New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05

church discipline. and whose literary tool :,
Wirsen. "a member Of the Swedish Acadsr~
critic, and still more" to quote Ibsen's uors.
censor morum. Swedish Torquemada on ~
duced scale" He even limited that the Swaa.k
Prime Minister Rostrom, was trying to nab.
land Prussia in miniature, and In la,a, Il
sue demonstrated with equal success that an
a thing as liberal party was unknov, Il
Sweden. where individuals with liberal tend.
cies. who spoke out boldly enough in Norv,E
or outside the Scandinavian peninsula W..
about in pSe fright over their own liberals.
and tried TO hide it. on the grounds Of the ~. 1
vailng prejudlces. in order 10 keep on tho Al.
Of fine society. True again, and brayely SOL
or course, so keen a thinker could not fan i
trace all these conditions 10 their true c,r,
the cause Of all national imbecility and rot,
erosion. monarchy. conjoined kingcra,t al
priestcraft. still the Editor Of "Rlngeren" al
not say So he diagnosed the symptoms VII.
out stating the disease. and readers Of advanc.I
ideas could remain at ease especially as he Ill
completely won their confidence through III
licious biz OF satire in No. on Morse phra,.I
and Illusions aimed at the big talk OF I'll
Swedes their declarations over Swedish ste. ]
GLORIOUS memories and Charles KITS swor,i
but also showing the proneness Of the y,I
wegians to hlgh-sounding phrases. mainly al
rived from antiquity and the Sagas and VIII \
he ridiculed as "oratorical graye-clothes" g|
strongly objected to the use Of the wu|
h0fdinge. meaning a chief or leader for he al
clared that there was no man in Norway j
whom that term could justly 10 applied: II bal
always been a vexation 20 him, he said thai
political talent and political character have bes
moro poorly represented here than In oth.
lands" The NOrwegians are well UP in all b,
tricks OF postpOnement. OF all sorts u devices d
eVade the necessity OF doing anything. whi
they save their honor by a resoundins phraz
and lull their cOnsciences with such talk as "a
following: We cannot force through our a-
mands at once. for We lack yet the Necessary
means But that does not disturb Us. Steady
and earnestly, as it behooyes Norwegians, "
will work on TO strengthen our defence We VI
not lose sight OF our ideal. We are not inacilTs
We build up our independence with sword al ~
side" The advantage OF this is, comments lbs:
with scathing Wit, that it can indefinitely pr
long the respite from the gallows
FALSE HOPE
When had got thus far declared ncautiO1,
ly that II Norway had never been blessed vii
a leader before she had one now. in Sig.
Ibsen But never was statement more rash. !
trust more ill-founded or. may venture
affirm. sympathy for a so-called national mo's
inent more utterly undeserved. In No. IA
Ibsen began an article entitled Nation
Monarchy" C'Nationalt konsedomme) VIII
in itself had an OminOus ring. and when oess
by quoting an utterance Of the great Napole'
at ST. Helena. to the effect that before a'
years Europe would have become either Cossa,
or republican. a prediction which this M
wegian repeated with rather too much gust
The Cossack presses forward into Asia, 4,
republlcanlsm has conquered America, }:
neither Of the two has become master Oh
Europe" Some slight qualification could as
bee detected in his words: Monarchy can
present rejoice in more secure existence IA
II has ever been able to this side OF the 4gr.i
revolution" He cited the two facts, the d-tA'
Of the republican idea and the Reconstruction
monarchy, and added: There was once suOf
and widespread belief that republicanlsm Won
gain ground also on this side OF the Auant1
but events have put the belief 10 shame. and d
little switzerland the miniature communities
Andorra and San Marino are now, as IN ID
days Of our forefathers. the only genuine az
permanent republics that Europe has TO snow
He repeated the conventional assertion IDA
the masses stand Indifferent before the puTeT
abstract question. Monarchy or repuollcans1
this being thrust into the background by ID
more real and substantial questions. Capa
and labor. Self help or State help. II IS
longer simply kings that reformers want TO p'
down but capitalists and labor lords, and 'hes'
as they know. are probably not less strong
Mckinley's republic than in William lis en-
pire" Obviously the rising credit OF the mon