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REPORT ON THE
NORWEGIAN CRISIS
Riksdag Special Committee De-
clsrS Government Bill Cannot
BE Adopted
SHOULD BE WILLING TO TREAT
Ia Event Of Dissolution Of Union Sub.
mIls Terms Upon Which II
Should be Made,

stockholm, sweden July 25. The
special committee appointed By the
rlkeduU 10 deal Win the crisis which
created tho revolution, today doliNor,d
| ~ report, the committee declares unun.
imously that The government bin can.
not be adopted IN the form In which n
was presented 60 the riksdng, aud pro-
poses that the riRrdng shall signify iis
Willingness 10 negotiate with Norway
for a dissolution Of the union " thb
newly elected storhlng requests u Tu.
peal Of tho act Of union ana a dlssolu'
ton OF the union, on II such request
" received from Norway after the Nor
wuglun people by n pcblscllo have de-
clarod IN favor NJ a dissolution of the
union.
The committee reports that IN the
event OF the dissolution Of the union
Sweden should insist upon the following
terms;
The establishment Of q zone ON
coch side Of the frontier separating the
cations shall BE- RACED aud new fOrtn'
cations may not be erected,
The right NJ paslurng reindeer be-
longing 10 swedish LOplandcrs In
North Norway,
3-That the transit trade through
both countries shall be secured against
unlustlnublc obstruction
That the status of sweden IN re-.
sppct 10 foreign powers AS oslabllehod
by treaty shall DO clearly donned so
that sweden shah bc completely freed
from responsibility for Norway TO 9TH
en- states
Tho committee nho regards an arbl.
traitor convention between sweden ana
Norway as desirable, although u does
not consider II an essential condition
for the dissolution of tho union
The committee further proposes Ia
authorize the government 20 raise a
loan of sgb,0OO.O0O, which can by a roso-
Tuition Of the riksdag be made avail
able for such readiusimenis and arms
az may be nccessi,ated by tho new
| conditions,
Regarding eventual negotiations with
| NlrWay the committee declares that
| whatever may be- demanded for the
| welfare and dignity of sweden ne q
condition OF the repeal Of the act Of
union on tho part OF Sweden and "
| tho recognition Of Norway must be
claimed and adhered TO with i1gor ana
| determination,
Tho preamble Of the committees re-
| por, ls n lengthy recitation OF the
| events leading M 90 the committees
appointment claiming that sweden
| made all possible concessions In order
| 20 maintain the union Despite these
efforts the difficulties grew until they
| cllmaycd In the revolution,
~ II soIf.cyidcnt," declares tho conn
| miltec, THAT the union was not dis
solved by the storthngs action. A
| contract cannot be broken by one par
| ty's parliament Therefore the slor.
| things action can only be considered
as Norways declaration that she does
not desire any longer To maintain II,
| II rs for sweden to decide what ho-
| ton IN necessary According 60 the
| laws she would he fully Justified IN
| using the necessary force 10 ro-ostah.
| llsh the union. This would seem to be
| tho natural course IN the FIRST excite.
| mont, but rejection shows that II would
be against the true interests ~ Swc.
| dem There was great mutual adynn-
tago IN the union, but maintenance
| by force would make the union q
source OF weakness instead ~ strength
| Sweden should not therefore employ
| force, but must issst that lts perlnls.
sion w necessary 10 W. dissolution
| sweden must agree 10 the cancellation
| ~ the act Of union on certain condl
tons, insisting NJ preliminary ON q
satisfactory settlement Of all nffnlr'
mutually affecting tho two countries,