The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-21
NORWAY TO
 KINC5scAR Storthing plies to the
 E-r's Note. IRMNESS BUT NOT HATE Disappointment at Altitude
 of Sweden. Union Between the Two Countries De- clared Out of Question, Though
 There Is No Feeling
 of Animosity.

| address to King Oscar, the riksdag and | the Swedish people generally adopted | by the storthing yesterday in reply to | the long letter which tho King sent June 18th to the president of the | storthing, M. Berner, is of concilia- tory character. At the same time, however. it indicates the unalterable | determination of the storthing to ad- here to the action taken In dissolving the union with Sweden. The text is as | follows:
 Your majesty, Norway's storthing l respectfully addresses your majesty | and through your majesty, Sweden's | riksdag, and Swedens people as fol- lows:
 What has been happening recently in Norway is the inevitable result of combination of late political events and cannot be altered and as 1t Is cer- tain that neither of the two peoples Is desirous of returning to the former condition of union. the st7rthing is of the opinion that it ought not to recon- slider the various questions of the con- stitution and public law that have been brought up in your majesty's note to the storthing's president in connection with the resolutions adopted on which the storthing and the Government have already expressed themselves in de- tail.
 Conscientiousness Granted.
 The storthing recognizes fully your inaJesty's difficult position and never for a moment has doubted that your majesty's decisions are in accordance with what your majesty has regarded us the rights and duties of the crown 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 to the peaceful carrying through of the dissolution of the union and the safeguarding of the friendship and concord of the two peoples of the pe- ninsula.
 The storthing has been from expres- stons of opinions in Sweden that the resolution which the storthing felt 1t to be it's duty to the fatherland to adopt declariug the union of the two king doms dissolved has fin form and action been considered mortifying to Sweden. That has never been its intention. What has happened and had to happen In Norway was merely the inevitable maintenance of Norway's constitutional rights. The Norwegian people never intended to assail Sweden's honor. As your masjesty in council May 26, de- clared you were unable to sanction the storthing's unanimous resolution for the establishment Of a separate Nor wegian consular service, and as no Nor wegian government could be obtained
 
 state of Norway was so far disiofnted that the union could no longer be main- tained. Upon Norway's storthinE was therefore imposed the necessity of pro- curing without delay a government fer the country. Every other course was closed all the more SO as your majesty's Swedish government had April 25 already explicitly declared to enter into new negotiations with the dissolution of the union as an alternative in the event that it was found impossible to | arrive at an agreement fin regard to a new form of government
 No AnlmOsity.
 Tie Storthing a1 already stated and | the Norwegian people do not feel any | bitterness or animosity against your majesty CT the Swedish people The | staten nts to the contrary which pos sibly were uttered on occasions have | wholly and solely been grounded on dis satisIaction at Norway's position in the union and SIS thar source of bitterness and animosity would ii~appear with the dissolution of the union. it's effects also would vanish. Ninety years of co-op- eration in material and intellectual la bors have awakened in the Norwegian people feelings of sincere friendship and | sympathy for the Swedish people. These feelings will with Norway no longer oc- cupying position offensive to her ma tional independence once more grow apace and insure the entrance of a mu- tual understanding between the peoples Tn tho belief that the Swedish people share these views the Storthing sug- gests to Swedens constitutional author tiles that they enter upon the negotia- tions requisite for a final settlement of the dissolution of the union with the recognition of Norway's new status and her rights a a sovereign state.
 ''The storthing is itself prepared to meet every fair and reasonable wish that may be put forward to safeguard the kingdoms independence and integ- rity. Constitutionally the two peoples will henceforth be separate but at the same time the storthing is fully con- vinced that this will lead to the devel- opment of a good and trustful relation ship for the defense of their mutual interests.
 If the future sediment can be at- tained without bitterness and preju- dice the storthing is convinced that what has happened will prove for the lasting welfare of the Northern peo- ples For the sake of the North. the storthing addresses this appeal to the people which by its magnanimity and chivalry has attained for itself such an eminent place among the nations and with which the Norwegian people desire most sincerely to maintain good relations"
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