Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events eventa in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america the danger th thit it russia might break the I 1 european peace ba b attacking attaching nor akan and adri Sd ri in order to obtain in an ice tree north sea harbor aich has alnas alaia been considered to b russia b desire may be small IN hut t if it comes to a conflict between ean russi i L ind and german austria between the slav and the thich to tho present between the lo 10 ano countries points it ft might be possible that russia would use tho occasion to detlie its plant to secure a baian harbor it it Is able rille therefore and norai lellow ilu annitti in tenso interest the developing situ satui tion bet between Neen russia and germany germiny der Ger miny the le espionage age and military dons and prepare as 11 ll as they can to build up as strong a defense as lb is pos possible tor for small coun couii tries naturally the defense cannot begin to equal the russian defense but russia on tho the other hind hand ably would not be able to uso more than a small pirt part of its forces against the scandinavian countries T the e difference in strength therefore need not dot be as great as might bp be sup coed it is not likely that russia ner nies bould be indifferent tu to i russian annexation of northern bean dibaia that england dould allow it russia u asla to corno comp into its immediate 1 1 I l ri emit nita or that germany would allow allo its rival to gain such adan advantages it Is therefore most probable that sweden seden and norway NorAa 3 if the do the 1116 best they can vill be able to ward vard off the dinger danger that threatens them denmark on the other hand has nothing to tear fear from russia it if how loss eier should succeed in cut tini ting off northern sweden ind and nor way vay it is likely that germany doull I 1 secure a compensation at the expense ot or denmark so tar far ill all three hanlan countries are affected but sweden sveden and borsan ton va are more clasell interested what has increased tho the present anxiety is the tact fact that out side of the forced strengthening of tb russian arms and nan nai the espionage system is so general and the rus of finland has pio ceded so far that russia Is 15 now right next t to 0 S sweden N cde ii a and n d th the e di i 1 d ing 1 i n e 0 of f F finland ini a n d b between ean N e en i the he t two v 0 eo countries u n t arte rte s has hag quite disappeared finland just across the gull gulf of Poth Pot linia nii la Is now being permanently garrisoned by the second ru rus sian arm di ision 25 mc men n Ts two 0 other are stationed just oer the finish border near st poter pater burg from which chich lo locality calit thea the could be drawn and thrown into sweden sneden within ten das dabs ba b means of tho the new militar ral railway luab b which hae been completed in finland and which extend right up to the Sedi swedish bli fron tier arm strategists assert that within three russia could place men in the field against sweden in the past three years russia has been secretly engaged in building ex tensile tensie fortifications on the iani In anili h west coast and Is now tild laid to be 10 lo lating the treaty of parts paris of ast 1st whereby the aland islands were to remain unfortified for months ast there his has been an unusual in crease in the number of ru russian tramps and peddlers lers throughout sweden especially along the eastern coast in the north A number of them when arrested were nere found to be in po possession of military maps similar to thomp used by the swedish general staff it was noted that others who pr professed to be merean v and pring prin russian peasants looking tor for work not onh bore no signs of manual labor laboi on oil their hands but could speak h fluen fluently tl in fact the situation seems to jus jug tiby the extraordinary iriti tion carried on in sweden and nor N nai as SWEDEN the cit alti ot of stockholm has floated bonds bonda for 2 the interest I 1 to be Us per cent W 0 A cou controversy s y bel between seen the sugar trust and the beet gr growers aas set tied li arbitrators in favor ol of the latter for ears the sugar trust had been becia in the habit of granting the beet gro growers Ners certain fabors not men tinned in the contract no the fust anist proposes to discontinue this pr practise actie but th the e arbitrators hold that those floors were bere taken into consideration b the banners when the re ned the contract for the present year the oldest noman ornan in sweden sneden Is laid aid to be mrs mra karolene Karol lne larssen L arssen of stock holm holin she vis born in denmark bill has alnet in a bedan since 1818 she Is about the house eiery da and is r ind cl power aro in III a rood good state ot of conse conservation ration of 0 temper Is th main deion given tor for the diohep ol of prince and in III a declaration which both ot of then their signed the sime same document wis nis ilc il c r bv their famil physician and ht by chamberlain |