The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-19
NEW ALIGNMENT -.
IN The RlKSDAS
Swedes Look to Their Parliament,
) Where New Division Has
Arisen.
Question Of Moment Is Whether
Government Can Muster
Majority.
BY w, 3. Chamberlain.

copyrisht, 1905, by The Minneapolis Journal.
Stockholm, Sweden, July In spite
of the fact that Norwegian 1ndepend;
ence is in Sweden generally. conceded
as inevitable, there is at tins moment
0 decided tension between the two coun.
tries. This crops out in many ways. 1t
is shown in small things as. we'll as in
more significant ones. For instance, in
the cafes-where all Stockholm in these
long summer evenings dimes and sups,-
Norwegian fish products are taboo. The
little Norwegian shrimps of which
longer eaten and in their stead come in
ferior shrimps from Denmark. If any
thing comes from Norway, YOU. true
Swedish patriot will have none of It,.
The tension in military and naval cir
cles is, of course, still greater: The other
dav Junior officer Of the Norwegian
general staff was mountaineering about
Trossnas, an important Swedish point
near the north shore of Lake Vanern,
where in great military camp con-
script soldiers are being trained. The
officers explanations were received
of his withdrawal across the border was
pointed out. This incident caused
great sensation here In Stockholm,
where the newspapers issued special
window bulletins around which curious
crowds gathered.
Shows the State Of Feeling.
There has been much discussion, too,
about Royal Equerry Rye, who as mill
tary consultant to the Norwegian gem
eral staff, has been in effect a military
attache at the Norwegian ministry here.
Norway has maintained here what
amounts to legation, but what is called
gian State Council" Rye drew atten.
ton to himself recently by denying that
any one of the staff attached to this
bureau had left Stockholm, save the
Norwegian minister Of state for Sweden,
who withdrew after the act of June Z,
country would ask for his passports.
The Stockholm papers Immediately be-
gan to discuss how much Rye had been
permitted to know Of Swedish military
secrets and some Of them declared be
had been on the inside all the time and
even since the revolution" had not
been denied access to the offices of the
Swedish general staff This caused 80
much discussion that the Swedish Tele-
graph Bureau-which corresponds to our
own Associated Press as newsgather-
ing agency-secured formal statement
from the war department asserting that
Rye had never been permitted to share
that since the act of June Z he had been
entirely cut off from all information.
As q result Of this Juror Mr.. Rye left
Stockholm.
Not Surprise.
Today the newspapers give much
space to the report from Norway that
. movements looking toward the mobili-
cation of the army and navy are under
way. The editors do not give much
credit to the reports but print them
and let their readers draw their own
oopol,1eionc r. ic wall ,1n6arctOo in
Stockholm, however, that the Nor
wegiar program in all it's essential de.
tails was decided on long ago and that
every step so far has been taken in &C.
cordance with this program. One OF
the principal editors Of the Dagens
Nyheter DAILY News) leading morn
ing paper Of liberal tendencies, which
solution Of the crisis, told me today
that he knew exactly what Norway in
tended to do last Easter. Indeed, thu
program was printed in certain Ameri
can papers in the early spring. Nat
urally, as Sweden was well Informed
of what was coming, the government
has also made its plans and it is m
secret that they involve a peaceful
severance of the union. The ministG,
would like mandate from the riksdaI
permitting it to settle the matter witt
Norway as it thinks best. 1T recogniz
es, however, that the riksdag may pre-
fer to control the negotiations and ha
no objection to such a plan, providing
that pacific course is mapped out.
The Fate of Two Kingdoms.
The question Of the moment, there
fore, is whether the government ca
muster majority in both houses Of tn
riksdag in support of its program. |
it were a party question, there woul
be no doubt of the result. But as tn
fate of two Kingdoms hangs in the ba
ance, and as the present riksdag, nov
about to expire by limitation, was NO
elected on the present issue, party line
are not much observed and a new alig1
ment is being made. Thus the .outcom
seems extremely dubious-unless, il
deed, the stress of the emergency force
In the lower house the government
strong. and I am told on high authorit,
may count on 100 supporters out Of til
total Of $50, while in the upper hous
the shoe is on the other foot. The col
servatives are there in control and the
coercion of Norway by force. It is est
mated that the government has but
supporters out of the $50. If these est
mates are approximately accurate, it
evident that on joint ballot the govern
ment would lack some 10 or Is Of a bar
majority. 1t, is held, however, that 6
the question is not an economic on
there can be no joint vote, and tia
each house must make it's own decision
Evidently, therefore, there must be col
cession on one or the other SIDE or pc
sibly both, If deadlock is to /
averted.
The Joint Committee
Tt was for this reason that the ma
ter was referred to the joint committe
which is now considering it. The hoI
of the government Is that this con
mittee will be able to propose some con
promise acceptable to both house
While it is at work. the sessions Of tt
riksdag will probably be only perfun
tory. The following is the persona
of the committee:
From the upper house Lundber
chairman; Cavalli, Professor Bomber
Baron Akerhielm, Bishop Billing, Cou1
Wachtmeister, E. Peterson, Save, Wal
den, Baron Palmstierna Afzelius an
Hugo Tamm. Of these Walden, Afz
Illus and Tamm are liberals
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