SWEDEN’S DEFENCE
THE PEASANTS’ PETITION
SPECIAL TRAINS CRAMMED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Times —Sydney ".Sun.” Special Gabies*; STOCKHOLM, February 8. Special trains were crammed with peasants, who demonstrated in front of the Palace. A delegation' informed the King that they were willing to. pay for increased armaments. Multitudes sang tho National Anthem, tho King joining in. - WILL BEAR THE BURDEN. NOTEWORTHY DEMONSTRATION. STOCKHOLM, February 8. Thirty-two special trains brought tho peasants to thei city. They attended tho churches prior to marching, with banners, to tho Palace. . Two hundred delegates, of whom ten were from each province, surrounded Kin;>: Gustav’s dais, and affirmed their willingness to bear the burden of increased armaments. Thunders of ap--plauso greeted tho King’s reply. - Tim demonstration is the more noteworthy because until 1886 tho peasants were a scpamr.o estate of the realm.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8652, 10 February 1914, Page 6
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