Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-15

ministerial crisis in Norway. This will
involve the retirement of Professor
Hagerup, prime minister and minister
of justice and his three fellow minis
tiers who oppose the aggressive anti
Swedish policy. Fridtjof hansen, the
well known Arctic explorer, who late
ly has entered actively into politics.
is regarded by the extremists as
most popular candidate for the
premiership.
August Strindberg. the eminent
Swedish novelist and dramatist. has
written an interesting article anent the
present difficulties between Sweden
and Norway, which is in part, as fol-
lows: MY opinion is that Norway
should have her own consulates and
Sweden hers. Two nations who pos
sess such different natures. customs
and tempera ments cannot abroad be
represented by mutual consuls: two ma
tons which for for ten years armed
themselves against each other and
threatened war, should be loyal enc
mics, but not false friends; where such
antipathy exists / for one urge separa-
ton, but such should be based on in
telligence, and we should be prepared
to say to each other: please, let us
separated If you want to turn to the
left, l will turn to the right. Let not
any differences exist between you and
me, between your flock and my flock,
for we are kindred Brother king
doms are we and between brothers
there seldom exists any sympathy, but
when it comes to the point they will
stick together. Brother Kingdoms are
we, just as old, perhaps twins. Free
dom we both love; therefore one
should not rule the other, for then
enmity is near at hand. But in the
'unionen,' which by right should make
us equal, the one brother is in some
respect master over the other and
there exists Partially. 1t is not
equality when Norway is ruled like an
annex congregation per telephone from
Stockholm; it is not equality when
Norwegian statesmen cannot remain at
home and work in unison with the
storthing representatives, but are
forced to live as ambassadors in for
eign land; it is not equality when Nor
ways foreign minister is always
Swede, who for the present at least
cannot be said to be peacefully in
clined: it is not equality when the Nor
"a dino dol hapa tinnS
must leave their fate in the hands Of
the Swedish riksdag This is a Swedish
intermixture into the affairs Of the
brother kingdoms and the Swedish ma
ton would never be so polite as to
leave it's future veal or woe in the
hands Of the Norwegian storthing.
Yes, let us part! SO dissolve the union.
For the welfare of Norway and for
the welfare of Sweden! For we mere
iy waste our energies on an unsOlved
problem. we neglect our own interests
for worthless squabble. Let us not
be afraid of the Russian! That poor
fellow has just now got several things
to occupy his mind and If he threatens,
we can both, as brother nations and
as allies, protect ourselves better and
more honorably than as false friends
who say Yes we love this land and
buy cannon and guns to use against
each other" The aforesaid reflections
on the present crisis between the two
countries has been quoted freely in
both Norwegian and Swedish papers
and in nearly every instance it has
been voiced that Mr.. Strindberg, in the
main at least, "hits the nail on its
head"
Recent dispatches from Denmark
tell of remarkable experiments, carried
on i'm the sound between Denmark and
Sweden, for the purpose of testing the
seaworthiness of vessel built accord
ing to the dimensions of Noah's ark,
as given in Gen-vi-15. According TO
the Copenhagen Dannebrog: Naval
Architect Yogi, who has experimental
for a long time with the dimensions
of Noah's ark, as given in the Bible,
has recently completed model of that
ancient craft. 1t measures 30 feet in
length by feet in width by feet in
height, the actual measurements OF the
ark of Noah being 3O0x50x30. The
model is built In the shape Of an old