Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

, sacre. the bombardment and burning of
Alexandria. The American admiral, at the
request of the writer. then acting United
States consul during the flight OF the titu-
lar agents. landed strong detachment o.
sailors and marines commanded by Lieut..
Commander now Rear AdmiraD Caspar +.
Goodrich. L. s. N, to protect the United
States consulate. refugees, and save the
city from destruction.
Among those who were saved from AZ
sassination and given the hospitality of
refuge both on board the United States var
vessels and at the consulate at Alexandria
was NJ. Boedtker. the consul general of
Sweden and Norway in Egypt. NJ. Boedt-
ker reported the service rendered him by
the American Admiral Nicholson to King
Oscar. who promptly recognized 1t by
decoration for the admiral which was Gel
tainly merited. Boedtkers duty. however.
was only partially accomplished. ne should
have reported TO his government the ex-
ceptional services of the following Ameri-
can naval and marine officers who. besides
saving the honor and dignity CT their own
government and hundreds of lives saved
also the representative of Sweden and Nor
way, his consulate and archives: Lieut.
Commander c. F. Goodrich, L. S. N, COM
handing detachment: Lieut.. Commander
{. L. Hutchins. who commanded subse-
quently: Lieut.. Commander +. N Barbour.
U. s. N: Lieut.. Commander Wadhams. u.
S. N: Drs. Gardner and Anderson, L. S.
N; Capt. Cochrane, Lieuts. Denny and
Waller. NJ. C.
Besides. in commemoration of the deeds
Of valor displayed by the officers. sailors
and soldiers of the United States navy and
marines at Alexandria, Egypt the Place
des Consuls, the principal scene of their
heroic conduct, should be changed at the
request of the United States government to
Place Des Etats-Unis. with an appropriate
tablet In bronze:
AID perpetuam rel memoriam.
Denmark should be mentioned in any
question of Scandinavia, of which she Is a
part. Denmark played role
Oenmarks in the Norman incursIons
Part. and in her domination Of
Norway. The union OF CAL
mar in 1897 united under the same scepter
the three Scandinavian states, but Sweden
broke the despotic yoke of Copenhagen and
declared her Independence. Denmark play
ed an active part in the thirty years war.
In 1907 she remained neutral during The
continental war. The British punished her
inaction by bombarding Copenhagen and
after the fall of Napoleon the treaty of
k1el gave Norway to Sweden.
The United States opened quasi relations
with Denmark during the war of the revo-
luton through Dr. Franklin. but it was
not until 1896 that treaty was concluded.
On the 9th of October. 1867, a trea.y was
signed at Copenhagen for the cession of the
island of st. Thomas to the United States,
but it was not agreed to by the Senate.
and Norway were established by a treaty
signed September %. 1916.
May Ii, 1914. Norway elected the Danish
prince, Christian Frederik, King of Nor
way. Sweden protested and sent troops;
the powers interfered and refused TO rec
ognize the election. The convention of
Moss was thereupon convoked. Inc i:ide-
pendence of Norway being proclaimed at
the same time as union with Sweden. 7 he
storthing was assembled November T. 1914
and elected Charles XIII King of Norway
The union of Sweden and Norway has
been unhappy and marked by incompati-
mility of temper. Every storthing from
1924 to 1899 refused to vote the amend
ments to the constitution proposed by the
king. There was open revolt in 1899. Nor
way fretted and finally obtained the priv
ilege Of a separate national flag and the
right to be named first in all official refer
ences or communications Apropos to this
latter trait, the writer found himself in
the spring of 1892 in the company of an
amiable fellow passenger. a Norwegian
pastor, NJ. Petersen, on a Mediterranean
steamer returning from Alexandria. In the
course of conversation the writer referred
to the dual government Sweden and
Norway. The pastors amiability forsook
him, and trembling with Unsurpassed ex-
element he replied: Not SO, you mean
Norway and Sweden
Sweden is patrician, Norway plebeian.
of politics cordially detest
haolcai the one the other and their
Differences separation is manfestly in
evitable. Under the reign of
Occar II the hostility has become more pro-
nounced. The king and the storthing are
in constant conflict and irreconcilable There
are three parties in the storthing the right
(stang); the left religious (sverdrup); the
left radical (Bjornstern-B jornstern). In 1889
the king resolved to stand pat" in the
negative on the question of separate con-
suls for Norway. The conflict has been
as to be full of menace to the union of the
two states.
In the interval Norway has grown In i'm
portance. first because of commercial de-
veiopment, and next because of her intel
lectual progression. Norway has created
such minds as Ibsen. Nansen, Thaulon.
Grieg and others whose writings and deeds
have attracted the attention of the world
Norway Is passing through a phase analo-
gous to that of Portugal in the sixteenth
century. to that of Sweden and Holland in
the eighteenth. Progress and political spirit
indeed, in Norway. may be compared other
conditions aside, with America, with Aus
tralia and with the Boerland before the
British invasion.
The prospective union of Prince Gustavus
Adolphus, Duke of Scania. eldest son of
rite, eldest daughter of the Duke of Con-
naught, brother Of King Edward VII may
add to the fortunes of Sweden, but 1t will
not satisfy the aspirations of democratic
Norway, of whom 1t may be asked. Quo
Vadis? CHARLES CHAILLE-LONG