Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-10
Ever Norsk Voter Stands Behind the
Action Of the storthing.
DETAILS REMAIN TO Be WORKED OUT
According to Views Of OhriStiania There
viii Be Little Difficulty.
ABSENCE OF KING is NO HNDRANCI
Crown Prince, who Acts as Regent,
hs willing as Father for Peace
full solution of cues

CHRISTIANIA, Sept s.--(Special Cable
gram to The Bee )-Probably never before
in the history of referendums throughout
the world has there been the unanlmitv
manifested in the 1000 TO / upon the dues-
tion of the dissolution of the union. To
take a recent parallel the final voting in
1893 and 1900 on the bill which paved the
way for the Australian federation showed
total Of 4191,SS5 in favor Of federation
and l59,045 against and similarly it will
be found that in most recent instances OF
the employment of the referendum there
has been evidence of the existence of a
strong body Of adverse opinion.
OF course the unanimous vote of the
storthing on June 7 had already given
sufficient indication of the temper of the
nation, and atsno time since the resiRna-
ton of the Hagerup ministry in February
had 1t been possible to discern in Norway
the existence of any compact body of opin-
Ion In favor of the retention of the union.
IL was fully recognized abroad that the
old divisions in Norwegian domestic poll
tics which had opposed conservative dis
inclination to break with Sweden to radical
eagerness to assert Norway's rights at all
costs had disappeared and the unaninnitv
or Norway on the union question was re-
garded as an accepted fact But even
those who had most faith in Norway's
constancy were scarcely prepared for the
startling completeness of the referendum.
AT one time there was a disposition in
Sweden to talk about designing politicians
who had engineered the semblance of unani-
NIFTY In the Storthing and had terrorized
their opponents into sulen acquiescence.
The ballot box proved the hollowness of
this theory and with it the unwisdom of
n
vival OF party divisions in Norway There
was no reasonable doubt about the unani-
NIFTY OF Norway before; there can be none
whatever now, in the face of the refer
endum returns. II is not surprising that
these figures should have called forth public
reJoicings in Christiania and elsewhere.
They stand as a sign to all whom It may
concern that Norway has found itself and
that to enthusiastic and hopeful minds the
winter of It's discomfort seems TO turn to
glorious summer. Hence no one appears
to quarrel with the manifestations of feel
ings over the result.
Working on Details.
The question of whether Norway wants
dissolution having now been settled once
and for all time II only remains for the de-
tails to be arranged to the satisfaction of
all concerned. The Lundeberg cabinet I'm
Sweden took Office for the special purpose
of carrying out negotiations with Norway
and the prime minister, the minister for
foreign AFFAIRS and the four other members
OF the government sat on the special COM
mittee which framed the conditions for dis
solution.
King Oscars temporary absence from
the helm Is not likely to be the cause Of
any unnecessary delay in reaching a Anal
settlement Of affairs. His majesty has been
seeking the rest and the repose which.
after the strain OF the past few months, he
stands so greatly in need The crown
prince, who fulflls the duties OF regent. Is
known TO be an advocate OF speedy and
peaceable settlement OF all matters in dis
pute between Norway and Sweden and not
even the question OF the fortihcations on
the frontier will be allowed 70 give any
serious trouble. The important question
of the future relations OF Norway and
Sweden in regard to mutual defence still
remains in allegiance. Foreign interference
is feared in both countries and It is believed
that some understanding can be arrived at
which will enable the residents OF the
Scandinavian peninsula 70 turn a solid on
position to any foreign invader IN the fu-
ture as in the past II this can be accom-
plished the troublesome questions Of free
trade and the tariff and independent con-
suls will not cause any trouble in the fu-
ture. An ideal condition Of affairs appears
10 be approaching in which a bloodless
revolution has been brought about. and the
people OF Sweden will be as happy to have
the Norwegians go as the people OF Nor
way were anxious to quit the union.