Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-06
NORWEGIAN SITUATION

NORWEGIAN SITUATION
Golfers Weekly gives the following
historical account of the trouble which
led to the dethronement of King Oscar:
"The main reason why King Oscar
was dethroned is that he represented
aristocratic Sweden against democrat
ic Norway, and therefore was unable
to carry out the thoughts OF freedom,
equality and sovereignty which are ex-
pressed in the constitution of Norway.
4.When Sweden, in 1913, became asso-
ciated with the enemies of Napoleon the
Holy Alliance promised that Sweden
as a reward for its efforts should be
compensated with Norway as prov
ince. Norway was then under Den
mark. The associated powers forced
the Danish king, Fredrik vi, at the
peace conference at Kiel, January IA,
1914. to give up Norway to Sweden.
..But the Norwegians would not con-
sent to be given over to another nation.
Above all. a union with Sweden was
hated as were the Swedes themselves.
"The Norwegians declared themsel-
YES independent by the constitution OF
Nav II, 1914, at Eidsvold, and select
ed as their king Crown Prince Christ
ian Fredrik of Denmark, who at that
time was Governor Of Norway. The
constitution discarded all hereditary
rank except in the case of the king.
"This declaration of independence
resulted in a war with Sweden, but as
King Charles John of Sweden was
not capable of taking Norway, he
opened secret negotiations with the
weak Christian Fredrik, promising to
acknowledge the constitution Of Nor
way if Norway would unite with Swe-
den. This led to the convention OF
Moss, August IA, 1914, which temper
ari1y ended the war. King Christian
Fredrik then promised to call an extra
Stor thing, which met in Christiania,
October 7 of the same year. On that
day Christian Fredrik placed his
crown in the hands of the people, and
gave up all future rights to Norway en-
his own and his heirs account, and at
once departed for Denmark, whose
Crown Prince he then was. His action
can be explained only by fear and
weakness. The Nor wegian people, thus
betrayed, were compelled to carry on
their own course and negotiated furth-
err with the Swedish king, and on the
4th of November, 1914, he acknowled-
ed the constitution of Norway and was
elected king of that country. Norway
and Sweden were thus united under
one king.
''But the leading Swedes could ssever
forget the treaty of Kiel, by which
Norway was granted to them. During
the ninety-one years in which the
union has existed, the Swedish artistic
cracy has always resisted the efforts
of democratic Norway to live up to It's
free constitution.
''This is the cause of the political
friction between Norway andSweden. -
Norway has felt keenly the disgrace
of being bartered away and as she has
grown in economic strength and attain
ed higher culture, the old Viking blood
has been reused to stern action. Ever
since Sweden took Norway under her
sovereignty, she has used all means to
blot out the name of Norway as an in
dependent country, and give the pow.
ers of the world the impression that
Norway was entirely dependent on
and subservient 10 her supremacy.
Affairs came to crisis in 1904. Bos-
from became Prime Minister of Swed-
en- and attempted to wipe out the last
vestige of Norway's power by en-
forcing upon the consular service the
following rules:
l. The Swedish Minister of Foreign
Affairs shall be heard before the APP.
pointment of any person whom the
Norwegian Government may recom-
mend as consul.
2. In the diplomas of the Norwegian
consuls the name of Norway shall al
ways be placed after the name OF
Sweden.
5. The Norwegian Consular Board
shall not give consul any order