The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-26

oatfslnea A. fhase columns tive wefkS a~o-
hsz been followed closely. oPeTiins on tss
sktn wfrh chanting q q fe A'~snl -
sAa rowaf chapel After tire services,
snlch ~ere c0asiacted BY BISHOP hsi4iilS.
tn4 king received aeputat atoms 81 eiflze n.
Last sunday there Vas a military IaFH2e
and Ar oper-air Reid serTtce. when N@s
agSa ate 7aed - the eftieers ana eFsNs
~ foreign vyarsnsps. The festivities nflf-
ing ire week Included a s0iree feEsasfe1
fsv the crown prince. gala Performance. ~
faa ROYAL opera ami 3 grand stnging Irs-
sfvat. Among the Americans attending
fhe Jubilee festivities were noted the A.
tors ard Eanaerh8lts. no are registered
81 the Grand hotel The jubilee fiih1
faf.ed b. popular subscription and asgFe-
eating the neat little sum q Zs@~p
crowns. will Re devoted by the order %
the king for hospitals for c0sas0mpli<e
persons.
of being the hznasomesf and most gifted
monarch ~ Europe lie Is the fourth
faonareh OF the house Of BeFnadoLte'
founded ~ that Upstart Of the ffth1h
Revolution Marshal Bernsd0tte, fife son
ct a Jewish -oiascon inakseper, VINO o"ea
his advancement to his own personal
worth ard ability, and who Was adopted
b. and succeeded Charles XIII. Johan,
taa last az the great house of Nasa.
whence sDrang sweden's great soldier
kfrEs Cs1sfayus AdoipfTus and Ihafits
XII. king oscar il. a2ceudsd the TAR one
al the age OF e. years. Being the young
st Of shree brothers he had entertained
20 hope II wearing the crown. ana 1e-
voted hss youth TO studies hoping % H~A"
has marx Ia some other line than tilat o.
ruler Ills reign has been one 81 peace.
st least externally. As king Of NORWAY
his position has az times been painful ana
hufniifa4ing Egged on ~ the Swedish
nobility. which does not seem to eompfe-
bend the spirit and genius Of the Norwe-
eian constitution, and which Is deslfoos
Of throtfliHg any advance Of democracy
fearing lest the Swedes should follow in
the wake OF the N0rweg CLANS and abolish
the nobility the king though at times
unwltfHsly has opposed the viii Of ne
Norwegian storthing. But his Yetoes
have been oYerridden By succeeding stor-
things and the measures passed have be-
GENE laws in spite of the king veto 1t
must be remembered ia this connection
that the king 81 Sweden has an absolute
veto while the king Of Norway has only
a suspension veto The worst humilia-
ton and most crushing defeat suffered by
the king IN his attempt 90 carry out a
Swedish policy In Norway and refusing TO
Chey the stoTthing was the impeachment
al the kings ministry. the person OF the
aing being holy and as irresponsible az
minor or an IDIOT, and their being found
guilty and punished-for their master.
Premier Selmsr drove up 10 the east en-
trance of the storthiDg building on that
bright summer afternoon TO receive the
verdict seemingly confident mat the stof-
thing did not dare 10 find him guilty of
high treason. As the carriage stopped,
liyeried footmon opened the door and SOL
diers presented arms az he passed quick
Is across the grounds and entered the
H1H h. a ~ Inn a.
later, the color had left his cheeks. his
gray hairs seemed white. MS hands were
trembling as though suffering from an at
tack OF delirium and his knees refused 10
support him. "a two friends one on either
side, carried him 10 his carriage. The
people. speaking through their chosen
representatives had found him guilty Of
treason. The king then formed q liberal
Norwegian ministry The struggle be-
tween the crown and the Liberals mas
e. Gated much bitterness between Swedes
and Norwegians. engendered by newspa-
peFs. who have appealed 20 national pre-
tudices. rather than reason. The strug-
sic Is on today, although everything IS
apparently calm on the surface. But Il
Is the calm before the storm. There Is an
element tn Sweden IN whose ears stiil re-
sound martial music and tho clashing II
the sword OF Charles XII. stiN dreaming
the dreams Of the days when Sweden was
one 0f the great powers OF Europe This
element seems oblvions OF the fact that
Norway and Sweden are two Independent
and separate kingdoms. and insists upon
sweden asserting. AZ least IN form.
a sort Of suzerainty over Norway. The
two countries have one foreign minister,
who always has been "a Swede although
he may be Norwegian. The Norwegiaps
demand a separate foreign minister and
separate consuls. In this demand they
are supported by the Democrats In Swe-
den. while the royalists oppose A. osten-
sihly fer economic reasons hut virtually
fer the reason that Il viii deprive Sweden
Of the last fsstiye Of ~ zerainty over Nor
way. This week the king win celebrate
his Jubilee as king Of Norway at Christi
aoia and has notified the foreign courts
If Mss NorWes ian Jubilee.
During the reign ot Oscar II both king
doms have made rapid strides forward
While Sweden undoubtedly has outsfripped
Norway In industrial progress Norway
has left her brother country far I'm the
background In the field OF art literature
and Science. The progress - educational
matters during the past twenty-five years
has beer wonderful 81 both kingdoms. and
unsurpassed ny that Of no ether country
En- the werld during the same period The
king being himself a man OF a literary
ana scientific bent Of mind. has contributed
rstions started in either country Much
has been accomplished during bis reign for
tae aneslioration OF the conditions OF the
agricultural an3 working classes Com
5eer-e has 9ourlshcd. Transportation ard
mmuuIcatlon have heeu facilitated postal
savings hanks established fisheries pro-
iaated sna suh-tYTasury loan offices ln-
augurate3 Tor the relief Of the less opuient
classes Ira fS>s Sweden Abandoned free
trade. and her finances have been ln q
esuyishing condition since last spring
Norway also enacted protective -arsN
law. although less stringent As s. man
T-iug oscar is respected by alt his subjects
and 80 scandal attaches 60 his fair name.
oscar IT, assembled the throne September
IS l>-- ard was crowned sn Sweden Nay
e. and tn Norway July IS iS-&
Dr sven Hedlu The Swedish explorer
rs since hiS return from Asia been en-
eared IN writing book on his travels iu
the unknown regions II Asia. The work
which VIII Re published next srrfnx VIII
r. ricA1v illustrated ana VIII also contain
several maps. Several English aud Amer
can Publishers have applied far rights 90
fse fnsitsh edition Dr Hedia has been
taF.tet 20 lecture hy fHe EeaErz phiez1 500
s5etsss ~ Stockholm. s.. Peters burg prr-
I'm Rustur<, kf'lrt-on-Msi I.stn-
nfE Halle I-nna11 aa3 Chr.stianls. ara
Rlt start 'u o~tch-r t1 q lecture t.-r
through Sweden. Russia Germany. Erw-
land ana y srway.
THE taGies fu CA~stls~fa raw a tx
en- the following fnceHe valuation Nor
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