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Show mm m SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAP-PENINGS IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND. ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME, Resume of the Most Important Events In Sweden, Norway and Denmark Of Interest to the Scandinavians In America. NORWAY. Washington. Norway Is likely to fare belter than any other neutral neu-tral under the rulings of the exports ex-ports administrative board. Dr. Frklt-job Frklt-job Nansen, head of the Norwegian economic mission, Is understood to have made such strong guarantees that the United States Is ready to deal liberally lib-erally with his government in the matter mat-ter of foodstuffs and other commodities needed. Norway has received protests iigalust some tilings of benefit to Germany Ger-many that have slipped by Norwegian officials. Doctor Nansen was sent for expressly to straighten out this complication. com-plication. It Is stated on highest authority au-thority that Doctor Nansen admitted that In the past there had been negligence negli-gence In dealing with Imports from tha United States. The Norwegian govern- iinen t stands pledged absolutely to pre vent any Imports from reaching Germany Ger-many or her allies. It Is stated that license for n number of cargoes destined for Norwegian ports will be issued within a few days. According to Norwegian advices 21 Norwegian merchant ships, with an aggregate tonnage ton-nage of more than 41,000, were lost in August. Twenty-three seamen were killed and five are missing. i ' Conrad Mlkkelson, who has just returned re-turned from a trip to Norway, says: "Sweden Is full of German sympathizers. sympa-thizers. Norway, on the other hand, has no place for them, and whenever it can quietly do the allies a good turn It does so. Norway's only concern is fl fear that a famine will be forced on tthe Scandinavian countries if war Is not brought to an early end. It is becoming be-coming increasingly difficult for Nor-way Nor-way and Sweden to import food. Norway Nor-way and Sweden suffer the worst effects ef-fects of the wnr. Norway's losses in steamers, fishing smacks and vessels of all kinds is enormous. Not one-half of the losses have been reported. The bonts in many instances have been torpedoed tor-pedoed without notice. Popular sentiment senti-ment is going through the same course which it has gone in this country. The people are In a mood to demand war." K v With regard to foreign spies a cor-, cor-, respondent writes to an American v . newspaper: "We are living in constant -f fear of a whole band of robbers. They fall upon us in a worse fashion than any footpads that ever assaulted us. We are compelled to look with sus picion and contempt upon all these high-toned foreigners who act so haughtily in our plain surroundings, boasting of their money and titles and colossal superiority. When we run up against 'barons' nnd 'counts' we feel as though we were in the presence of fugitive fugi-tive galley slaves and paid bandits." A few days ago the entire cabinet held a secret session to consider the American embargo. The deliberations lasted a long while. The result was not announced. SWEDEN. Crop reports from Scandinavia Weather unfavorable. Threshing progressing prog-ressing but quality not good. Import needs large and arrivals at all ports L practically nothing. The agricultural outlook generally disastrous. Supple- v" mentlng a previous decree prohibiting the feeding of wheat or rye to animals, if the American minister at Stockholm t reports that the Swedish government now forbids the use of growing wheat I or rye as fodder for animals. An At-fc" At-fc" lantic Tort. Three Swedish freight f steamships, the Afrlcanlc, Magdn and f Brls, which have been held here for M several weeks loaded chiefly with grain for Gothenberg, nnd unable to sail on account of the embargo, were ordered f ; unloaded, and the vessels probably will - return to South American trade, ac-V ac-V ' t cording to a report here. According to latest official statistics, Sweden's crops f ; will this year be much under average, with the exception of potatoes, of which a normal yield Is expected. f Sweden will, therefore, be forced to t considerable reduction of quantities of t grain, regularly used for feeding do- t,- mestlc animals. r ... F' Fire broke out in the buildings on the royal farm on the Island of Ilveen, and the barns and other outhouses were destroyed. About 40 cows and 27 f hogs were burned to death. Large quantities of fodder were also lost. i The entire loss was covered by insur ance. . ... i Itegular mall nnd passenger traffic by hydroplanes between Sweden and Russia will he established in the near ' ' fulure, if negotiations now said to bo In progress between Stockholm nnd I'etrograd meet with success. During the wnr passengers nnd mall between the two countries often have been de-lnyed de-lnyed days, in some cases weeks, causing caus-ing considerable Inconvenience to Swedish business men. ... The Kolas Insurance company of Bergen has donated $8,000 to charitable charit-able concerns. A f.-iriiiiT at Van; .IW.-.(.v.