Show letteen FROM STOCKHOLM it to is a matter of fact that the politic id 61 air of scandinavia has baa been very clear durl during the last two decades or since ince the nix last german danish war when sweden ruled by charles XV was aa not very far from bloomi becoming ng an ally of her attacked sister sifter kingdom well for her that she did not some borne day and perhaps one not very remote she may need all the strength th which she has hae been able to father her last war in 1814 the blessings of peace have been of the grba greatest test benefit to the commercial atud ud intellectual development of the country and the sweden of today is in a more prosperous state of affairs in every way than the sweden of the past there is only one cause for anxiety and that comes from the appearance of a cloud in the eastern political firmament this cloud although not yet of very large dimensions is hn however wever black and heavy and is regarded by many people as the fire runner of a political tornado now d directing its mad course westward towards the scandinavian peninsula but figurative will not explain the situation I 1 must state the facts the tyrannical acts of the russian despot in his endeavor to Rusel anize poor finland are that may set every true swede thinking the peace of Fredrik Fredriks shanin hamn in 1809 gave to russia finland which bad been connected with sweden for six hundred years the terms of the treaty of peace stipulated however that finland was not to become a russian province but to retain its autonomy though the nominal head was to be the czar of russia under the title of grand duke of finland the first alexander ignored may many of the agree agreements menti but alexander 11 II waa a good ruler and asserted that the Fin landers were the most loyal of his many subjects it was during his reign that the finnish Landt dag was assembled for the first time but what does the present czar care for the most loyal of his bis sub subjects jech to Rusel anize them to make finland a part of his great empire is his aim will he succeed without doubt already the russian language laa guage has been made obligatory in the schools native russians have been appointed to the more paying government off offices me the refractory newspapers are being confiscated en masse and the finnish postage stamps will soon be stamped 11 out J russian ones of a corresponding worth going to take their place the good od financial reputation of finland fe is also also to be crushed the marks being compelled to make way for the ill fated iubelt indeed every encroachment of the czar is a fearful blow at t the finnish civilization and nation nationality ait but it signifies more than that kis it is a thunderbolt thunder bolt aimed at the vital power of the protestant people around the baltic sea and it may cause political dissensions within the dissensions sen which perhaps will be obstacles to the ahn of the assimilation the assimilation being more of an interior than foreign character will I 1 probably not call forth even a simple protest from the the people of abeden sweden and norway however do not look at the acts of russia in the same light but regard them as an indirect demonstration a prelude to a 8 war wair for the purpose of obtaining one or several barb harbors ore on the coast of norway the geographical situation of scandinavia cuto cute off russia from any direct connection with the north sea and it is a well known fact that the Moe Mos covite power desires to get possession in some way or another of the norwegian harbors washed by the gulf stream finland thoroughly this aim wil be the next of the czar it is true that russia can reach the north sea by the sound the water between the danish reeland and the swedish province of but a federated confederated con gorman german swedish or ger man english fleet could in ewe of war easily prevent this the german navy is id fully able to compete with that of the zar and as to king oscar he asks acks every for ap appropriations for new men of war to tw tk i but out from the north sea is what rula rufila tears fears especially as the treat powers awers will not ot allow her to reach the mediterranean or the indian sea rhe immense realm of the czar lacks admit admittance tRuce to the would make russia even and more powerful than she is at 1 present resent A harbor at lopoten or any other place on the norwegian coast would b heap o this 0 need in some degree russia lierer hereby hei being ng able perhaps to peep her marr man time connections even if the navies of other powers should block and lock the gate of the baltic the sound but it i russia caught can get her heavy some small spot in northern norway then sooner or later she will probably imagine that she Js is in need of the fhe whole peninsula the independence of sweden and norway to is threatened accordingly at the present by no other power than their great eastern neighbor and the going on all over semi beau for the purpose of raising money for the matter of dered defenses i s la is easily explained luckily for sweden and norway their relation to the german empire are the most friendly and a war of against the scandinavian kingdom would without doubt mean a war with germany also I 1 have now tried to explain the political situation as near as possible blet nothing has been given but the real facts to what has been said may be added the following dispatch which has just been rec received elved at stockholm and caused much excitement the st petersburg division of infantry including the and regiments are to bd bo be stationed in the northern part of finland and the staff quartered in the city of Ule the custom bouse bongo guard juard at tho the swedish frontier fron Cler is to be kept ept by a detachment of cavalry STOCKHOLM feb |