New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
THE BERNADOTTES.
SOME EFFECTS OF THEIR POLICY Oh
TREATING NORWAY as AN EQUAL"
From The Pail Mail Gazette.

rather rescnts the Doace and sunshine which
have been hers without interruption from the
time the BernadOttes came to the throne till the
present day. The grave error OF Karl Johan and
his descendants. in the eyes Of the western haf
! OF the peninsula, and also. TO certain extent.
in those If he eastern portion, Is thai they nave
/ treated the Sweics and the Norwegans as one
and the same people. Now. every pati4otc Nor
wegian declares that he stands poles apart from
| the Swedcs; that his cOuntrymen possess no
more characteristics in common with their reiSh
bors than does his country with the land TO the
! further side Of the border and. after pointing
out the dissimiarity in pronunciation Of the two
| languages spoken, he haughtily states that SO
far as he himself is concerned, he cannot even
read volume written in Swedish until i has
been translated into his own tongue. When
travelling or in residence abroad the inhabitants
OF the two kingdoms content to allow the
subject Of dscord and difference to lie in abey-
ance: but once returned home they seize the
cudgels with renewed ardor. ard, refreshed Ivy
the respite. they lay about them with such good
will that even the most reminded foreigner
concludes they must have unusually good
ground or complaint against each other. Con-
sideratiOn OF the question: however cOnscien-
tious, fails to disclose what that complaint may
be. and. compared with the greater evil Of sep
aratiOn any lesser ills which pow exist even
when surveyed through the magnifyng glass OF
the Left in the Storthing. may. the stranger
considers be lightly endured. To do the SWcdeS
justice they are ever ready to hold out the olive
! branch 10 the brOthe, country. and short or
separation seem prepared - consider with great
good humor and forbrarance any scheme which
may be proposed for lettering the relations be-
tween the two nations But Norway. very
Hbcrna Of the North. will hear of no compro-
mise. she did not submit to the union Of her own
free Will. and she has since placed landmarks IN
each decade Of the century to bear witness to
her dis3rproVal Of II.
Unlike Ireland however. Norway can point to
no dark chapter In the story OF her connection
with Sweden which may be said to justify or
authorize her animosity. From Denmark, whose
prey she til 1914. and Of whose yoke she
was freed ~ no effort OF her own. she received
treatment which was not always beyond re-
Ia. Int. Af Hon mr.
pears to have Wed with the other in granting
/ concessions TO Norway in raising her status,
and in relieving her Of her Obligations. till her
/ Independence. except with regard to distinct
foreign representation. has been established in
all but name. That old giant. Bernadotte, who
/ aft passing through the various DISCUSSES OF
Marshal Of the French Republic, Prime" of Pom
tccorvo. carl Johau. heir apparent 10 the throne
Of sweden. and who finally died upon the throne
at the axe of eighty under the title Of Charles
XIN-is siill better known in history by his birth
name Of HcrnadOtte seems to have nourshed n
secret pref ,rence for Norway over Sweden, else
! why sbodId he have Civ the former country
! 4 Constitution and prcrosative which have ever
/ since made her a thorn in the side Of the dOni-
! nant fOn,r However. he did well for both
! kingdoms. and took care that. whoever else
! might be wrpng"d his realm had us rights;
whil" from the time Of the signing OF the Treaty
/ II kiel. he stoutly maintained the independence
! OF Scandinavia even against the Great Powers
! who had practically secured the succession 70
| mm. FOR instance wnen. at the Congress OF
| AK la Chapellc. in ISIS "A dispute arose 10
/ the share Of Norway in the state debt OF her
/ Rate llcgc lord. Denmark. Bcrnadotte refused 10
/ allow interference" in the matter, say iug II was
/ one which concerned the Morse nations alone,
and 90 his point. even though he had
against him the representatives, Of united
Europ"
/ oscar l. son and successor - B.rnadotte who
a. a boy ~ fifteen had taken oath 81 al
/ lcgianoe To Charles Kill last of the rcignine
/ NaSa- ais" mad" so many concessions to Nor
! way that the home policy of his successors has
ever sin" been hamper,d 10y them This non
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