Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
Norway and Sweden
Agree
Terms Settled on but Are
Kept Secret
Delegates Say Conditions OF separa-
tion viii Be M ade Known In About
Week-AlI Questions Satis-
factorIy Closed
BY Associated Press.

KARLSTAD, Sept. 23.-After pro-
tracted sessions extending over some
weeks, the Norwegian and Swedish
delegates who met here to settle the
terms of separation of the two coun-
tries, early this evening arrived at an
agreement on all points. The terms
were not made public.
In anticipation of an agreement large
crowds assembled around the building
in which the meetings had been held
to witness the departure of the dele
gates. The Norwegians emerged i'm
mediately upon the conclusion of the
sessions and were Oil their way to
Christiania a few minutes after the an
nouncement was made of the outcome
of the negotiations. The Swedish dele
gates remained within for some time,
but when they did show themselves
they received an ovation and were es-
corted to their hotel by the crowd
them. They left at midnight for Stock
holm.
The delegates refused to discuss the
terms of agreement. simply saying that
they would be given out early next
week.
An agreement had been anticipated
for some days, as both sides had been
adopting conciliatory attitudes.
The negotiations which are now con-
cluded were preliminary in their ma
ture. On one side the delegates We're
four Swedish ministers, who at the
time of the rigsdag decision were lead
ing members of the committee which
framed the Swedish conditions to as
sent of dissolution. On the other side
were delegates who led Norway in it's
revolution of July I, but who were not
guided by any decision of the Storth-
ing. On the contrary, their every act
was looked upon with suspicion by men
more radical.
Opposed Sweden's Conditions
When Sweden's conditions were made
known many voices in Norway were
raised against accceding to them.
Premier Nicholson of Norway was
more conservative, and seeing the con-
sequences to Norway of a breach with
Sweden, was willing to enter into an
agreement so long as it was honorable
to Norway and preserved as much as
possible of her national pride.
NJ Berner, president of the Nor
wegian Storthing, and M. Loveland, the
Norwegian foreign minister, were per-
Iar xNiI1iDcr tbpU fo11OWa1
Premier Nicholson.
The purpose of the Swedish delegates
was to make an agreement preserving
the good feeling between the two peo-
Piles. From this view point, of course.
Sweden was compelled to insist upon
the demolition of the frontier fortifica-
tions which Norway. Notwithstanding
the close connections of the two coun-
tries, had erected against Swedens en-
tirely unfortified frontier.
The first purpose of the Swedish dele
gates was to hurt as little as possible
Swedish delegates throughout the pro-
ceedings have tried to find a way in
which the fortress located farthest from
the frontier could be made less threat
ening, while the others, they contended,
should be demolished. 1t is believed
this point was successfully carried. The
Swedish delegates were also anxious to
preserve free and untrammeled the in
tercourse between the two countries,
and they also proposed that certain
agreements be made regarding transit
and waterways, which were equal in
benefit to both and which would pre-
vent one country from interfering with
the other. 1t is believed that these mat
ters were also settled to the satisfac-
ton of both countries.
Finally Sweden did not consider that
she could leave unprotected the in
terests of the poor nomadic Laplanders
who for their very existence depend
upon the use of the pastures of both
countries at different seasons for their
reindeer. The Norwegians held out
against the granting of this right which
had been established for centuries; but
it is believed they at last gave in.