Show NEWS OF IMPORTANT happenings P IN FAR orf OFF NORTHLAND ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME i sf wj i resume ile of the mot important events i sweden norway and denmark 0 interest to the scandinavians n 44 DENMARK ft 5 1 war ar may disturb sweden swed en Q but denmark is if going to keep out of tala viar she bho wants to keep out and ilioiu germany and england want the same thing it if denmark fights as aa all t must bo be with the allies she loit to germany r iago ago aai and lias hated the ger l i over since dut germany could i rpsa cross tho the imaginary lines separating f tho two countries and overrun don den m mark wit within a short tima atmo hence denmark cannot afford to fo tight fight on an athis other hand germany cormany is not acx loua to invade benmark penmark pen mark tho the ger t mans receive co considerable quantities ott through Den marks nou aou iral ports despite the british blockade they realize that england would rt blockade these ports if 1 occupied by geri germans furthermore germany doca does if root ilot J want to increase In creaso her war blea blas by conquering and making it cosgary to defend Den Din marks long line A 4 agal 1 38 possible landings by the allies J v Irn england gland gets large larga stores of food bluffs a from the danea if denmark r entered the j ar and was occupied by german j e aman broo trompa Ps this source of supply for or the british isles would bo be cut on ii it it Is generally understood that bat tit tacit agreement exists by which dr denmark k divides her foodstuffs between the germans tier mans and the english without objection by elther either in view ot of this fact it 11 Is cited that no danish ehle carrying food supplies to eng land has over ever been torpedoed 1 at a meeting hell held in one of the rigs dag districts in denmark the danish premier mr zable spoke of the general er ii conditions of the country count brought f A nebout by the war in this connection he be mentioned tho the pleasant and cordial relations established between denmark Desi mark and aind iceland through the au 1 granted the island by tho government last year ile he ex pressed the hope that the good will toward the island manifested through i this action would lay the foundation fora permanent good feeling between the two peoples ile he remarked marked io that tho the war war had brought the three scan nations closer together den mark anark lanors a strong operation cooperation co and t 4 neighborly feelings toward norway 1 and sweden wo we danei have no f reaton reason to believe anything else but ithac that the friendly neighborly feeling la Is 1 in all three countries the danish steamer vidar aldar bound from copenhagen tor for british ports with provisions provi alons was seized off alel fingor by a submarine the h st etaamer amer was taken southward ably to NORWAY ilk NI norway arway was the tha worlds third marl mari I 1 li S ale nation lon when the war broke out E england ranked first germany see oud england still ranks first but 4 1 N von even the british mercantile marine marina has jl suffered hea heavily vili germanys germanas Germ anys merchant t shipping has been out ol of corn com 1 mi salon since the tha early days of hos 0 i Y compared with norway amer i is s war boom relatively has been ibi a small affair the E european glo clo has brought more money to q the united states than to any oilier 1 country but comparatively norway has baa been the bix big gainer the corwe af 1 glana gians are richer to tho the extent of s in actual cash thus far to properties they already owned there has baa been added avaldo a value of t mutely as much me 0 this la Is on a basta basis of a population ot of an i addition ot of W 80 per capita to nor v ways ays wealth in a year and a halt half has haa its been een felt emphatically millionaires i have been created wholesale many t of bf them are nr millionaires only tn in kroner y ln L n a krone being about 27 cents i S b but ut a jump from nothing in 18 f months to a fortune of 0 or t which has bas happened in bunie bunt t shreds ared s of 0 cases Is IB not bad tho the old y chipping firms arve in actual of dollars dolln rs most of 0 the now 1 y made millionaires aro are clerks in y shipping houses housea or off leers of oceana 1 going craft who were able to corn com jinn nd blittle hl a little ittle credit and branched out 1 T in business tor for themselves dr sigurd ibsen the son of the y 1 post poet henrik ibsen has sold hlo his cot tare near tho the Holon kollon tramway JC OM X to his br brother other in law X I 1 elnar einar bjornson and ile he intends to go to denmark in april aud and remain there lw until tho the conditions in germany permit 11 him to go farther arthor south t st J chri government his hia taken measy waa ores to restrict the worst form of speculation and the hank bank of norway baa Ps lim limited cited tho the loans loana on stock to normal values still stock ji subscriptions oro arc going derrll merr ll on ind bud tho the of the bitkers py are always crowded with veo people to fager ager idt to got rid of their money of 01 which 9 thero there seems seema to bo be no lack f k e 4 f tabo population of norway septem ter pel 30 1916 1915 was the net increase tn for the lie first three quarters lors ot f last year was wae |