The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-01
now HEDIN SAYS
WAR IS UNLIKELY
Continued from First Page.


ancc from military standpoint, but
after all it's Importance is more sentl-
mental than practical. We shall ask
Norway to dismantle those little forts,
to be sure, but they are so small and
unimportant that if Norway wants to
keep them, we shall not 60 to war on
that account.
EDO you consider the dissolution of
''For Norway, yes. For Sweden, de-
cidedly no. Norway has, of course,
chosen moment when Russia is-what
you call in America-out and down, or
1 should rather say, down and out. But
Russia will rise again one day. She
will regain her power when the: night
man comes to the helm. Where is that
mana All, I cannot say.but surely
brain among those many millions, one
man who shall reconstruct the power Of
Russia Then let Norway look to her
Finmark! AS for our Sweden, she will
rest undisturbed, never fear.
Way Out Of Tangle. =.
"What then is the way out of the
present misunderstanding between the
partners in the old unionY'
"That is matter for the riksdag to
settle. Everything now depends on the
riksdag. AS for me, I believe it will
be August before settlement is
reached, but there will be settlement
with Norway, and definite one-rest
sure of that. The present ministrys
Oh, it is not a strong one-a mere
makeshift, for whose resignation every
one is clamoring. But it may last till
the elections, if the riksdag shall so de-
| eide. All depends on the riksdag, you
| see. We must wait for what it says.'
"When do you come to America, DIR.
Hedin9'
"Ah, that I cannot tell. T want very
much to come to your great country. OF
| which l have heard SO much. And L
have had some very aattering offers for
lectures on tour thereof from your en-
busy now at my quiet little villa, half
days ride out of Stockholm, gather
ing together for publication the scien,-
tifc results Of my last trip. I must get
that finished; and neither can | go away
} until the present unhappy crisis is re-
solved. So when I come to, America
alas, cannot now tell you.'
I assured DR.. Hedin that he would be
heard with great interest and enter
where in America, where his exploits
had aroused widespread interest.
And by the way, if you would pro
: nounce his name correctly, say Svayne
Hay-dean, with the accent on the last
syllable.
Gustaf for Peace.
The pacific attitude of Gustaf, thu
crown prince, has been the subject o:
much quiet comment in well Informed
circles here. This attitude is so at va
!: rance with the princes record tina
there has been much conjecture as t.
l whether he is really sincere or whethe
he talks against war with Norwa.
: merely to please the old king in his dc
T. Ginning years. Ten years ago, when Tn
= dual kingdoms were, on the verge % o
war, Gustaf was hand-in-glo with tn
: reactionary party and privy to all the1
Q plans of Capturing Christiania and re
: writing the act Of union according t.
J, Swedish ideas. Prince Gustaf is gen
orally credited with having made the re
mark that the Swedish. army and nav.
3 would make short work Of Norway;
y u That was only ten years ago, and
. Gustaf is a man Of middle age now
. his Hotspur talk cannot be ascrlbed t
l. the feverish blood of youth. So Their
= has been no little wonderment at kl IN
=. Oscars success in uniting his tamil
% under the peace banner.
An exclamation Of the phenomenon
being quietly given in circles usual
- we'll Informed that seems not merel
81 plausible but probable. This is to tn
n. effect that England has brought aool
N the princes conversion. England,
a. furnishing a princess for the bride
20 20 the crown prince 8 son, has suddenly a
+. ouired an immense prestige in Swede
It. The English language, already grown
1T in popularity, bids fair to become re-
w fad among the upper classes. 1t is q
le ready taught in the schools and
t. much used in business circles.
,s But England, for obvious reason
at wants no war in Scandinavia that Ia:
99larly the foxy kaiser Of Germany
opportunity to interfere. For CONNIE
cial and political reasons England
anxious for an early and permane,
he settlement Of the Scandinavian contr
n versy. It is now whispered that Wh'
If the crown prince was in London TO a
n tend the marriage OF his soH TO u
n daughter of Connaught, ne heafd son
al strong and not entirely dislnterest'
- advice on the subject. He was ma
% tn zee that war would be an egreglo
st. blunder.
re- The upshot of the matter was that
ut came hack to Stockholm strong a
IS yocate of peace-muct to the disgust
ng the lingo party Of Sweden.
II View of Jurist. .
One of the most eminent ara Pl
gressive iurists in Sweden, COUNSEL
20 6. %. Fahlcrantz, believes that SN
den is suffering from too much burea
cracy and too much reverence for FOL
olo instead of equity. Mr.. Fahlcrantz
ole well known in America, having rep
, o1o serted Sweden at the world s congre
of iurists held at st. Louis at the I'll
of the worlds fair. He made a spec
'nu at that time and was well received
net his colleagues of other nations. In M
neapolis, too, is he well known, being
olo personal friend Of former Govern
John Lind. ..
solo Mr. Fahlcrantz wakes eloquent VIII
0nre fairly launched on his favor
'u topic Of the Journalism Of Swedish
situations. He PAGES up and down
Office and delivers himself OF earn
diatribes against this CHARACTERISTIC
of Swedish institutions. Naturally ne S.
|ue in it the principal cause OF the tensi
M with Norway. The Bostrom mlnlst
Ike he explains, was dominated by fe
emineht iurists-men who have beco1
GER steeped In the Journalism OF SWed
list law procedure. The judges here, he
,ne clares. merely inquire in any case u
re- NAV be before them as to which pa
md has observed all the forms and IS tie
Use. nically in the right. The equity OF J
lit case, he asserts, IS question w
which Judges in Sweden never trou
i've themselves Forms, forms, forms-tl
ich is always their concern.
ng. And so when the negotiations W