Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-08
NORWAY

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Mimi, a conservative banker, who was
born in Norway but who has lived in
Minnesota for great many years,
recently said about the union trou-
BILE: Norway wants separate con-
suls to look after her commercial vel
fare. 1 can, see no way by which a
clash can be avoided unless Sweden
grants Norway's request. Whether
Sweden will resist the attempt of Nor
way to withdraw, if Norway decides
to break the bonds of the union. is a
question I cannot answer. If she does
then there will be war;
1t is generally admitted that the
most important book written in Nor
way in 1904 was THE Tragedy of
Love-" by Gunnar Heiberg. 1t is fully
predicted that this book will prove to
be of the lasting kind.
III the speech from the throne to
the English parliament suggestion
was made that certain laws be
changed in such a way that repeti-
ton OF the unfortunate Beck affair
be avoided in the future. 1t will be
remembered that Adolf Beck, a Nor
wegian, was kept in prison for sew
eral years on account of another
mans crimes. At the trial Beck was
in a position to clear himself, but
the court absolutely refused to hear
his evidence.
An article written by Fridtjof Nan
sen over his signature proves that
he does not believe in the dissolution
of the union. All he wants is Il
separate consular service for Norway,
and Norway must have it, he says.
Some one has said that if the Nor
wegians pass 4 law to that effect the
king will refuse to sanction it. Such
talk, Nansen says, is an insult to the
dynasty, and even if the king should
veto the bill the storting will avail
itself of it's plain constitutional right
to pass the bill over the kings veto.
Very many people were in the
streets of Kristiania when the crown
prince regent and one of his sons
arrived for 4 conference with the
Norwegian authorities. Many raised
their hats to his majesty, and he
responded right and left. But no
cheers, no hurrahs were heard along
the great distance from the station
to the palace. An attempt was made
to shout hurrahs at the station. but
it died away of it's own accord in
it's solitude.'' The immense throngs
were orderly and even polite, but
their silence spoke with powerful
cloqnence of something that is not
entirely different from national
mourning.
An eight-year-old girl in Ncs. Tele-
marken, rode home from school on
a load hauled by her teacher. At a
slippery place the sled was thrown
against a fence, and sharp fence
rail penetrated the abdomen of the
girl, passing into the right side and
jutting out of the left side. She did
not become unconscious at any time.
and she was alive the next day.
Bjornson has developed new
scheme for the prevention of war.
Arms, ammunition and other war
materials sent from neutral to bellig-
erent nations are now held to be
contraband. 1t would be consistent
to extend the list of contrabands 50
as to include money borrowed for
carrying ON war. If such a rule had
been in force Russia would have
been forced to quit fighting some
time ago. Bjornson would not pre-
vent defensive war on the part of
a nation which enjoys beneficent
and time-honored political independ-
ence.
Norway has 317 machine shops and
ironworks employing almost $4,000
persons. The motors i'll operation
number 4s7, representing $4,000 hose
power. Almost onc-third of this in
dustry is concentrated in Kristiania,
The value of the production is about
$14,500,000 year, of which $1,000, 900
represents exports.
Captain Kieldscn of Tromso will
be in charge of Zicgler's Arctic ex~
petition, which is to go in search OF
Fialu and his comrades. The crew
of the ship will be composed Of ~
Norwegians. This expedition will
cost Ziegler ut least $4,000.