DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN SWEDEN

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3105, 8 June 1917, Page 5

DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN SWEDEN

GREAT POPULAR AGITATION STREET RIOTERS CHARGED BY THE POLICE — —- / Stockholm, June G. / The Premier, Herr Swaitz, in the : Kiksdag admitted, the need for suffrage and for industrial "reforms, but said that the Government wa5....t00, preoccupied with war problem?. The. Socialist and Liberal leaders called attention to the universal democratic movement, and expressed. regret that a golden opportunity was lost. ; During the debate the. adjoining sheets were barricaded. A large crowd, assembled, and a strong force of soldiers and mounted police was present. Collisions ensued, and stones were thrown. Tho police charged, injuring several people.—Reuter. GRAVE CRISIS IN NORWAY ; . (Kec. June 7, 9.10 p.m.) Christiania, Juno 7. The serious food situation resulted in great popular demonstrations throughout Norway. The Government, in order to prevent riots, prohibited tho sale of alcoholic liquor for three All the restaurants were closed, the shops, stores, and schools wore shrut, and the gasworks aud electricity plaiits closed. Almost all the workmen are on strike, and work in Norway is practically at a standstill. — AuSi-N.Z. Cable Aisn. CONDITIONS IN DENMARK APPROACHING A CATASTROPHE. Copenhagen, June 6. A commission: of the nlost prominent' representatives of-Danish trade and industry are visiting foreign countries, to negotiate with' the belligerents on important questions regarding conditions, of life in Denmark, which vorga on catastrophe. The people are suffering as much: hardship as if" Denmark had been a bel-ligerent.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.