the m:r,: omaiia. Saturday. octmjer 17. iou.
Frank Chance, Peerless Leader, Stops in Omaha for a Few Days
NORWAY ST0PSALL OPINION
English and German Preii Com
ment Frighten CountTy.
BZPORTS IN THE BALANCE
Criticisms Esartty IHU Wltfct
VrmlM Partiality Freaefc,
Loan to tioTerameat
la topp.
(Correspondent ef the Assorlnted Press.)
CHRISTIAN! A, Norwsv, rVpt. 1.-Ths
word "neutrality" has acquire flexible
and variable quality nndrramd of by th
founder of d!i tl nnrla. There ! the
violated and ihenf.'re unavailing neu
trality of n!i?lu.: tho rlm. nirmut bel
llgcr.rt crjlrii'iiiv i'i MoliHiirt. ar.J th
frlnhtfUfd neutrality of Norway.
Th result of tue sharp attack on the
Korwraian ree. blh by the Hermans
,end the KnKllfrh. has fi to frlshN'n Nor
way out of liny Individual opinion of Ua
own. Recently It has beon chnrgd with
having: auld in nrra to Eng'snl. It had
hardly fine to i - .cml Itself nt?alnt Ihll
rrutntlon before there appeared In the
correspondent- of the Ixinrfon pspcrs a
severe armint., nt f tho Norwegian
press for navinK arrepted bribes from
Germany. In an aarurrt deslr to give
no color to either of those care, Nor
way bas sortulotmly cuiilvated n neutral
ity that U beyond reproar h. Of all neu
tralities It is, outwardly at least, the must
perfect and unnurt!orahle.
At a well known rlllr.in of ChrlManla
remarked today. Norway la In the p.'Mtl"n
of the mnn brouiiht Into a pollen M.ition
on suspicion: "AnytlinK It aayii Mill l
uaed against It." This delicacy ' 1 Sat
way't position Is patent to any obcri-r
who haa been on the streets of the oup!taI
for two hours. Men before eipreaelng an
opinion of any sort, reassure themselves
of the Identity of the questioner and then
look guardedly In both dlietlona to aee
that tbey are not being overheard.
Report KaatOr Divided,
rreaa report i have become content with
Statement of purely uncontroveralal mat
ter, and the official communiques of the
English, Trench and Germane. In the
Chrlstlanla Morgenhladet there are
studiously divided columnn with exactly
half German and half Enllh statements.
A preponderance of one over the other
would Immediately cnuee trouble, accord
ing to the statement of the editor'. In
the Verdana Gang, a greater proportion
Of English correspondence glvea the paper
t first glance an English tone, but any
Inference of this sort la contradicted In
, the editorial column.
The statements) of government officials
re in the same way guarded and non
eommltai. It la almost as It a law had
been passed forbidding the expression of
anything axeept platitude. This fear of
offending either the allies or Germany
Inhibits the expression of Norway's tea'
For this reason. It la unusually Inter
esting: to find bemiath this unimpeachable
exterior undercurrents of genuine feeling
The most pronounced of these la favor
able ' to the allies. It la quite evident
that. none of the' Scandinavian countries
have recovered from the scnie of Injury
at Denmark' treatment by Germany at
the time of the Kranco-I'rus'lan war,
Wltk thin aa a nuclues, sentiment against
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1eevllng the great Cuba to four pen
nants and two world championship puts
a man In fine fettle for piloting a motor
party through the Iowa gmnbo In Oc
tober, but at that Frank Chance and his
l arty. Including Mrs. C'hanoe, came Into
Oninha smllina;, aa the photo show him.
His big lien car, which he sayn haa Car
ried him over 0.000 mile In the last three
years, and the Ilerce which his friends,
Mr. and Mrs. V. PI. I jni an are using: on
this tour, showed no 111 effects aftr the
thick coats of mud were floored off. They
are taking their time, having given five
days to the Journey from New York to
Chicago. The trip Is a sort of a tret, so far
aa they are concerned, of the Iee tires,
which came ail the way from Chicago to
Oninha without additional Inflation, and.
iu Chance expressed It. were 'all up on
their toes ready fur a double-header"
wrwn they reached thla place. Each man
tins equipped with three extra tire,
though from New York to Omaha had
need for none of them, for nothing; like
an accident had befallen thorn nothing
worse than getting (tuck In the Iowa
mud. They were betllng they would get
to Los Angeles without any severe tire
trouble. Of course, they will have some
rocky roads to travel through Wyom
ing, Vtah aJid Nevada. They will go
down from Bait Lake City to Lo An-gelea
Oennnny Is strong enough to be called
iharaeterletlc of the present attitude of
the average Norwegian civilian.
Friendly TlaJsTtaw.
