The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-25
DISUNION ISSUE
NEARS A CRISIS
|RIKSDAG FRAMES
| DISUNION TERMS
Special Committee Rejects Gov
eminent Bill and Presents Con-
ditions for Norway.
BY tho Annotated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Stockholm, Sweden, July 3d.
The riksdag has disclosed it's op-
position to the government view
of the Norwegian crisis and the
cabinet has resigned,
The special committee appoint
ed by the riksdag to deal with
the crisis which created the revo-
luton in Norway, today delivered
it's report.
The committee declares unan-
imously that the government bill
cannot be adopted in the form in
which it was presented to the riks-
dag, and proposes that the riksdag
shall signify it's willingness to ne
gotiate with Norway for. disso-
luton of the union if a newly
elected storthing request repeal of
the act Of the union and a disso-
luton of the union, or if such re-
quest is received from Norway
after the Norwegian people, by
a plebiscite, have declared in ia
vor Of dissolution of the union.
i Terms Sweden Should Make.
The committee recommends that, in
the event Of dissolution Of the union,
Sweden should insist on the following
terms:
First-The establishment of a zone
on each side Of the frontier separating
the Kingdoms within which the exist.
; ing Notifications shall be RACED and
new Notifications may not be erect"1
i Second-The right of pasturing rein
deer belonging to Swedish Laplanders
, in northern Norway.
Third-That the transit trade thru
both countries shall be secured against
!, unjustifable obstructie".
Il Fourth-That the S 5 Of Sweden
!, IL respect to foreign poners, as estab
E ished by treaty, shall be clearly de
fined, SO that Sweden shall be com
q pletely freed from responsibility fol
Norway to other states.
4 Arbitration Convention.
The committee also regards an arbi
tration convention between Sweden and
Norway as desirable, altho it does not
consider it an essential condition fol
, the dissolution Of the union.
J, The committee further proposes tc
! authorize the government to raise g
loan Of $25 ,000, 900, which can, by reso
luton of the riksdag, be made avail
able for such readjustments and ar
rangements as may be necessitated by
, the new conditions:
Regarding eventual negotiations will
: Norway, the committee declares:
Whatever may be demanded fol
the welfare and dignity Of Sweden al
condition Of the repeal Of the act Of
union on the part of Sweden and Of the
, recognition Of Norway, must b.
determination.
Claims for Sweden.
! The preamble Of the committees re-
!. port is a lengthy recitation Of the
!: events up to the committee appoint
!. ment, claiming that Sweden made al
!: possible concessions in order to main
!: the differences grew until they climaxec
s in the revolution.
!. cit is self-evident, declared the
: committee, "that the union was not dis
3 solved by the storthing's action.
!. contract cannot be broken by one par
S TVS parliament. Therefore, the stor
): things action can only be considered
g aS IOIWdy 3 uGC1dTdL1Ou GudL SIG uOei
. not desire any longer to maintain it.
!. cit is for Sweden to decide wha
. action is necessary. According to thu
!. laws she would be fully justified il
!. using the necessary force to re-establisl
s the union. This would seem to be thu
!. natural course in the first excitement
4. but reflection shows that it would b.
!. There was great mutual advantage il
/. the union, but its maintenance by fore
!. would make the union a source Of weak
!. ness instead of strength.
!. "Sweden should not, therefore, EN-
= p1oy force, but must insist that it's per
s mission is necessary to the dissolution
!. Of tb union. Sweden must agree to tn
$ certain conditions, insisting as prelim
mary on satisfactory settlement Of al
+. affairs mutually affecting the two coun
s tries.0
!. Wait on Norwegian Vote.
!. The committee emphatically disar
: proves Of any action by Sweden, eithe
s in the direction of dissolution of tn
!. union or recognition Of Norway's indie
s pendence until the Norwegians hav
J. had an opportunity thru elections Q
!. a plebiscite, Of expressing their. wishes
+. If the vote favors a dissolution, tn
!. storthing must legally approach Swede
S ment can be reached, the committe
!. recommends Sweden's assent.
!. The report points out that all threat
:: ening action should be avoided, as it
s important that the two peoples shout
J. live in peace even if separated.
3 The committee, in conclusion, refuse
!. to recommend that the riksdag autho
s ize the cabinet to negotiate with No
. way as demanded by the governme en-
!. bill, but says that If Norway legal
1. approaches Sweden, in accordance wit
!. the committees proposal, negotiation
:: may be opened.
/. Preceding Events.
s The effect of the report Of the sp,
. cial committee is to turn down the rc
|. concentrations Of the king and his cal
met as too generous and as acquiescin
; too readily in the act Of dissolution I
!. the union by the Norwegian storthin
8 In his address from the throne June
. King Oscar, while denying the right
! the storthing to declare dissolutio
s Of the union and deploring the attitu6