The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-20


Sweden. The text is as follows:
Your Majesty: Norway's storthing re-
spectfully begs to address your majesty
thru your majestys Swedens- riksdag and
STeden's people, as follows:
Secession Inevitable Result.
What has been happening recently in
Norway is the inevitable result of COM
bination Of late political events and can
not be altered, and as it is certain tina,
neither of the two peoples is DESTROYS or
returning to the former condition of
union, the storthing is of the opinion that
It ought not to reconsider the various
questions of the constitution and public
law that have been brought up in your
majestys note to the storthing's presi-
dent in connection with the resolutions
adopted and on which the storthng and
the government have already expressed
themselves in detail. -..
The storthing recognizes fully your ma
jesty's difficult position and never for
moment had doubted that your majesty's
decisions are in accordance with what
your majesty has regarded as the rights
and duties Of the crown.
Appeal by storthing.
At the same time, the storthing is de-
sirous of addressing an appeal to your
majesty, the riksdag and the people of
sweden, with the OBJECT OF contributing
'"~-'-'l carrying thru of the dis
solution Of the union and the safeguard
Ing of the friendship and concord of the
two peoples of the peninsula.
The Storthing has seen from exression
of opinion in Sweden that the resolution
that the storthing felt it to be its duty
to the fatherland to adopt, in declaring
the union Of the two kingdoms dissolved,
has form and acllo4l ueen co..s.>.-1 :.
70 01xyo6 hot hoe
been Its intention. What has happened
and had to happen in Norway was mere
ly the inevitable maintenance of Nor
ways constitutional rights.
The Norwegian people never intended
to assail Sweden's honor. AS your ma
jesty in council, May 26, declared, 20,
were unable to sanction the Storthing'
unanimous resolution for the establish
ment of a separate Norwegian consular
service, and as Norwegian government
could be obtained by your majesty, thu
constitutional state Of Norway was s,
far disjointed that the union could no
longer be maintained.
Procured Government.
On Norway's storthing was therefor
imposed the necessity Of procuring with
out delay a government for the country
Every other course was closed all thu
more so as your majesty's Swedish gov
eminent had, April 25, already explicit!
declined to enter into new negotiations
with the dissolution of the union as al
alternative in the event that 1t wa
found impossible to arrive at an agree
ment In regard to a new form Of union.
The storthing, as already stated, ant
the Norwegian people do not feel any bit
terness anirnosity against your majest.
or the Swedish people. The statements t.
the contrary which possibly were utteret
on occasions have wholly and solely bee,
grounded on dissatisfaction at Norway
position in the union, and as that sourc
Of bitterness and animosity would disap
pear with the dissolution of the union
its effects also would vanish.
Friendship for Swedes.
Ninety years of cooperation in mate
rial and intellectual labors have awakene,
In the NORWEGIAN people feelings Of sin
cere friendship and sympathy for tn
Swedish people. These feelings will will
Norway no longer occupying a position
offensive to her national independence
once more grow apace and insure the en-
trance of a mutual understanding be
& tween the peoples.
Continual on Cd Page. Sd Column.