Morris tribune., 1905-03-25
the appointment of the new Norwegian


liberals and two moderates. All mem
bers of the cabinet are agreed on
prosecuting Norway's plan to appoint
it's own consuls and to carry the meas
ure through not later than April !,
1906. Should King Oscar not sanction
the new bill, crisis would ensue. The
cabinet, however, will use every en-
deavor to obtain the royal approval of
the new measure. Nansen, the arctic
explorer at a meeting held in Christi
ania the othefA night, expressed the
common feeling that there is only one
party in the country-thats of Norway.
He was asked to enter the ministry,
but is excluded by reason Of not being
a member of. the state church. He
promised his services in all other di-
rections. The new ..premier, F; g..
Nicholson, outlined the governments
program n:the storthing March ,15.
Relative to Sweden and Norway's con-
splar system he said, the new cabi-
net was formed to establish the conl
stttutionaI right Of Norway to .sepa-
rate consular service and to preserve
Norway's sovereignty ass free and in,
dependent kingdom. 1--WE know" he
said, that we have on our side a
united storthing and a united people.
The people of NerwdF have no5greater
desire than to live peacefully and on
good terms with everybody, more es-
.pecially with their: Swedish neighbors,
50. that they can devote their whole
strength. to the development Of the
material resources of the country. T
am firmly convinced that the united
and unbending will our@people will.
accomplish the much desired result. ."
The warning, which Regent .Gustaf
sent to the Norwegian st0rthilig about
two, weeks ago. in. which he cautioned
it's members te.::'take no action which
will be likely to cause a rupture be-
tween the two countries" and to.
measure the consequences. carefully.
has. been ignored by the. ,storthings
committee of nineteen. which on Tues
day. March {. decided on the. establish
meft Of separates consular service for
Norway before April 1, 1906. This
can be done by the; storthing .. by
passing the measure three times, the
king, having no veto. powei% over a.
measure thus passed This action and
the announcement that C.,.Michelsen, a
leader Of the Norwegian extremists,
has Beef1}appointed Norwegian premier
seems. from a general 81, eWea stand =
point to bring Norway a.step nearer
a breaking AWAY. from the Y union MOI ex-
.ffsatssng .bestsweeas the aashstries. The
al titlideso ssegent in
d fcates that sgi 81 81 agree to
plsf # .gsshsI ef Norway. He
has tHSen s.lasnt out ito the
Nor.Wsagilff sf s5 eaf}fi that Tile two
countries will Be. greatly weak ened-if
the union, .Iaadisassvsf and VII is be. ).
lieved he Will g5 sSo4War to Keep Nor
way in the confederation. Afaeast SO
come the repsns
|. The news Of Russian rssarses in
apsRRiiyria sapd tszoaea has NATURALLY
ssn Sscei veg and temth sSsisgd upon
WIN sa gfeBf isal-sof pterestsi in all
three rSsfi es. 5ssBnssia Sweden and
Nerwa VA itSSpnai foe; need no long
er years the, brother
kingdoms, which now and then seem
ON the verge. OF war between ole
another but never so to /. WARY have
fsareds' l. KassiasHa.'ssll nnyHsi6R assIit has
long. been. appa rent that the Muscowite
has. been looking lf,asf IN ice. free har-
bor:s.with the .,breezes ,asweeping west
ward fn> fact So pronounced has Rus ;
sfa's intentions seemed. in this direc-
ton chat even the 1fdost conservative.
scandina yians regarded such a move
as merely; a matter Of time: But tie
marvellous JAPANESE successes have
put AN end to. all such saapprehensions
and it is evident that Russia must at I
least abandon her efforts of expansion
in a westerly directions, fer years to
come: Naturally, Of course, Scandi-
navia's sympathies are almost wholly
in favor of the japanese
Swedish newspapers which have re-
Gently reached the United States il
Illustrated the work of Russian censors.
One has reached Chicago and has
caused some newspaper comment,
which is, to say the least, interesting,
The copy in question was mailed from
Finland to Mr.. Herman Johnson, of
North Park college, Chicago The
paper originally sent from Sweden to
Finland, was re-edited by the censor
before delivery in that country All
of the front page, which probably con-
tanned news concerning the cars
doninions, was blotted out, as were
several telegraph dispatches on the
succeeding pages. Only local news
was left. The college professor of
Helsingsfors who sent the sheet ex-
pressed a willingness to pay almost
any price for an American newspaper,
which could give him any idea of what |
was taking place in the world. 1T is
like living in bag, this Finland he
writes. The sheet received was the
wort Land" bearing date of Feb. 1.
Colonel G. III. Smith. the wealthy |
Minneapolis lumberman, has recently |
donated $4,000 to the English Lurh
eran church in Camden Place, sub |
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