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Show NORWAY. Rev. Karl Void has made himself known as far as Norwegian newspapers newspa-pers are road throughout Die world by his denunciation of the unnatural way in which the Norwegians are selecting and preparing their food. He calls Norway the "sanatorium of Europe, whore the young . people die like Hies." He claims that there is scarcely scarce-ly any other country iu the world that has such a large proportion of anemic, nervous people, and the ravage of tuberculosis is something terrible. New sanatoria are springing up all over the country, but still there are too few of thorn. There are very few people of twenty years or more who have sound teeth. What is the reason? rea-son? It is, in short, undernourishment undernourish-ment and unnatural habits of life. The food is made too artificial, and medicines medi-cines aggravate the case. Adulteration Adultera-tion of foodstuffs is said to be more common in Norway than anywhere else in Europe. Our own American Wiley will no doubt appreciate the following fol-lowing quotation from Rev. Void's indictment: in-dictment: "The day when the discovery discov-ery was made that the coarser ingredients ingredi-ents of the grain could be separated and the finer ones made into flour, that day has become the greatest curse to the human race. The Maxim rapid-tiring rapid-tiring gun does not by any manner of means put an end to so many young lives as do fine Hour and white bread. The grinding of Hour takes away that part of the grain which is most needed need-ed by the human body. The Germans still have their black bread, ami the Danes use coarse bread. The Norwegians Norwe-gians want nothing but white bread. Finally, there is scarcely any country where coffee destroys so many people as in Norway. Coffee is used night and day. A general awakening is necessary. Alarm clocks must be rung from one end of the country to the other. oth-er. When a person has destroyed his health by drinking coffee, it will not, in the name of all truth, do to say that God has placed a cross on him. No, we have sinned, and we must suffer for our sins. In fact it is no more sinful to destroy one's health by drinking drink-ing alcohol than by drinking coffee." The city of Bergen has had n hard time financially since the great fire which destroyed a part of the city three years ago. Bat so successfully have its citizens fought against the great odds that the deficit of the city budget for the three years is only about $135,000. The total indebtedness indebted-ness of' the city is about $10,000,000. A home for small orphan girls will soon be established near Kristiania. The institution will be named after the late Doctor Barnardo, an Englishman who was noted for his love for children. chil-dren. The name was suggested by the pastor of the English church in Kristiania. Kris-tiania. The home will be under the management which is operating the August nermann Frnncke Boys' home. SGlOlilll NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP-PENINGS 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. SWEDEN. King Gustaf of Sweden has the reputation rep-utation of being the ablest monarch in Scandinavia. His recent speech from the throne certainly shows levelheadedness. levelhead-edness. "Grievous is this hour in which the. king and riksdag meet again to face the common responsibilities responsibil-ities which the security and future of the kingdom impose on them. I bid you welcome at this moment, when you have met to prosecute your important labors. "I wish on this occasion to address both to you and the entire nation a serious appeal. This is already the third year that the world war has raged with growing fury. Up to the present, we have been able, by the grace of God, to avoid being drawn into it, but its effects none the less have inflicted on us many sufferings. The longer the conflict lasts, the greater become our difficulties; and we cannot can-not and must not shut our eyes to the profound gravity of the present hour. "It is necessary for the Swedish people peo-ple to remember this, and in the troublous trou-blous circumstances in which we find ourselves, to realize that they must put an end to conflicts which might divide the nation. All internal dissensions dis-sensions aggravate peculiarly the difficulties dif-ficulties of my task. Unity among our citizens, on the other hand, facilitates the realization of the end I have set out to attain with the consent of the entire country, which is to assure the liberty and sovereignty of the kingdom and to safeguard her neutrality. The state of special preparedness to which I have judged it indispensable to bring our land and sea forces must still be maintained. The increasing extent to which the operations of war have been carried on in our territorial waters has necessitated extraordinary measures. "The duty of all neutral states to maintain international law, the care of common legitimate interests, the desire de-sire to contribute to the establishment of a durable peace, assuring in the future fu-ture their position and their free development, de-velopment, Induced Sweden to enter into relations with other neutral powers, pow-ers, especially with the two other Scandinavian kingdoms, with a view to common deliberations and decisions. I trust that the co-operation already effected ef-fected between the neutral states will further be strengthened and extended. "The lack of foodstuffs caused by the war in the world's stocks, as well as the hindrances placed In the way of our imports by the belligerent powr ers, have brought with them for our people difficulties which daily become more accentuated. In order to guarantee guar-antee the import of necessary goods without, however, compromising other essential interests, I have entered into negotiations with certain belligerent powers. "The question of the purchase In foreign markets of foodstuffs of which our country is most in need and of their transport to Sweden on equitable conditions is attracting my special attention at-tention and care. The necessity of assuring as-suring a fair distribution of indispensable indispen-sable food stuffs decided me to issue regulations which entail considerable interference with the life of the individual. in-dividual. "With a view to decreasing by measures meas-ures tending to a reduction in price the effects of the high price of living, I intend to submit to you certain bills. The efforts of the state to aid the weak members of society only will be crowned with complete success if the nation supports them by a loyal voluntary volun-tary co-operation, and if It learns in the rough school of the present time to understand better the solidarity of all and to free itself from the lust of immediate gain. I Intend to ask you for credits for a war bonus to state officials, for an Increase of pensions, pen-sions, and for other grants to certain officials. "In these times of divisions and violence, vio-lence, of which no one can yet foresee tiie end, solicitude for the safety of the kingdom imposes upon us the duly of taking advantage for the strengthening strengthen-ing of national defense of the experiences experi-ences gained during the war. I intend In this matter also to ask for your FoIIuboration." The scarcity of grain Induced many farmers to use potatoes as a part of their bread, and the consumption of potatoes has been so great during this winter that they will no doubt be scarce when the season for planting comes. The government was defeated In a joint ballot of the two chambers of the riksdag on the request for the appropriation of $v.iKi,000 to be used in preserving Sweden's neutrality. The first chamber gave 87 votes In favor of the appropriation and 50 In opposition, hut the pecond chamber cast 85 ayes and 128 nays, this giving a joint majority ma-jority of 15 against the government. The government has loaned out $1,-400.000 $1,-400.000 to poor men on condition that they procure homes, generally farms, j of their own. j |