The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-02

power TO act. Nc resolution shall become
binding unless agreed TO by a majority
OF the delegation from each country. but
all decisions shall be subject TO the abso-
lutte veto of the king The object OF this
proposition Is 10 do away with the Ncf-
wegian court OF impeachment and III.
provision % the Norwegian constitution,
which gives the king only a suspension
veto in all matters.
The Norwegian Liberals. represented
by Biehr, konow and Lovland: do not
advocate a new union treaty, maintay-
ing that the Swedish and Norwegian Goa
situations presuppose separate ministries
OF foreign affairs for each country and
that the present treaty justifes and war
rants such TO be the case. The king
needs only at joint sessions of the sepa-
rate ministries TO submit instructions for
the cooperation of the ministries. Their
report is OF considerable length and
based upon references 10 the present
treaty and the historical events which led
10 us adoption.
After closing its deliberations the COM
mittee was received at the palace by the
king. who addressed them as follows:
Gentlemen. You are about 10 sepa-
rate without fulfilling the hope which
and many with me had entertained as TO
the results of your Ia bors- You will IN
doubtedly remember my greeting TO you
in this hour of parting. Before studying
your propositions l cannot feel justified in
expressing my Judgment OF them. lie or
they who. in the light Of impartialitv are
responsible for your disagreement, has.
In my Judgment, incurred a tremendous
historical responsibility. May the AL
mighty keep his protecting hand over the
future of my two kingdoms. May He
preserve, In the twentieth century. the
union which. during the nineteenth, gave
the brother countries security and its
Inhabitants peacer'
The crown prince Will open the inter-
national fisheries exposition at Bergen on
the 18th day Of May. 1898.
DR.. Lombard Steineger. the famous
naturalist, who is an instructor at the
Smithsonian Institution, and who. in con-
junction with Prof Jordan. of Stanford
university, acted on the United States
sealing commission. has been proposed as
United States commissioner to the Ber-
gen exposition. DIR. Steineger is a native
Of Bergen. He is recommended by Sena-
tor Knute Nelson and other prominent
Republicans The appointment is in the
hands of the United States fish commits
sioners.
The Klondike excitement has brought
on tremendous traffic IN reindeer moss
which is being shipped from all parts OF
the Norway mountain districts TO main
tain the United States Klondike relief
and number of American and Canadian
private reindeer expeditions TO the Klon-
dixie region.
Immediately following the organization
Of the storthing, which convened the first
part OF this month, the Norwegian cab
met resigned. The ministry consisted OF
Francis Hagerup and Gregers Gram
premiers; Christian OLSON, minister of
war: Jacob Syerdrup, minister Of educa-
ton: Birger Kildal. minister OF finance
and tariff: Thomas Englehart. member of
the ministerial department at Stockholm /.
Harold Swedal minister of justice ana
police; FIR. Staug Lund. minister OF the
department Of public works. and OLAF
Olsen, minister of the interior.
The king has requested ex-Premier
Steen, the leader OF the Norwegian Lib
erals. who compose the atority in the
storthing, 10 form new ministry Steen
has accepted the call and will form a
cabinet which commands the confidence
of the storthng.