PATRIOTISM IN SWEDEN.
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE NAVY. £y Telesraph-Press Association-Copyright. Stockholm, May 7. A deputation presented King Gustavus with twelve million kroner (,£700,000) publicly subscribed in a hundred days, to build battleships. A commission which was appointed in 1907 to examine the defences of Sweden, recommended an expenditure of yearlv for eight years for defence purposes," the construction of four battleships and four torpedu-boat destr ii-'jrs, the extension of the period of colour service and tho development of coast defences. • The population of the .-ountry in 1908 was estimated at 5,429,600, iO tuat the commission recommended an outlay of nearly M a head each year for eight years, ns well as the extension of the time served by conscripts, Conscripts formorly served for 150 days. Sweden s defensive preparations date from the bc"inning of Russia's attack on the Home T.ule system in Finland.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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144PATRIOTISM IN SWEDEN. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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