The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-04
rHp sWEDE AND THE xonwroT.y
Further Remark on the Historical p.
About n gIendar ri. "VH

fAbpNt - Vuu Alos
To n EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: perr,,.
me to make a few remarks in answer 10 NV
communication signed IF" WV
Our disagreement as TO the date OF tho ruL-
lie more apparent than real. IF" Ia roh, ~
saying that the act of union was passed 4.
1915. but Nov. 4. 1914, has always been con1
sidered as the birthday Of the union and cc,o.
brated as such, both in Norway and Swodor
on account OF the fact that the Swedish Kin
Charles XIII, mot Oscar 1III. az, rrobabIy ~,
misprint. stated in IFS" letter.. was ON th,,
day, by the Norwegian storthing. chosen Kim
OF Norway and the union thus effected
1t fs difficult at this distance in time ana
space to give the exact date OF the seyera, c,'
ira grants for defence purposes In Sweden ana
Norway So much I can say. however. that ,hs
doubling OF the Swedish war credits wac dow
on May II. 1895. and the fact Of this eyidontIv
hostile vote having been taken on tho doy -,
Norway's national holiday was at the tlms
considered as a slap In the face OF the Nor
weRian people. The extra grant for Norwegian
warships, DC, was voted subsequent To that
date, but IL had been proposed by the Govern
ment previously to IL. In the summer Of lsoj
the Swedish Government assembled an mn.
usually large plumber Of troops for field manpn.
vres near the Norwegian frontier, and the samo
year. in the course Of the summer. IL mobllized
q squadron OF thirty-eiRht warships for ma.
nosuvrinR purposes.
As for Swedish threats against Norway. 7
may still mention the fact that the then Swed.
ish Prime Minister in 1892, or perhaps esrlisr.
in the Army Com mittee OF the RTksdas dIs''
epssing Q proposed Increase OF the time o. ser.
ioSin "a me mem S5%B 60 w a,pss! a a9Sf, sp Se SCI th th ,Sl,
Ba5atsst 70 d shye W Ne ' and to of thss o East t. talk Swedish
l must. still. maintain that there "a no nova.
q The u ilp 9S0t 3 a % aIHIIhtEislR h @ Sri feal e maze nj t{F2SS sgS:
25.000 strong; originally It was 1900" NVr..
S sSafs S ossr' %sie aRsvs sy s 3 a SeSo { i%sSDf Sst:
never consent to a change which viii give
been made By the eextremist faction in g Sweden sSeS,
sssa political oroeramme by ms SvSH tSu % tSs
swedish people, and It never COULD be carried
s ]rsTislSn s sg 81 tSo By set R cf an,S S1 a ssf6 B. 9 a. S{2 5SSs.
CLAN Constitution as at one time seemed 70 be on
d dse' verge er 9T SfiS0m mII Z q pop pu,s elsmor II swc:
Sept. 3 eourss, g humber, is fully as ' good as IT, IL;
no reason why there should be a special union
sont59l OF Norwegian troops any more, than Of
81 oiTt tRe swedish SRStl ARMY { 1Sv w ysaT 3 % nSH the >, bull NJ
days, service. while ths Norwegian conscTipted
OF service. a little more or less for the several
special arms.
AT present the several reports Of the Joint
Commission looking toward an Improvement
OF the relations OF the two countries have been
~shelved, and the Sweles now apparently pro.
pose to fall back upon the status qiio and 10 in.
trench themselves In their position as bedH
and the mutual hatred between the peoples
grow. and the union will gradually and infalll-
biy. as Bj8rnstlerne Bjornson says. be dis
solved In the minds Of men,"
NEW YORK.. Dec. 2. p. GRoTH, Phi. D.