-. inter-I'sliug inter-I'sliug insi-ription.s on a U in the open country. The pktiU'' of seven viking ships are plainly visible, not even the dragons' heads missing. There is tin old burial mound Close by. Similar Sim-ilar inscriptions have been found at Knlleherg and in Jaderen. In every case of this kind there seven ships are outlined. It goes without saying that all these Inscriptions date from the Yiiilng ageL Jn a burial mound at Klcpp wi'iS found" a bronzS sword, from the twelfth or thirteenth century before be-fore Christ. It is a huge affair :over seven feet long and also very wide. It was covered by large stone slabs. FINLAND. New York. Smashing a Scandinavian-American Athletic league record, Vllhir Kyronen today holds a notable victory over his old rival, Ilannes Kol-eniainen. Kol-eniainen. lie defeated Kolemainen in the three-mile event at the annual Scandinavian-American games, winning win-ning in 13:27. The old record, 15:37, was set by Kolemainen in 1013. Both Kyronen and Kolemainen are Finland-ers. Finland-ers. Ilelsingfors. Russian troops occupied occu-pied the parliament buildings here to prevent the reassembling of the lnndt-dag lnndt-dag In defiance of the decision of the Russian government. The city is calm. The Ilelsingfors council of workmen's and soldiers' deputies has ordered the crews of warships to return to their vessels. DENMARK. T. Stauning, socialist member of the Danish cabinet and leader of that party par-ty In the rigsdag, finds much to approve ap-prove in President Wilson's reply to the pope's peace proposal. Minister Stauning said: "I am of the opinion that President Wilson's answer to the pope's message is a highly promising sign and I see from it what I had expected. ex-pected. That Mr. Wilson does not wish the war to be continued to the end where there will be victors and defeated. I firmly believe that the president of the free United States will again be seen busy at bringing about peace. The paragraph of President Presi-dent Wilson's words which opposes a violation of the people's sovereignty, the imposing of indemnities, the splitting split-ting up of countries and the making of an egotistic and economic war will be read with joy by every one wishing a happy and lasting peace. I hope that Mr. Wilson's wise utterances may find echo and show their influence in other belligerent countries. The American Amer-ican people will doubtless understand that in little Denmark where I live there is a burning longing for peace, both on account of commiseration for our fellow beings and for the sake of future humanity and because industry, trade and commerce and the possibilities possibili-ties of the development of our own country are so highly dependent upon conditions in other countries. Therefore, There-fore, as a Dane I am exceedingly glad to hear such convincing words as now again have been uttered by President Wilson, and hope that his endeavors may be continued and the goal reached before long." ... Drinking and smoking will really be luxuries in Denmark under the new taxation program just introduced in the rigsdag. This provides for a special spe-cial tax on wines equal to the retail price per bottle, and almost doubles the tax on beer, making it, according to the president of the Brewers' league, the highest in the world. The measure increases the tax on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco to from 20 to 33 per cent of the retail price. It fixes a special tax of 10 per cent on all sales of jewelry jew-elry and precious stones. The income tax on incomes of more than $1,500 is increased by 33 to 75 per cent. The property tax on property of the value of $3,750 and upward is virtually doubled. dou-bled. A 25 per cent increase in railroad rail-road passenger and freight rates is provided. ... Violation of Denmark, if necessary to the realization of Germany's scheme to declare the Baltic sea closed was planned by the kaiser as early as 1905. It is revealed in the secret correspondence corre-spondence between the German and Russian monarchs, recently found in the private archives of the exiled czar. The messages, from "Willy to Nicky," proposed to make Denmark, by intimidation, intimi-dation, an ally to the scheme, and, failing, fail-ing, to occupy Denmark in case England Eng-land declared war in opposition to the plan. The resolution to seize Denmark as ruthlessly ns he has invaded Belgium Bel-gium was decided upon by the kaiser after he met the czar clandestinely off the island of Bjoerke on the Swedish coast. ... Considerable increase in the infantile infan-tile death rate In Denmark because of scarcity of proper food has caused alarm among Danish officials. Special consideration is, therefore, given to bnliies in the new food legislation. Every child under two years of age will receive one quart of milk a day. To poor families this milk will be delivered de-livered at the expense of the royal food commission. ... Denmark has been one of the most important breeding countries of Europe. Eu-rope. This industry has to a large extent ex-tent been dependent upon the Importation Importa-tion of fodder. There is now the serious seri-ous problem of feeding the greater part of Denmark's live stock on domestic fodder. But the greater part of these productions made from grain can be used for people, which means sharp competition at the present time in Denmark between human beings and domestic animals for the same feed. This will force the slaughter of a large number of cattle. |