Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24
NORWAY, UNDER WHICH KING?

| that of Norway. and when proclaimed by
solemn voice that said God protects the
conntry.. the people cried Yes: yes.''
From Budapest another union in distress
sent Its sympathetic congratulations
through the intermediary of Francois Kos
suth. chief of the national Hungarian
party. The analogy of ill-assorted union
was invoked In the case of the Austro-
Hungarian union, In which the most popu-
| lous country had signally failed to i'm
pose Its viii upon the other.
The Hamburger Nachtrichten. in the COM
mencement of the incident of June 10, said :;
Norway has not hesitated to break the
union because her army Is ready for any
eyentuality. which is not true of Sweden,
where no such thing was dreamed OF as
violent separation. Norway has fortified
| which should be considered as a war treas
ure."
From recent enumeration of the re-
spective forces of Sweden and Norway 1T
| results that the armies ot the
WAutaIy two states Notwithstanding
Strength. that the population of Swe-
den is about double that of
Norway. are almost equal. a difference only
of few thousand men and horses and
cannon In favor of Sweden. In other words,
| Norway is prepared for war and Sweden
is not. This explains the situation. King
Oscar and the rigsdag at first were hostile
| and then pacific.
| The rigsdag finally yielded to Norway's
manifestly premedftated coup detat ana
submitted only certain conditions which
would be discussed in conference at Karl
stad. The arbiters of the tribunal for Swe-
den were: M. Lundeburg, president Of the
| council: Count Wachtmeister. minister for
4 foreign affairs; Ministers Hammarskiod
and STAFF; for Norway: M. Nicholson.
| president of the council: NJ. Loadland. min
| lister for foreign affairs: NJ. Bernier. presi-
dent of the storthing. and former Minister
Vogt.
| The chief conditions were the demolition
| of fortresses. the establishment of a neu-
| trail zone OF forty kilometers between the
| two kingdoms and treaty of arbitration.
| Norway opposed the first and second be-
cause Christiana would thus be at the
| mercy of any sudden attack. while Stock
| holm would not be compromised because
| 450 miles distant from Norway
Sweden replied. not without reason, that
\ the forts to be demolished were new, had
been established recently and with the d.
rect purpose of hostility and while Nor,
| way was preparing her coup d'etat, and
| consequently there could be no reason of
maintaining them after treaty of alliance
should fix the future amical relations of the
| two countries"
The rejoinder on the part of Sweden Is
| severe arraignment of her quondam COM
panion, a veritable coup de Iarnac" whom
the student Of history will recall killed In
Vivonne Seig de la Chataigneraie. the fav-
orite of Henry II.
-
| Sweden's great poet Vernier de Heiden-
STAN and Bjoernsterne-B joernsen are Init
mate friends and have ex-
"a Sweo1sn changed letters with the
| Sentiment. purpose of keeping peace
/ between the two countries
The former writes:
81 am of those who in this question Of
| the dissolution of the union. have seen the
necessity and am firmly resolved with all
my strength to oppose an unjust and USE
less war. In general partake of the SEN
tlments OF constitutional England in this
| crisis. / do not think that there Is any
| other alternative for Sweden than to sup
| port the candidacy of Bernadotte. Al
though today the GROWING of a King of
Norway may have the effect of an old cock
| placed on new steepie. when it would be
tier to put there another symbol II 1t
Is desired that 1t last long time. . /. . Z.
IF Norway wishes to force Scandinavia
to arm itself, oblfge Sweden to become a
military state, she has two infallible means:
construct on her frontiers line of fortif-
cations and place on her throne prince of
Denmark. The only reply shouil be: No
defense between Sweden and Norway. no
armed conflict between the two Kingdoms"
NJ. Frederic Passy, the venerable and en-
ergetic pacifiste, has appealed to Sweden
and Norway to adjust their differences by
cancellation. He terminates his interesting
letter thus:
1.-THE world groans under the weight of
crushing ornaments; peoples tremble at the
sight of those fortresses which along all
frontiers are manifest menaces of mas
sacres and ruin. But no one dares to be-
come an example of partial disarmament:
does not dare to risk the Initiative And
thus. from the fact of a long friendship in
separating neither Sweden nor Norway wish
TO forget; two peoples who are placed in
position to obtain their Independence and
to cause to be accepted the principle of
peace without recourse to violence. and who
at the same time. by mutual consent. may
cause to disappear the menace Of cannon
and battles. And yet they miss the occa-
sion to give to the rest of the world the
benefits of that great lesson!
1T is possible for Sweden and Norway
realizing the idea of Nobel who had ac-
corded to Norway the attribution of one of
his prizes, in order to maintain. said he.
good relations between her and Sweden; to
show how, without having recourse to ar
bitrage of others, they might solve the
gravest questions and found peace on JUS
tfee and liberty.
ut Is possible for Them after having
been the first to officially encourage insti-
tuttGns of pacific propaganda. to be still the
first to place the Ratchet at the foot Of the
tree, but the spade at the foot of monu-
ments of hate and discord. And they let
pass such an occasion to take. hand in
hand. the first place among nations as con-
SENATORS OF order and universal well being.
Peoples, pariiaments and governments of
the two Scandinavian nations permit one
who was the first to be honored by the en-
viable distinction due to the generosity of
a Swede and accorded by Norwegians, to
believe it impossible that you can refuse to
add this merit and this glory to those
which won for you the consideration you
enjoy
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