The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-06-16
NORWAY WANTS KING
OF Her Own, and the Old King Is Aske,
to Aid in the Selection of One of
His Family to Rule Over Nor.
way as Seperate Ma.
tion.

for Norway eliminated Wednesday in
the passing Of resolution by the
storGning declaring the dissolution OF
the union of Sweden and Norway and
that the king had ceasad to act as king
OF Norway. Al address to the king
was adopted declaring that no i'll feel.
Ing was entertained against him, his
dynasty or the Swedish nation and
ssking him to cooperate in the selec.
tion of a young prince Of the house OF
Bernadotte to occupy the throne OF
Norway.
Norway from today Is a fully In.
dependent and sovereign state"
This is the text of the editorials in
the Norwegian newspapers and it re-
fleets the spirit with which the people
OF Norway accept today's action Of
the storthing when it proclaimed King
Oscar no longer king Of Norway.
At its meeting Wednesday evening
the storthinG adopted a proclamation
to the Norwegian people In which Is
given detailed account Of the events
preceding the passing of the resolu.
tion, and In which the hope is express.
ed that they will succeed In living in
peace and on good terms with all and
not the least with the wedish people,
TO whom we are linked by so many
natural ties" The proclamation con
cludes as follows:
AL officials, civil, military must In
every respect yield that obedience
which the government has tue right
to claim according to the authority
transferred to 1T by storthing in the
name OF the people of Norway"
The proceedings throughout the mo
mentous session Of the storthipg Wed
.nesday were marked by supreme good
order anf nv ( he utnapsE a;gns tx NC
plans had been most carefully pre- par.
ed and nothing had been omitted to
secure the inauguration of new gov
ernment under the best auspices.
That the feeling was intense was
evidenced by the great gathering of
people outside the storthing during
the early session, and after the an.
nouncement OF the result of the pro,
ceedings quiet respect was shown the
members as they left the building.
The crowds were especially respect.
ful In their ovation to M. Nicholson,
the retiring premier.
The s,orthing will, IL necessary, de-.
fend the step taken Wednesday by force
of arms.
M. Arctander will be Norway's first
foreign minister. He is now chief OF
the departments of commerce, navi.
CATION and industry.
1t is learned that Crown Prince Gus.
tave Will return from Berlin immedi.
ately.
1t is understood that an extraordi.
nary session Of the Swedish riksdag
Will be called June 20, if not earlier,
as the result OF Wednesdays action of
the storthing.
HOW SWEDEN TAKES 1T.
A dispatch from St, ckholm, Swe.
den, says the Norwegian coup d'etat
vas answered here Wednesday by a
great patriotic demonstration OF loyal
ty to and sympathy with King Oscar.
a great procession, accompanied by
bands, went to Rosendal castle, where
The bands played the national anthem.
In few minutes the king and other
members OF the royal family appeared
on balcony Of the castle and were
enthusiastically cheered by the demon.
strators, while a number Of ladies ad.
vanced from the crowd and presented
the king with q bouquet. Though
greatly excited over the situation, the
p0puiace remains outwardly calm
King Oscar held 4 council Wednesday
evening at which the situation was
considered.
The dissolution of the union be.
tween Swedish and Norway has been
pending for some time and had It's
growth in the desire which grew
stronger as time passed for the estab
1shment OF separate consular systems
for the two countries.
one OF the causes for the desire IN
Sweden and Norway for separate con
sular systems was the fact that Swe
dan Is protectionist and Norway Is
Ior Tree trade and also because Of
Norway's more extensive sea trade
ana other Emergencies Of commercial
interests.
EUROPE SURPRISED.
A dispatch from London says tht
revolution In Norway, though anticip
ated and peacefully effected, has come
upon Europe with unexpected sudden
ness and the question is asked witt
some anxiety whether 1t will mean
international complications. Had Rus
sia not been involved In dinicult wa,
In the far east it il doubtful whether
Norway would have taken the present
momentous step which is not likel,
to be regarded with approval by Eu
ropeon powers. The fact that tnt
coup d'etat Is not unlikely to eventu
ite In tine establishment OF a. Nor
wegian republic would alone be a rea
son why the step should not commend
itself to the monarchical powers.
It'll Is nowhere thought that King o.
car Will consent to junior membel
of his family becoming king of Nor
way. This proposal Is regarded as az
attempt to palliate the blow to the de
posed king and the opinion of Engli
newspapers is that the suggestion n
quite impracticable
The consular difficulty is supposet
10 be only an outward manifestation
OF the deepseated separatisb aspiration
OF the majority OF Norwegisns. Britisl