The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-28
"NE DESIRE PEACE BUT
NOT At ANY PRICE, !" SAYS
PROF. SAERvE AMID CHEERS
Ministry etoutiy Defends Its Attitude
BY Saying Norway"s Rebelilous
Course Cannot Be Changed BY
a Declaration of War at
the Present Time.

houses Of the riksdag today elected ex-
traordinary committees to which were
referred the government bill looking to
a settlement with Norway The senate
committee consists of nine anti-govern-
ment and three pro-government members.
and the house committee of five pro-gov-
ernment, FIVE anti-government and two
Independent members
The debates on the remission of the bill
brought out fiery speeches in which the
action of the Norwegian startling was
condemned and the Swedish cabinet se-
verely criticised.
The tenor of the speeches throughout
the debates in both houses leaves the
impression that the majority of the speak
ers were of the opinion that a peaceful
solution of the difficulty was extremely
improbable
In the senate Judge C. A. Berg, who
Initiated the debate. said;
I'VE must not use force to sustain the
union, which is valueless to US under ex-
isting conditions. but the diksdag does
not recognize the Illegal and revolutionary
breach of the union and does not recog-
nize Norway as a sovereign state. Swed-
EMS representatives must consider Sven
I'll SetAbl9 duO Ills Idi OiAi9 bS ociAS
through a cabinet holding the full conf
dence of the riksdag."
Receives Blow in Face.
Herr Hammarskjold said Sweden had
received blow In the face which had
awakened the people from their lethargy
and they demanded different action from
that taken by the cabinet. The people
were disappointed at the cabinets wayer-
ing proposals.
1t was unworthy of Sweden to commence
negotiations with revolutionists and par
lament and the cabinet should propose
conditions which Swenden would accept,
telling Norway as she had broken away
from the union, Sweden would be willing
to separate, but that Norway must agree
to Swedens conditions If Norway did
not accept then Sweden should enforce
her conditions by war. The speaker said
he preferred war to the sacrifice of Swed-
ems honor, and of Sweden was not pre-
pared to enforce her conditions, then she
deserved the contempt of all Europe
Pastor Waldenstrom, speaking in the
house said that in Norwegian schools in
recent years the children had been tuaght
to hate Sweden, and continued:
Deadly Insult to Sweden.
II am against war, but 1t may have
to come as a last resort. Norways ac-
ton amounts to revolution and should be
treated accordingly as a deadly insult to
Sweden. The governments proposition
opens up the probability of war Its
weakness lies in the fact that Norway
having broken the union, is liable to
break treaties
Baron Kinnedy speaking in the senate
said:
..If the Kings message expresses his
oninion he has lost two crowns instead
of one"
This remark was greeted with great
cheering by the anti-government mem
bers.
Baron Kennedy said he repudiated the
idea of a conference with the rebellious
storthing Sweden must enforce her con-
ditons and put behind the king all the
resources OF the country in order to
protect Sweden's honor-by war II nee
ossary. The Baron said that every man in
Sweden was ready to give his life to
protect the honor and glory of the coun-
try.
Judge Kronlund attacked the speech of
Baron Kennedy, and said that the utter
ances were reasonable. He expressed his
sorrow that a small nation like Nor
way had so little forethought and urged
the selection of a cabinet whicn would
promptly and sensibly adjust the mat
ter in the interest of the whole Seam
dinavian peninsula.
Could Not Yield to War clamor.
Minister of Justice Bergen in the house
defended the cabinet and SAID that
Sweden did not wish to force Norway
unwilliugly into a union. Such action
would mean a succession of rebellions,
which Sweden would have to suppress.
II would be useless. he said, to submit the
question to the Norwegian people. who
moro than ever were determined to break
owav from the union. If Sweden had at
erst laid conditions and Norway refused
70 accent them there would have been
M recourse for Sweden but that of war.
Tbe minister defended the action of the
government and said 1t would have been
Seeble indeed. If they had yielded to
tha ,,on,,Iar clamor for war In some quar-
ters.
professor Saerve, IN the senate, said
that the royal physician was greatly dis
annointing, "On June 27.' said he, the
Norwegian frontier ought to have been
t,ockaded and the army and navy mobil-
zed Sweden should not allow little Nor
wav to dictate We desire peace, but not
AT any price. The negotiations should be
accompanied by military preparations,
thus showing Norway and the world that
Sweden was in earnest"
Premier Ramstedt then spoke. He said:
Conquered Norway Is Dangerous.
after June 7, Sweden had two alterna-
tives-One that Of force, and the other
10 reluctantly accept dissolution. Nobody
openly advocated force but some persons
advocated a procedure which would ulti-
would be to compel Norway to retrace Its