Among the military classes there I a
lemlng In the other dlrectlpn which hn
developed out of a fesr of dangor from
Russia, ar.d a natural Risndlnavlan
hatred of that nation. If H were, possible
to obtain the not result of these two In
fluences, It mtsht be said that the pres
ent Norwegian sentiment la friendly
toward Kngland, but modified by resent
ment at Its combining with Russia.
A crisis of supremo importance to Nor
way and Oermnny. now seems Impending.
Thla I the question of the use of Nor
way a route' for the Introduction of
food and contraband articles Into Ger
many. Blnre the declaration of war, the
Norwegian export to Germany have) no
ticeably Increased, and a visit to the
attitude.
steamship lines plying between Chrla
tlanla and Btettln shows the Importance
to flannany of this channel. Government
officials In Chrlsllanla stated that no
ammunition had been carried to Qermany
by thla route and that the' Norwegian
government would not allow It, but at
prerent Norway 1 under no Injunction
from England not to supply Or r many
with any material It may desire.
An obferrer In Chrlatlanla would aay
that at present enouuh herring was being
hipped from .Norway to Oernuuiy la sup
ply the whole German army. While clt
Iren of this city would not directly state
that they expected trouble from this
source, there were Indications everywhere
that Norway Is now apprehensive of an
Engllih challenge of Its lights to export
anu ttansmk product to Germany.
Army Party Mobilised.
A partial mobilisation ha taken place
n Norway, but most of the fortifications,
whkh have acted a centers, are so dis
tant from Chrlatlanla that the capital
Itself betrays no sign of a Buropean war.
The streets are quiet, there Is none of the
feverish anxiety -4n front of the newspa
per offices that la' common In the other
capitals and towns of Rurope, and Chrla
tlanla seems to be tintdlng itself from
the war with what cannot help striking
the observer a a conic.lou aloofness
which Is vn the point of giving way to
something more genuine.
Tho moat serious damage which Nor
way haa suffered from tho war I that
which concerns Its financial condition.
Just as It was about In the midst of
developing Its railways, ltn water-power
and It agriculture, the war suddenly cut
off tho capital It was borrowing from
France. This left her with her develop
ment arrested, and with a public debt of
no.ooo.000 kroner, or about lltAOOO.OOO. The
half-oompleted railways In Norway ahow
how its development was returded before
It could pay returns on the borrowed cap
ital Invested. Th affect of thla financial
burden has been felt by every business
and . Industry of Norway. Immediately
upon tho declaration of war a mora
torium was declared. Thla continues, and
though all business Is going- on as usual
with the exception of tho bourse. It la be
ing cramped by the scarcity of money.
French Soldiers Are
' Kind of "Sore" on
Bright Red Pants
(Correspondence by the Associated Press.)
THE) HAGUE, tk-pt. tL-To other asser
tion that the French soldier la not par
ticularly thankful for having to wear red
panta and blue coats, when hi adversary
I clothed In uniform which In Europe
landscape of gray-green la next to In
visible, the correspondent of the Roman
newspaper Messagero makes slight and
humorous contribution:
"The spirit of the French army Is ex
cellent," he wrote. "In spite of the hard
ships they have to endure tho French sol
diers are In good humor, expressing thl
now and then in rather boisterous fashion.
Tneir frugality is marvelous, netting a
cigarette la a big event with them. But
they are not pleased with their red pants,
which In times of peace they would not
do without for anything.
'.' 'You are cracking a hard nut,' re
marked the correspondent to a soldier
who had crawled out of a wot trench to
dry himself in the sun.
' Indeed, monsieur! Those fellow are
the color of an earthwork. You can't see
them, while our pant are loud enough
to be seen for miles. But we can't very j
well do without them can weT "
In his dispatch the correspondent points
out that the German medical service is
far superior to the French, who, aa he
alleges, lack even some of the nece?ary
surgical lnstrumont and needed housing
for the wounded. The effects of the Ger
man artillery fire are characterized by
the correspondent a "Indescribably terrible."
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Dress Special at $9.75
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Wash Waists at 95c
Lawns and voiles,
daintily trimmed
with lace and in
sertion. Va lues
range to $2.50.
$2.00 Mesaline Petticoats, Saturday at $1.39
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Conspiracy Charge
Against C. W. Morse
NEW YORK. Oct. 1. A suit asralnst
Char loo W. Morse and tho Hudson Nav
igation company, charging conspiracy,
waa filed In the federal court today by
the Manhattan Navigation company. The
action 1 brought under the Sherman anti
trust law and the defendants' methods In
operating boat on th Hudson river are
alleged to have been pursued for the pur
pose of accomplishing the plaintiffs ruin.
Damages of $1,050,000 are asked.
Mr. Morse la president of the Hudson
Navigation company and one of Its prin
cipal steamers bear his name. The com
pany 'maintain passenger and freight
service between this city, Albany and
Troy. The Manhattan Navigation com
pany operate two steamer between this
city and Albany.
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