The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03


October e g. Is che greatest fair ever aeii
IN Ne~fhera Europe ard Farcass in All
respects. Swedish rewTspap eTR are ~
present discEzs5uE ere question Are
Fa{~a p~oHta hlegF some papers hold tast
eFe expenditure ~ energy. enterpriae. FtTn@
ard r1orsev ~ Individual and the nasfou
Il rrg Justified ~ the result. and tfEaf
fair are but passing shows. which I'M
rsrAsp ff7ernas3we~ mDoB fMe visitors from
abroad as panoramic vievs while The
commercial bxnefifs acrTulng fherefroFn
are insignificant. This crcaklug opinion
Il however rot justified bT the facts.
A. enc result % me fair 20 orc single IN
6ug1rv. some papers mention the fae1
that one srrrtttrre frTs has during the
~wo lest months received orders amount
ing n, 10. 90 crowns from co0utries wfere
the nrru heretofore neger sold any goods.
THIS resslt. j. ascrtfed exclusively 10 the
good vhovfng made by fne firm ~ the OK
rsoslfiou Tire fair has opened a market
which the firm hopes 70 maintain and en-
large This j. merely ore instance %
direce b@nefs Indgreetlr every Industry
almost IN Sweden las been benefited.
The more than 5aeso foreigners who
have visited the fair have spent millions.
which have gone into the different chan
nels OF trade.
The international religious congress
which convened reeently AZ Stockholm
was attended b. the leading divines and
rheoioglans OF the world. The meetings.
which we're held IN Reddarhofmen. we're
presided over by Bishop schaele. ana
among the delegate were noted Prof.
MAJ Muller. % oxford university Prof.
A5chelet+ Of the University Of Norway.
Dr Bertrand ard Prof s,batisr. 0f Paris.
Prof. A. Meyer, Bonn; Rev. JansoH, INIT
sd States Dr. Reuter- Finland and Rev.
49,
congress. and every religious eenomiTa-
tion Is represented Prof Max Muller Is
German by birth and unquestinuably
me foremost religious scientific scholar
of the day. He has devoted years 20 the
study ~ Buddhism and the various re-
llgiong of India, and has published sew
eral works on the science Of religion.
which are considered standard authori-
ties His paper on the history 81 religion
was pronounced the best paper. read al
the congress. He said IN part.
"Tn the light OF religious researches,
Christianity as II IL now accepted. Is the
resgit Of a long development. The COM
pstfhle religious researches have proved
what every country's leading religious
scientists have stated that the various
religious fornis and doemas stand IN the
same relation as the dialects Of the varI-
Gus languages. Formerly this was doubt
ed, as long as one had no historical facts
to depend upon. Now facts speak the
arguments that our time loves Scientific
religious researches have therefore ban
ishAd belief in various religions as merely
fragments Of a higher revelation and look
upon them now as plain historical facts.
One result has been attained - instead OF
searching for the most Objectionable in
the various religions. one now looks or
searches for only the hest soundest, and
most useful In them all. a great triumph
for the religious scientific. researches was
the religious congress AZ Chicago during
the Worlds fair. II deserves the name Of
a religious exposition giving an opportu-
nifty TO extract what was originally good
and useful la the various religions. and
thereby made it possible that religion was
made OF more Importance than religions"
Gothenhurg. sjofarts and HANDLES It'd
ming. one Of the leading journals of Sweden.
In a recent issue discusses the Norwegian
Swedish union troubles. The article was
written a comment on Prof. Sars' lee
ture In the cathedral city Of Throudhiem
at the celebration OF the Goth anniversary
81 the foundation OF that city. After re-
porting the lecture the editor continues:
Prom the above Il will appear that the
saga era stands for Prof. Sars and his fell
low parusans about in the same Light as
the so-ealled period OF greatness stands
for us Swedes. The saga era was the king
period Of the realm united By Harold. the
Falrhaired. And this Is probably the
reason why that period particularly daz-
zies by its glpry the eyes OF the Norwegian
liberals For the republic is no longer their
aim. IL Is not the republic that these re-
pubicans long for but separate Nor
wcgian kingdom. II has been said that
many influential Norwegian politicians
would have retoiced n King Oscar I. would
have allowed his second son Gustav or the
fl
way and ahrogated the union With Sweden,
aud there are Norweglans today who would
h delighted II king Oscar a. would abdi-
cate as kng ~ Norway IA favor of his
son. Prince Eeruadotfe II is the union
king Who Is NOT wanted. it is this present
political union stew Whicn the radicals op-
pose Give us our oRn Norwegian kinc.'
Il their cry. and Sc VIII willingly enter
into AN offensive ANA defensive alliance.
end other alliance hut We dessse 90 have
our own king on lhe throne III the Olavs.
Harolds and Ha4koas"
What shall ae @sy to lh.s here in
Sweden For Il must ~ presumed that
the statesmen ard p~epie Mould havc their
say In such an event
II j. perhaps natural pnrt at tire law of
pcliticai development tis8g peffod of Is
solution foliaws q ptrtad ~ uu.Hc8tou
The unidcaton ~ italy and Germany be-
iongs 20 the present age hut iu the future.
sooner or later. may come ptriod OF srp-
araUon ana disiatrsrtIlon.
What 10 We kaoN ~ ouEht to-za If
srpears to us-let inc ea-e 5rn 1d u,.on
the conditions. unen which rise sevar1sfoa
NAY he effected. For cNee in sweden tntrt
sre few VINO fsvor th.s dauhte crown fer
ia own sake
Weljutn. the Ain-rfesn EXPLORER ara
ne~Fpaper correspond .at. wHi sesi "a Nrr-
w. ana .'erican roitr expedition eaNt
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