awarded awarded the decoration of file lie order of the goldam gald n crop to ala maj 11 0 hjalmarson HJal Mal marBon marson and king gustalf lias has granted major hjalmarson HJal morson permission to wear the hadge badge lit in public nils gren of ankarsrum Ankara Ankar while bathing in company with some friends wanted to show allow alier how flow skillfully he could live hut but MR ills head struck a rock nil find lie went to tho the bottom bott omand and was drowned the swedish railways announce that tho hi rall rond front from banitt gl R to on ill the russian frontier Is open for it wa w nit previously necessary to make lio file lin furnoy jur irney noy by wagon 1 taj or f alinne rals rc etil over for bics for the army anil and navy the alio blus ribbon tion hold lit its thirty th annual rt at sl arn the amount available for tin the zhi obel el prizes this year la Is I 1 kronor kroner 18 ench each hut but it Is possible the lie distribution trib ution will bo be postponed next year the lio amount aill be reduced by kronor this thin surn bum represent lim cle amount of thu ne new awed lyli do de tense tax 4 4 tile the orri orr i detachment of a party of 2000 german prisoners for ti ex change of whom arrangements been mode made left petrograd Petro grad for sweden via finland they are totally all disabled J |