The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-01

tae motto OTiFeF DJuptA -doL ItluSAr
which may be translated as Soaring
from the depths upward"
The same kindness and consideration
that characterize King Oscar in other
matters are likewise apparent in conEac-
tIon with his library, and all the peo-
pie connected with the court from the
highest dignitaries down TO the very
kitchen solutions are permitted access
thereto, under the supervision OF the
chief librarian. Dr. Won Friesen. pre-
ciseIv as If il we're some national or
public institution No other sovereign
allows privileges of this kind to his
household
Royal libraries are, as q rule, most
jealousy guarded. This IS pity, as
the libraries. for instance, of the En-
peror at Vienna. of the Kaiser at Der
lin and Potsdam, and OF King Edward.
at Windsor Castle. each contain vast
treasures of priceless value to the his
tcrian- but which are altogether mac
CessibIe to the latter, or to the public
Crown Prince Gustave assumes the re
gency under far more favorable au-
spices than on the former occasion. The
tiresome quarrel between Sweden and
Norway on The subject of separate con
sulates, which ragged for eighteen years
with such intense bitterness that the
two countries we're several times on the
verge of taking up arms against one
another, has at length been settled by
means of a compromise and the dual
kingdoms are now working together in
comparative harmony.
According to the terms Of the arrange
ment recently effected by Oscar. while
the diplomatic representation Of the two
kingdoms remains as heretofore united
in one legation, subject to the direction
Of the minister of foreign affairs at
Stockholm. Norway is to have its own
consuIs and consuls general, working
alongside, but Independently, Of their
Swedish colleagues. flying not the Swed-
/ ish but the Norwegian flag, and under
/ the direction, not Of the minister OF
/ foreign affairs at Stockholm, but Of q
/ special consular department organized
at Christiania and subject exclusively
/ to the Norwegian government The ar
rangement stipuIates that the Norwe-
gian consuIs are to hold severely aloof
from al diplomatic and political mat
tiers. and to confne themselves excIu-
siveIy to economic and commercial ques-
tions; that is TO say, purely consular
duties
/ The wisdom and necessity Of having
separate copsuIs for the two kingdoms
will be realized when It is explained
/ that whereas the one kingdom is devoted
/ to free trade, the ether is committed to
/ protection, and that by virtue Of the
/ fact that the ratification by the Norwe-
/ CLAN legislature is necessary to all for
eign treaties before the kingdom Of Nor
way is permitted thereto, Norway is viz
tualIy at liberty to conclude foreign
treaties, especially commercial ones, on
her own account
Il is doubtful whether King Oscar will
! ever resume the reins Of power Indeed,
there are many who believe that he has
had for q considerable time past in
view the project of permanently sur
rendering the duties of ruleTship TO
/ his eldest son. The stories to this
! effect, are, in measure, confirmed by
his purchase last year Of the castle OF
/ Drachenburg, near Honnef, on the Rhine,
whittier he has had a large number Of
/ his favorite books, bric-a-b rac and an
/ aIogous treasures brought from Stock
holm Of late he has found the winters
I in Sweden very trying, and this, together
with his broken health and spirit, and
his yearntng for rest and leisure, are
/ probably accountable for his present
step
The crown prince differs from his
father, the King, in possessing little
or no taste for literature or science.
He is not q theorist OF a dreamer, but
is essentially man of action. All the
romance that he may have inherited
was stamped out of his nature when
he was forced as q young man to break
/ off the engagement which he had made to
marry the daughter Of a Swedish country
pastor. for whose sake he was pre-
pared, like his younger brother Oscar,
to forfeit his rights 10 the throne.
He is devoted TO military matters, and
is a great admfreT, as well aa an in
innate friend, Of his wife's first cousin,
Emperor William. and is. indeed re
earded at Potsdam as one OF the family
circle.
He Is as tall as. though somewhat less
broad and stalwart than, his father. that
is TO say. he stands considerably over
six feet. and would possess an imposing
I presence We're it not for the shorU1css
Of his sight. which forces him to wear
glasses the latter detracting rom his
military appearance But for this. Lo
would present striking resembIaEe= to
the portraits CT his -~rat- grandfather
Field Marshal BCruadotte.
IN his younger days he was ratang IN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS