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STOCKHOLM, .Tune 20. — (Corres
pondence of the Associated Cress.)—
The Swedish people are breathing
more easily now than nt any time
since the war began. They are con
vinced at last that their king and
their government are determined to
maintain a strict and impartial neu
trality until peace shall have been
declared, and they are plunging with
renewed vigor into a prosperity un
precedented in the history of the
country.
That Sweden would give up this
prosperity and the happiness which
has come with it for the perils, the
; poverty and misery of war seemed un
thinkable to the foreign observer, but
it cannot be denied that the political
and international crisis through which
the country passed the latter part of
May brought it dangerously near tn
the brink of catastrophe. Not that
the people wanted war—far from it
but the anti Russian propaganda car
ried forward by an influential grouf
of politicians known as the Activist?
attained for a time a momentum
which threatened all the dictates ol
neutrality and was outspokenly an ef
fort to force Sweden into war with
her traditional enemy, Russia, anc
thus ally this part of Scandinavia with
the central powers.
This Activist movement was de
I nnimred by the Socialists anti Liberal
in the Swedish parliament as mor
| pro-German than pro-Swedish, anti
{ was referred <o on one occasion b>
Socialist Leader Branting as having
j “a dangerously strong financial hack
i ing." The pro-German press of Swe
| den carried the campaign at times te
| a violent extreme anti the bitternes
j engendered between these papers and
those representing the Liberal and So
cialist elements of the country may
not 1)0 effaced for years to come.
The Liberals and Socialists frankly
| feared for a time that the influential
| Activists would win over the support
1 of the Conservative party, which still
| controls the upper house of parlia
j inent, and is supposed to more than
hold the balance of power in what is
i theoretically a coalition cabinet. But
when the test came, when the sltua
tion was at its worst the Conservatives
threw their strength with the othei
two parties in a determination to keep
Sweden out of the war at any cost.
It so happened that the Aetivisl
campaign, designed to upset the neu
trality of Sweden, actually broughi
about an agreement among the con
tending political factions of ths
Swedish parliament, which has giver
Swedish neutrality a stability and a
standing before the belligerent na
tions it had not enjoyed before. This
agreement was the immediate resull
of an Activist interpellation in par
llament calling attention to the al
leged permanent character of fortifi
cations being erected by the Russians
on the Aland islands in the Baltic
and asking what the government pro
posed to do about it. At night the
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the easternmost points of Sweden, and
the nearest of these isles is but sis
hours' sail from Stockholm. Russia
had given her informal assurance to
Sweden that the fortifications were
only temporary, being erected for the
purpose of protecting certain mine
fields and thus defending the islands
from possible capture by the Ger
mans. Sweden was further assured
that the fortifications would be re
moved at the end of the present war.
The Aland islands command abso
lutely the waterways entering the
gulf of Bothnia, and as a naval base
they also command the entrance to
the gulf of Finland, and hence the
way to the Russian capital. Strongly
fortified and in the hands of Russia,
they practically make it impossible
| for Germany to use her navy in the
| northern Baltic waters. They also
give Russia the opportunity for an
outflanking movement in the event of
a German naval or military diversion
north of the gulf of Riga. Military
strategists attach much Importance to
the Baltic the coming summer and
realize that it may play a very pro
raineut part in the German campaign
against Russia. All these facta, con
sidered together, led the Liberals and
Socialists to the conclusion that the
agitation of the Alands question was
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designed wholly In favor of the Ger
man*. Sweden, and Russia, too, for
that matter, fully expected when the
war broke out that Germany at once
would seize the Aland Islands as a
base for naval operations. The Is
lands were entirely without protec
tion at that time, and their possession
would have enabled Germany to bottle
up the gulf of ltethnla and safeguard
all her operations In the Baltic, the
very operations she must now under
take It German arms are to pass Riga
In the direction of Petrograd.
But at the outbreak of (he war Ger
many seemed to fear a British fleet
might enter the Baltic through Iho
Great Belt of Denmark and she kept
the hulk of her navy in southern wa
ters. Finally Denmark divided to
close the Great Belt to all belliger
ents, and she strewed it with power
ful mines. This action closed the
only deep water entrance or outlet to
the Baltic, other than the Kiel canal,
and the German fleet was left free
dom of action In that sea. So on Aug
ust 20, 1014, there came a German
naval diversion against the Alands
archipelago. By this time, however,
Rnssta had mined the Aland wraters
and the German fleet managed only
to destroy some signal stations.
