Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
Gossip From
$cal1idi via.
Principal Events That Have oc-
cured in the Old Countries
Within q Week or So.


An attempt ought to be made in
these columns to give a clear account
Of the present friction between the
two nations on the Scandinavian
peninsula. For several years past the
Norwegians have been working very
energetically for the establishment of
| 4 separate consular service for Nor
way. At the decisive moment the
Swcdes demanded, among other
things, that .-lc Swedish minister OF
foreign affairs-Norway has nome
should have a right to suspend Nor
| wegian consuls. This demand aroused
the ire of the Norwcgians. and they
| seem to agree almost to a man that
they must have consuls of their own
at any cost. Meanwhile the prince
regent, obeying an almost unanimous
sentiment in Sweden, has suggested
that the whole union problem be sub
united to negotiations between the
two countries. But the NorWcgians
| answer: eve are willing to ncgo-
tiate after the establishment of a
|
this is. broadly speaking, where mat
1crs stand at this moment. What
| next? The Norwcgians assert that
they will pass Il law providing for
the establishment Of the desired serv-
ice, and it really looks as if they are
going to act accordingly. If they
pass such Il law the ruler will either
| sanction or refuse to sanction it. IL
| he sanctions it, Norway will have a
consular service of her own in about
| eleven months. If the ruler does not
| sanction the law, which would seem
then the Norwegian cabinet will re-
sign. and the Norwegians predict that
| no responsible Norwegian can be in
duced to serve in a new cabinet. This
| would seem to sever the connection
between the ruler and the Norwegian
nation. But the country must have
| Il government, ana a temporary one
is established, one of its chief func-
tons being the establishment of a
consular service. According to this
plan, too, Norway would have coll
sular service of her own in about
eleven months. But if the Norwe-
gians proceed to execute this plan,
what will Sweden do? Send an army
into Norway? That really seems to
be the only thing she can do in the
matter, for the Norwegians seem to
be violating no constitution, either
Svo1;ch ar Nnrxrorian tho o1n,;p;c
tration of the foreign offices of the
two countries being conducted by
Sweden according to practice as
old as the union, but not according
to any constitutional provision. 1t
must also be mentioned in this con-
nection that the ruler of Norway has
only a ''suspensive," not an "abso-
| lutte" veto, and that bill vetoed by
him may become law by being
passed unchanged by two successive
storthings. Finally. another pertinent
! question must be asked: Would the
foreign governments accept Norwe-
gian consuls appointed in such an
irregular manner. thereby offending
the Swedish people and the ruler of
Norway? Indeed, the Norwegians are
confronted with n very difficult and
very delicate task!
SWEDEN
! The railway employees OF Sweden are
holding meetings to protest against
certain bills before the riksdag. They
have also sent kilograms of sympathy
to the striking railway men in Italy:
The parsonage at Maglarp, near
Trelleborg, was destroyed by fire, only
the parochial archives being saved
Nine other buildings were also licked
up by the flames.
A train on government railway
started fire at twelve different places
while running distance of about
three English miles south of Hessle-
| holm.
Prof. Starc}z, president of the Orebro
school of technology, was the object
Of rare attention the other day. A
large portrait of his predecessor was
unveiled, and after Prot. Starck had
paid glowing tribute to the deceased,
the students proposed to draw his car
rage to his horse. The professor
modestly declined the honor. But the
students unhitched his horses and
trottcd away with their prcxy The
young men enjoyed the escapade, and
the professor himself did not look at
| all cross.
The twentieth anniversary of the
return of the Swedish frigate Vanadis
from voyage around the world was
celebrated by no less than 50 mem bers
Of the crew at Karlskrona.
Several Swedish missionaries in
Congo have succumbcd to climate fever.
The city council of Stockholm has
resolved to contract a loan of Sl3, $780,
600!
The capital stock of the Oranges
| berg and Oxelosund Traffic company
has been raised to a total of 50, 900. 600
and the total assets of the company
are about 1000, OO0 The earnings
for the year 1904 were s., 900, 600!
A conscript named Hultgren, at Wax
| holm, refused to serve in the army,
not even as = cook, because he was a
Free Baptist, and he was court:mar-
tailed to one months imprisonment.
The business men of Gothenburc are
| strongly in favor of constructing a
free harbor in that city. A private
company is being organized for doing
the work, and the subscriptions amount
! to $l50,00o. But the company will de
mand that the city government pro.
cure site at cost of 81 ,35e, 900. The
city council will no doubt hesitate to
spend such q vast sum of money on the