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Show Lappa Wanted Laws Changed. An unusuiA venture In representative government was made by a recent con-ferenee con-ferenee of 100 Lapps in northern Sweden. Swe-den. These delegntes represented the whole nomadic people, and their purpose pur-pose was to frame a united protest agi'lnst certain laws affecting their reindeer herds. The Lapps rarely have any settled habitation, moving from place to place after the herds and often coming Into hostile contact with the settled Scandinavian farmers. farm-ers. The law of Sweden requires the Lapps to pay fine and damnges when their reindeer damage crops, and It was to secure a modification of this statute that the Lapps held a representative repre-sentative conference. |