Another element of importance tc
the Alands was when British submar
lnes managed to pass the shallow sounrl
separating Denmark and Sweden and
entered the Baltic. The Alands art
now offering them a splendid base
and the recent activities of Russiar
submarines have put a sudden stop
to German shipping in the northern
Baltic. The submarines also const!
tute a continuing menace against anj
naval craft which may venture oul
of the south.
The agitation at this time was par
tielpated in by the Conservative party
The government, however, was Lib
eral and had taken an intermediate
position between the Conservatives,
\ ho urged every sort of sacrifice to
increase the army and navy, and the
Socialists, who claimed it was foolish
for a small country like Sweden to
attempt to keep pace with the arma
ments of the larger powers of Eu
The address of the yeomen, corning
as a climax to the propaganda of pat
riotism waged throughout the country,
stirred King Gustave to a reply which
immediately brought about a minis
terial and political crisis.
“No king of those who before me
have worn the crown of Sweden,” he
said, “has in the same manner as 1
been allowed the privilege of stand
ing on this spot, face to face with
the commoners of Sweden and listen
ing to their voices. The knowledge
of your unshakable confidence in your
king invests my royal duty with s
doubled responsibility, but at the same
time makes it easier of fulfillment
and I promise that I w-ill not fail you
You may be assured that I will never
compromise with my conviction in the
question of what I regard right and
1 necessary in order to guard the inde
pendence of our fatherland. The
standards for readiness of service and
preparation for w-ar formulated by ex
perts within my army I will not re
cede from. You all know that this
means an extended time of military
service for citizens, especially with
regard to the winter training, in or
der to perform the great tasks before
it my navy must be not only main
tained but very considerably in
creased.”
There was much talk in Sw-eden
also of German influence at court, due
to the fact that the Swedish queen
was a German princess, Victoria of
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA. THIRD
DIVISION.
Notice of Term of Court at Cordova,
Alaska.
The President of the United States of
America, to the Residents of the
Third Division of the Territory of
Alaska, and to All Whom It May
Concern, Greeting:
You, and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order of
the court, duly made and entered, a
term of the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division, has
been called and will be held in Cor
dova, Alaska, beginning on the 17th
day of July, 1916. and will continue as
long thereafter as the public welfare
may require.
Dated at Valdes, Alaska, this 13th
day of June, 1916.
FRED M. BROWN,
District Judge.
(District Court Seal)
Attest: Arthur Lang, Clerk.
Baden. descendant of the Hohenzol
lerns. But In the crisis the king dem
onstrated that he felt the Interests
of Sweden were best served by neu
trality and friendliness with all her
neighbors, and there is much happi
ness through all of Sweden today.
ANTIMONY MINES IN CHINA
WORKING TO FULL CAPACITY.
CHKNCHOW, Hunan Province.
China, June 2fi. — Antimony mines In
Hunan province are working at full
capacity regardless of unsettled po
litlcal conditions, and fortunes are be
ing made by the Chinese owners of
the property. Since the beginning of
the European war China has become
the chief source of the world's anti
mony supply, and the price of the me
tal has increased so rapidly that mine
owners have become Independently
wealthy.
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Haines went wet nt the recent elec
tion by a vote of 78 to 27.
WANT WIDOWS TO VOTE.
PARIS, June 26. — "I’ostmorten
votes" by soldiers is the object of a
petition being circulated by the
league of Patriots and Nationalist
Organization, founded by the poet.
Paul [teroulede. As a mark of grati
tude to soldiers who have given their
lives for their country, it is proposed
that their widows, with orphans, or
their next of kin be invested with
the electoral franchise in their name
for a period of ten years after their
death.
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CHINA FIXES EXCHANGE.
PEKING, June 2fi. — The govern
ment has fixed the rate of dollar ex
change officially at 130 copper cents.
Recently the exchange rate given by
, money changers in the rhinese city
has usually been 135 cents for each
Mexican dollar. In the legation f|uar
! ter and most high cIush exchange
i places patronized by foreigners, the
I rate has been about 120 copper centa
I to the dollar.
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