The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-16
swEDEN's HATE FOR NORWAY.
Probability That the Twin Nations May
Fall Out
Special to the Associated Prsss1

Special 10 the Associated PrsssJ
| STOCKHOLM, Sept. liking Oscar has
| just left for Norway. IL is believed bis
majesty's presence in ChTistiana at this
| critical period will gain many friends for
| the conservatives.
| There Is probably no nation more pa
tient aud forbearing than Sweden or In
other words more slow to feel humilis,
tions; but everything has limit aud that
| limit has now been reached Your CORE
respondent does not~write this as his own
belief but bases his statement on the NAVY
interviews he has had with prominent
people, both in Stockholm and Gotham
| burg.
Sweden has only one opinion aud that is
that the Norwegian radicals have gone too
| Tar. Norway. although the much smaller
country asks for equal rights with Sweden.
The demand would be fair il Norway also
would agree TO fulfill the corresponding
duties. But even il the lesser number of
inhabitants in Norway be taken in con-
| sideration, the Norwegian people pay far
| from proportionate part OF the expenses
OF the standing army, the navy, the for
eign representation and the salaries of
members of the royal house.
As TO equal rights. the Norwegian
people have much freer constitution
| the freest IN EurOpe-than the Swedes
and in regard 10 the demand OF Norway
for her own cOnsuls, the plain truth j.
that very large majority of the mutual
! consulates are now occupied by Norwe-
giaus.
In that way the discussing and reason
| ing goes Oh in Sweden, and 10 may be
stated as a very significant fact thas of
Sweden's four or five hundred newspapers
there Is only one, the Ostgoten of Kin
hoping, which takes the part of the Nor
wegian Radicals. The above Is the whole
truth IN nutshell IN regard TO
the Sweden Norway controversy AS it il
being looked upon in Sweden. Your cor
| respondent Will not venture to pass any
Judgment whatever upon the matter,
although he has heard only one cry since
be put his feet on Swedish soil. about
three months ago: War against war,
or separation"
General Niyguest. one OF the ablest offi-
GERS III the Norwegian army, died a few
days ago. lie made many friends among
the Union League club, and among other
prominent people III Chicago when he and
other Scandinavian army officers visited
the international encampment in that city
in 1887.
Alfred Nobel. the inventor OF dynamite
anu Tue owner Ol lusAuAustlOio petroleum
wells on the Caspian sea, has a new inveu-
tion, which is said to be destined To replace
leather and rubber. Patents have already
been taken out IN some of the foreign
countries.
One of the grandest celebrations in
SweGen's history will occur Dec v on
which date 800 years ago, Gustayus
Adolphus III, the greatest OF all Swedish
kings, was born in Stockholm. Kin.
Oscar has already In an open letter urged
everybody to make the festival worthy OF
the country and the hero in memory Of
whom IL Will be held.
The event Will be celebrated as a grand
Protestant revival and ii Is believed many
other Protestant countries will take part
in it,
Crown Princess Victoria will in few
days leave for tne southern countries OF
Europe Her first stay will be AZ Hsidel-
berg, where she will consult Professor
Erb, who has the reputation here OF being
a most prominent authority on diseases
of the throat and lungs. There il hardly
any doubt that the Swedish physicians
have given up all hope OF curing her as
they have been the first 10 advise her high
ness to take this step as soon as posi- BILE
Tue whole royal family, especially King
Oscar, who IS much attached TO bis
aughter-iu-law, feel much grief over the
unhappy turn of the princess sickness
Three OF Henrlck Ibsen's Dramas IAN
Enemy of the People" "A Dolls House"
aud "Hedl4 Gabler" have lust been trans
lated into Spanish. They have been well
received in that country. Three OF the
Norwegian members of the Wellman ex-
petition arrived at CBristisna the other
day. all in splendid health. They were
much satisfied with Ne!lman and the
whole expedition.