New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29
SWEDEN'S NEW REGENT
LAWN PRINCE GUsTAvUs AND HIS
VIEWS OF GOVERNMENTAL MAN of
ACTION AND AN ADMIRERS VI
~.,,DrpOp WILLIAM.
EMPEROR WILLIAM.

$780, 49,. ,ba, he is unlikely to resume the ie'''s
= covsrnulent which ne on Mohu"S '"'>
'...aoned to his eldest son, crow"
brief sketch of the new Regent vi
I'D Sweden may he Of timely interest,"
WV 80 90 no is a man Of energetic cha'-
md has frequently manifested IN iate
,..,, dsapproval Of his fathers tehuen'S -
,.m,orise with opponents instead OF oo''i'
.ctins and crushing them
v1,s Oscar has always been good ue"i y.
.,raent and theoriSt his interest Ven''0'
\, .cence. art and literature. Indeed MS au"'
90. tho eminent Norwegian statesman anu
.u.,o, Biornsen who Is the leader Oh 'he he
.,u,can party in Norway and the chiei chai'-
-. =, hi, country's independence or sweden
..-,.tad in a dispute about literary matters
20 !. escorted by the friends Of both parties
:. ,.vs heen primarily due to literary jealousy
Y,,g Oscar. it may be remembered cri'''iSou
4, a rather caustic manner something 'n"'
p,ornsen had written The author on learning
h,s at once proclaimed the fact that the hiiis
rrmarks had been prompted. not by hoHes'
r,iticism but by far baser motives hd"ieiS'
,noss which a mediocre writer IS hkeH ID en-
,ertan for a man who has achieved success
And he thereupon challenged King oscar to
svht duel Oscar declined the cartel. but
.sused warrant to be issued Tor BJorhseh
Arrest on charge of leze-mdjesty' "hereupon
Bornsen fed to Germany and thence 10 81
Petersburg where he now directs the move
nents of the important Republican party IN
Norway.
Prince Gusiayus differs from his father the
King in possessing little OF no taste TOT l''era-
ture or for science Instead OF being theorlst
and dreamer. ne is essentially a man OF
action ALL the romance that he may have IN
herited having been stamped out Of his nature
when ne was forced as young man to break
Off the engagement which he had made to
marry the daughter Of Swedish country pas
Tor. with whom he had become infatuated. and
TO we'd not for love. but merely for state and
drastic reasons. the 10y no means attractive
laughter of the Grand duke and Grand duchess
Of Baden.
The Crown Princess shares with her mother
h-law, the Queen of Sweden. the disadvantage
II being subject to hypOchondria. More or less
imaginary ailments have ended by impairing
not alone her physical condition. but likewise
her mind and for years she has been accus-
toned TO spend ten months Of every twelve
either in the south of France or in Egypt. her
husband. her children and the people of her
adopted country seeing her but seldom In fact'
II Is no exaggeraton to assert that she is
almost a stranger to them.
The Crown Prince is a. tall as his father.
though somewhat less broad and stalwart. That
s 10 say, he stands considerably over six feet
and would possess an imposing presence were
Ii not FOR the shortneSs of his sight. which
forces him to wear glasses, the latter naturally
deracting from his military appearance. But
Tor this he would present d striking resemblance
TO his great grandfather. the famous French
Marshal Bernadotte whose father was the
peasant Mayor of little French village in the
neghborhood of Pau, the cottage where the
FOUNDER Of the present reigning dynasty of
sweden was born being still shown TO tourists
10 the south of France.
In addition to being short sighted. the Crown
rnnce suffers from that curious physical de-
ec' known as barred teeth, which subject him
umes to perfect martyrdom. and he is con-
"antly In the hands OF the most eminent dem
isis In Europe Indeed Of all the royal patients
T." tne late Dr. Thomas Evans. the Crown
'nnce OF Sweden was the who stood in the
~0S' frequent and constant need Of his services
urown Prince Gustavus is on terms Of the most
@'indte friendship with Emperor William The
aver mas no more enthusiastic admirer than
Se rrlnce Who in the belief. probably, that
-'"A'ion is the most sincere form Of fiattery,
80 adopted many Of his German cousins traits
~ characteristics He. too. believes like the
NeSe' mat the mailed fist is preferable to the
.''e' glove In solving difficulties. and couple
'eas ago he ayailed himself OF the oppor-
'V oi some public meeting at Stockholm
=. my 10 express his opinion that the only way
p''uhs an end to the quarrel that has been
o"s ior years between Norway and Sweden
49, force, and added that he asked nothing
80 y. lnah TO be intrusted with the command
r. "e swedish army for the task Of reducing
- "'ners rebellious and disloyal subjects in
% 10 entire submission As soon as the