Uncle Sam, the teacher and the administrator of the world .. . actual it is a great satisfaction to record the circumstance that theroyal family of Sweden has been and is religious, not only out-wardly but at heart, participating in missionary and charitablework. The Reunion. The pressure of the world war has had its effect also in thiscorner of the world. The three Scandinavian countries endeav-ored to maintain neutrality, but were severely pressed by boththe Entente and the Central powers, both in matters of exchangeof commodities and in direct participation. All three felt a ne
Uncle Sam, the teacher and the administrator of the world .. . actual it is a great satisfaction to record the circumstance that theroyal family of Sweden has been and is religious, not only out-wardly but at heart, participating in missionary and charitablework. The Reunion. The pressure of the world war has had its effect also in thiscorner of the world. The three Scandinavian countries endeav-ored to maintain neutrality, but were severely pressed by boththe Entente and the Central powers, both in matters of exchangeof commodities and in direct participation. All three felt a neec^of some kind of an understanding for mutual protection. Consulting his ministers, the Swedish King Gustavus V invitedKing Christian of Denmark to meet in the Norwegian Capital,Christiania, for a conference, November 28, 1917, which was ac-cepted. And that date will appear in Scandinavian history and inthe world history as a day of commemoration. For if the SwedishKing, Gustavus, had invited the other two kings, Christian and no UNCLE SAM—THE TEACHER AND. Gustavus V, King of of the -Democracy of the North. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE WORLD m Haakon, to his own capital, Stockholm, he would have done allthat anyone could have any reason to expect of him. But to takethe initiative in the matter of meeting, and to propose the meet-ing to be held in the capital of the people that had slighted hisroyal father as king, slighted himself as crown prince and slightedhis own people—what humiliation, what condescension, what anoble action, what grand ideal, what an imposing example! Ifrulers of the world were all thus minded, worlds peace were es-tablished. But, remember, Gustavus, King of Sweden, is a Christian whobelieves in practical Christianity; and that is just the way actualChristianity behaves in practice. The Meeting of Three Kings. Discussions and resolutions adopted at the royal conferencehave been but sparsely reported. But the speeches and doings atthe banquet h
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