The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
now. KARLS7AD: PEACE
WAS FINAL y REACHED
I1dngs Bring General Satisfaction in SWeden, Altho
B both Sides Had to Give up Cherished Things The
i Funeral Of AdoLf Hedtn SocfaASts Make Great
81 Gain in Elections.
BY Hugo Vallentin.

Special Correspondence Of The Journal.
Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 26.-Peace
at last! Saturday afternoon the mes
sage was carried by the wires to the
], furthermost corners Of the world from
il the Swedish provincial town that the
eight men who had worked there like
slaves from morn till night for weeks
agreement by which the Swedish-Nor
wegian union is practically dissolved:
1t has been no easy job, this task Of
arriving at mutual understanding
on the many points in question, and
the difficulties have BEEN of such a deli
cate nature that only the greatest tact
has been able to surmount them.
By the time you read this, the con-
tents of the agreement will be quite
fam iliar to you, so that it will be IN.
necessary to repeat them here. The
result fully bears out my prediction
that the greatest difficulty Wag the
the frontier forts and to get Sweden
to enter into an arbitration treaty with
Norway. In this the negotiators had
to fight, as I surmise, not so much with
each other as with the ultra-chauvinists
in both countries. The Norwegian pa
triots" forbade a stone to be touched
of the frontier forts, and their Swedish
conf1 eres insisted that it would be al
treaty with nation that had shown
itself so unreliable in the way of keep,
ing u contract. ~---='-'es>s~ -+-~:-==@.
But to the clamor and din of the
fighting spirits on both, sides, the eight
negotiators round the table in the Free
masons' hall, in Karlstad turned a deaf
ear. They plodded on steadily thru
clause after clause, clearing point aftar;
point, until at last the goal was reached.
Foreign Pressure at Critical Moment
It is, however, almost certain that If
peace was not directly threatened, the
negotiations were at. one moment not
then mobilization would have followed
Immediately. That at this critical mo-
ment pressure from at least one great
power was brought to bear upon both
countries is also quite certain. They
were asked to compromise. Sweden
thus had to give way regarding the
fort of Kongsvinger, while Norway had
side Fredriksten, Sweden's demand be-
ing for ,razing both of these forts and
Norway objecting to touching any of
them. - ..!..--, -.
4 On the other hand, Sweden had also
to agree that the arbitration treaty
M rs sp~t ss she SHOULD aez be 81 seqs
that her motive in demanding the
demolition of the forts was purely a
peaceful enc. That there is little
Dissatisfaction on each side is not to
be wondered at, nor to be too deeply de-
plcred. A thoro joy on one side WOULD
/ fancy that both sides really have got
as much, if not more, than they reck-
oned upon, and that thus the compro-
mise was the happiest ending possible.
Ratification Is Certain. .
g Now the agreement arrived to by
fed by the respective parliaments. Nor:
ways storthing is already sitting and
the, proposal is sent to their, special
committee: The Swedish riksdag will
meet for new extraordinary sitting
Oct. 2, when the proposal will be laid
before it. I have no ne doubt that both
quickly enough and without much dis
POSITION of the ~ ''ultras' will be
stronger than here, but it will certainly
Ee Of no real Importance. Here in
Sweden, the riksdag will very likely
have to sit at least three weeks. be
cause even after ratifying the Karl
the affairs connected with the union
and diplomatic service. the new
Hclean flag, and 50 forth. ::.s ...sI !;
The Funeral Of Adolph Hedin. y.
r this parliament z one gEea 5;,; tiguT ~,
never sit in his place again. AS [ hav'
already written to you, he took farewell
of. the riksdag when the extraordinar.
sitting rose in the summer. But h
would at all events have returned to hi
place at the sitting now announced. a
the members elected in the general cleo
tons still going on only count thei
mandate from January, 1906. But h