Show SCANDINAVIAN NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME Resume Reaume of the Most Mos Important Events In In Sweden Norway and Denmark Denmark- Of Interest to the Scandinavians In America SWEDEN The Swedish was opened Inthe Inthe in inthe the presence of f the king th the crown prince the Princes WIlhelm Carl and Eugen and a magnificent retinue of some of the foremost dignitaries of the kingdom Having assembled in their respective chambers they marched in a procession to the castle chapel where Rev N. N J. J preached a sermon on The Lords Lord's Blessings After the close of the service the members of the royal family headed the procession back to the building where the king read his speech from the throne In a strong voice The minister of civil affairs read his report on what wha had taken place In the kingdom during the past few months whereupon the speaker of the first chamber in eloquent eloquent elo elo- quent terms addressed to the throne assured the king that his imperturbable able peace policy was backed by the people The speaker of the second chamber paid ald that the second chamber chamber cham chain ber was greatly pleased with the ceaseless efforts made by by- bythe the king to maintain the neutrality of the country country country coun coun- try and he lie expressed the hope that the king would succeed in overcomIng overcoming ing lag all difficulties and maintaining peace S 5 The The Petrograd accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac the Swedish officers in Persia of carrying on pro-German pro agitation To this the Berlin remarks The only men in Persia who have ever half succeeded in com corn combating combating bating the disturbances in the ex ex- exposed exposed posed districts are the Swedish officers officers officers cers who at the request of Russia and England entered the Persian gendarmerie service But the more systematically they performed their duties the more the Russian NationalIsts Nationalists Nationalists lists went gunning for them in their newspapers ne It did not suit the Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian that there should be beIn bein bein in their neighborhood a gendarmerie who held a view of their duties entirely entirely entirely en en- different from that held by the Russian gendarmerie which even In I Russia had a poor reputation and whose higher positions are considered considered considered consid consid- ered good enough for blasted subjects from the fine bodyguard regiments of the czar czar And so the Swedish officers officers officers of of- of the Persian gendarmerie are shown the honor of being abused by Russia's most corrupt newspaper newspaperS S S S The action of the government nt in removIng removIng removing re re- re- re moving the import duty on corn wheat and rye for the period ending next August may result In permanent permanent perman perman- ent free trade for Sweden so far as foodstuffs are concerned The pOwerful powerful power powerS ful socialist party with which the liberals liberals lib lib- form a legislative majority has decided to make this its particular fight in the session of parliament just convened which says one of oC the socialist socialist socialist so so- leaders means the beginning of of the end of the protective tariff in Sweden When Sweden placed a duty on foods 20 years ago agriculture was still Its Its main industry The farmers farm ers feared ruin from American wheat and Russian rye Since then the economic economic economic eco eco- character of the country has I completely changed Sweden's prosperity prosperity pros pros- now depends on its manufacture manufacture manufacture ture of wooden and metal ware matches and other products and the export of timber and iron ore As the majority of the population depend on these trades they object to the dwin dwin- dwindlIng dwindling dung band of farmers profiting at their expense When the war caused the price of foods to rise to exorbitant rates parliament was forced to suspend suspend sus sus- pend the duty on grains This was done In December S S S The net profit of oC the Swedish rik- rik i bank for the year was 1752 per cent ent of the capital stock The gold reserve reserve reserve re re- re- re serve at the end of the year was 29 29 29 an In increase rease of more than 1 I I I for the tue year There was a I great run for gold during the last week of July and the reduction of the gold reserve was But as as soon as the bank stopped paying out gold for its notes there was a steady increase During the entire war the bank furnished ample gold for tor all Industrial industrial in In- industrial and commercial purposes S S S The of who vho have sold horses to the army ahny of Sweden have donated to the gov government the money to be used for forI furnishing cloth clothes s for the members I of the who may maybe maybe maybe be in need of it S S S Vilhelm Born Dorn proprietor of Moss Moss- berga estate parish Oland who was serving at Thorn West Prussia Prussia sia sla as lieutenant of a spy spy battalion offered his lii service at the front near Warsaw Poland and distinguished himself by signal bravery His acts of heroism were not forgotten an anin and iu in due time he received the theIron Iron cross from Kaiser Wilhelm I S S S The city of Malmo 1 paid out over as aid to the unemployed dur dur- during dur tug ing December The demand v v ll renter reater in Januar January J e 1 Y Jl |