Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-01
One Editor Who Went in Person Could Gel
No Information.
WOMEN ARE TAKING PART IN CONTEST
swsdiVh Council Makes Reply to State.
msut BY the EOrwsgisnS.
NOBEL PRIZE FOR THE PRESIDENT
sugEestion Made that IL BE Awarded
This Year. but Rule May Delay
Matter for Twelve
Months.
ALL NEWSPAPER MEN ARE TURNED DOWN

STOCKHOLM, Sept S0.-(special Cable
gram to The Bee.)-The Swedish Norwegian
negotiations at Karlstad have now ended.
The proceedings were kept with masonic
secrecy, for although .ene of the Norwegian
negotiators is brother of the publisher OF
the Christiania Morgonbladet, not one
word of what was said in the negotiating
hall has reached the outer world. The
editor-in-chief of a large Stockholm daily
went to Karlstad himself not being satis
fed with the work of his first assistant, who
had been detailed to Karlstad to report on
the negotiations. After having been re-
fused an interview with all the members of
the negotiating commission, one after the
other, he sat down on the steps OF the
Masonic temple and waited for hours, until
the negotiators came out after the days
work was over. and approached Count
Wachtmelster, the Swedish minister for
foreign affairs just he came out OF the
door, and said:
well count. hope there are good pros
poets of an early and amicable settlement of
the dissolution question:
The count replied: What nice weather
we are having. l hope it is warm and
sunny in Stockholm as here"
The editor did not intend to let the count
turn him down this way, so he asked him
another still more direct question, which
was answered with a smile and a remark
about the crops. large American news
agency had a special correspondent sent
all the way from America TO report the
proceedings of the Karlstad negotiations,
but he was recalled, because he could not
even get material for a short fake" cable
a day.
In Christiania a great deal OF energy is
displayed in organizing Norwegian foreign
Office. The minister for foreign affairs
| for Norway, Mr.. Lovland, is being ably
! assisted In this by the former Swedish and
! Norwegian minister to Rome, Mr. Won
Ditten, and the former minister to Madrid,
/ Count Wedel-Jarlsberg. The new Foreign
| Office will be organized largely on the
! Swedish pattern. Several consular affairs
which have hitherto been handled by the
Foreign Office will hereafter be managed by
the bureau of navigation. which is subor-
dinate to the Department Of Commerce and
industry. -
women Are Interested.
Shortly before the decision of the Stor-
thing of the 7th of June. the Norwegian Ma
tional Council of Women sent to the Inter
national Council of Women for general dis
! tribution a pamphlet entitled, Norway: A
! Few Facts from Norwegian History and
Politics addressed to the International
Council of Women"
! This caused the Swedish National Council
of Women to meet the accusations against
Sweden in this pamphlet by an open protest
| dated July T. in which it was stated that
the issuing of such pamphlet was con-
trary to the principles and regulations of
the International Council of Women and
that II the National Councils of Women
throughout the world should follow the ex-
lample of their Norwegian sisters, making
propa ganda for certain political parties
there would soon be a political bellum
omnum inter omnes.
The International Law association at its
annual conference at Christania, which
congratulated President Roosevelt on the
successful result of the peace conference
has passed the following resolution, pro-
posed by Mr.. Douglas Owen
1t is the opinion OF this congress that the
time has now come TO take steps for pro.
tecting international mail and passenger
by he war Vessels of belIiFeTent g hgn sea-
and that II should be prohibited, under Sc
we're penalties, to carry contraband of wal
on the resignation of Belgian Minister
Bernaert, Sir Walter Philimore was ap.
pointed president of the association. Tn,
place for the next congress was not de
cided but it will probably be in some larg,
German City
Nobel Prize for Roosevelt.
general wish has been expressed
throughout Scandinavia that Presden
Roosevelt should he given the Nobel peac,
prize this year but the Verdens ganl
points out that, according TO the statutes o.
the Nobel foundation. all the candidates fo
the peace prize must be proposed to. III,
storthing before February l. the same yea
that the prize is awarded, but there is n,
doubt but that the president will be awarded
the Nobel peace prize next year.
In this connection, It may be mentioned
that the Nobel committee has sent a tele
gram of congratulation to President Roose
welt expressing It's appreciation of his ef
forts in bringing about peace between Rus
/. sia and Japan, The president has tele
graphed his thanks