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I r Resume Reaume of the Most Important Events p f In Sweden Norway and Denmark Denmark- V Of Interest to the Scandinavians S l In America I JJ SWEDEN I k According to a German daily dally the allies alUes exerted exerted great pressure upon the government of Sweden to get permission permission permission per per- mission to send materials of war w f through Sweden to Russia A Swedish w authority expressed himself as follows S' S V on this subject Sweden is not a a country which changes its attitude according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the political barometer for the time being On the contrary x rV tr N Sweden takes the position of King Gustaf Adolf to the effect that A man manh h must stand or fall by his word When the government the king and the people people peo peo- pie have bave committed themselves to a policy of strict neutrality Sweden will rather go to war than beak break her ber word The allies ames struck a bad snag that time Capt Harold von Ton Ahlefeld who is isa isa f a native of Skane has bas distinguished distinguished dis dla- himself in the war He received re- re ti 1 his education in Lund and J Stockholm and in 1897 enlisted in the German army When the German army crossed the French frontier Captain Cap Cap- Lain tain Ahlefeld was put at the head bead of the wireless station at SenIle Senlis near Paris For several days he be was surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded by the enemy but succeeded eded i. i In beating his way back to his army I If f with his squadron covering a distance 5 of fifty miles mlles The next day he be waa was I 5 decorated with the iron cross second class Then he be was sent to Poland P land S where he be again distinguished himself r I with the iron and was decorated cross first class j r The Alia Aila passed a floating mine In Inthe Inthe 1 the North Noah sea Capt G. G Jonsson the I I. I r commander stopped and sent a boat ti to the mine The Tb mine was attached jo io the ship by means means of a wire andR and R 4 towed into the harbor Of of Gothenburg Gothenburg oti enburg The mine had been seen by other skippers skip skip- i pers who however w were r less plucky k- k t than Captain and were only too glad to get away aW Y unscathed themi them them- i S selves a i iThe The C Country and People of Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den is the title of a monumental work which is s In the the course course of preparation pre prep prep- preparation at the expense expense of the national c government Some time ago it ft looked L. L as though the work had to be interrupted inter Inter- t is on account of the war but private pil vate vats parties came to the rescue with the n necessary funds so that the au au authors thors may continue their work An eagle of gigantic proportions attacked at at- r r tacked a dog at near Es Eski tU stuna and was actually on the point of leaving the ground with the animal when the owner owner of the dog came and n 1 put an end to the struggle by y sending a load of shot into the body of the eagle But the back of the dog had bad f already been broken so BO that he be had to be killed h The Swedish st steamers amers running bet between be lie be- be t tween Trelleborg Sweden and Sass- Sass Germany were interrupted in n S their traffic for a while on account of mines drifting about in fn the southern F part of the D Baltic sea But after after a a afew few days they resumed their trips J the only change being in the timetable time it i table for the purpose of keeping the ships moving only by day bY cS The Kronan bread factory In Sundbyberg Sundbyberg Sundbyberg Sund- Sund I byberg has bas succeeded s in producing potato poi potato po po- i tato bread which is said sald to be a surprisingly sur sur- f. f good substitute for ordinary I bread A committee from the S dag made a trip to the place to taste the bread and find out the quality of It for themselves and they were highly pleased with the achievement of the bakery 55 The royal court of Skane and is to be removed from Kristianstad Kris Kris- to Malmo The city of Malmo offered to t o put up u p a a. a building at a cost rd of and to give this as well as 4 S its site to the national g government which offer was accepted by the lat lab f. f S ter S. S The ironclads which are being built s at Gothenburg and Malmo are to be named after the king and queen namely Gustaf V and nd Vic Vic- toria t 4 The railway traffic of Sweden la Is greatly hampered by a car famine At least fifteen hundred more cars could be used to advantage The l lack lackS ck S of cars is felt all over the country Under a precedent established by 3 William H. H Seward in 1864 when he be was secretary of state in Lincoln's cabinet William Matson Hatson the Swedish 4 J. J consul at San Francisco protested to t the police commission against the display dis dis- display play of the Swedish fl flag g in a waterfront water S front saloon as a bait for custom ass 1 There There are practically no Idle men in Ian In many communities communities l. l ties money was voted for aid to the 1 unemployed but so bO bo bOtar far tar no application x for aid has bas been received The pros- pros Deets sects Beets for the future are also fine h t |