Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-11-15

Principal Events That Have oc
CURED In the Old Countries
Within q Week or 30.

~ The Kristiania Aftenposten says
goodby to King Oscar in a touching
editorial Of which the following is an
extract: History shall give the last
king on the Norwegian throne the just
testimony that he was good and no.
BILE ruler, but that he, under dinfcult
conditions which he could not con-.
troll, was thrown out Of contact with
his people. y. Therefore the storthing.
in its communication of June Z, could
express as it's Arm hope that what had
happened would turn out to be a ben
eft to. all, even to King Oscar, for
whose person the Norwegian people
will retain its respect and affection
undiminished. We know that In many
respects he has been a mediating and
conciliatory power who. has, given up
much which must have been dear to
him, in order to avoid great disasters.
BY strong personal resignation King
Oscar has often negotiated great his
torical transitions, and he has often
found ways and means where other
wise all avenues might have been
of our day has the solid academical
education of King Oscar. His esthetic
and sensitive temper, his clear view
Of human woe and misery, his loving
eye for everything that is sick and
wounded, will always be remembered
by the generation that lived under
his scepter. Wherever his stately, gil
gantic majesty came he won the hearts
| Of the people. His straightforward
manners, his interest in the welfare of
the people, his splendid representative
qualities are imprinted upon our
minds. For years to come the Norwe-
gians will tell their children and grand
children during the long winter even
ings about the aniable ways and
beautiful words of the last union king;
| for he won everybody, even those who
formerly had been his opponents. His
eloquence was of the unusual kind.
In few and simple words, by clear and
striking images, he, pictured situa-
| ton or characterized certain view
of lie. His love for nature, for the
laughing inland idyl, for the ocean,
| which he loves above everything,
| colored his words and gave them
splendor and grandeur. Hel is recog-
| nized as the great charlner among the
kings. King Oscar has always been
! very conscientious, and he has lofty
| conceptions Of his duties. He has al
| ways had an urflinching belief in his
high calling and in the inviolability of
| his majesty. We know that when the
| Gordian knot of the union was cut
the 7th of June, it was King Oscar
| that suffered the most. But this is
the way of politics. A nations hap
| piness proceeds over many bursted il
lusions and many deep wounds. And
all other considerations must yield be-
fore the independence and honor of the
fatherland. This is our duty to the
past and the present. King Oscar was
standing "between the bark and the
tree'-he had to choose what was
nearest to his heart. But We know
that King Oscar will never be able
to forget Norway, and Norway will
never forget him.
"A private telegram from Moscow to
a Stockholm paper says that the Mos
COW press intends to make energetic
efforts to prevent a renewal Of the
treaty between England, France and
the Scandinavian union. 1t is sup
posed that the treaty will be void on
account of the dissolution of the un-
ion. 1t is also stated that Russia
would find a coaling station in Nor
wegian waters to be very handy by
the time Russia has built up a new
navy. The present condition of Rus
STA, however, indicates that the Mos
COW press will have plenty to do rign:
at home for some time to come.