Morris tribune., 1905-12-23
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
NOBEL PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Four of Then Are Announced by
King Oscar-Each One Car
ries Sum of $4,000.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

| AWARDED rev Gays ago Dy hlHS Us
car at the Academy of Music in the
| presence of the diplomatic corps and
a brilliant audience consisting of some
OF Sweden's most educated men. The
| prize for physics was awarded Phil
lip Leonard, professor at the Uni
versity of Kiel, Germany; the prize
for chemistry to .Adoiph Won Boyer,
| professor of the University of Mum
chen; the prize for medicine was
awarded Professor Robert Koch, of
Berlin, and the prize for literature
went to Henryk Sienkiewitz, the Rus
sian author. Each prize amounts to
$4,000. Professor Koch and Henryk
Sienkiewitz were present in person.
Says the Chicago Tribune in part in
an editorial Dec Is regarding these
appointments: 1.-THE bodies which
make the awards, four of them Swed-
ish. and the other the Norwegian par
lament, have departed from the
terms of the will in three respects :
They pay no attention to the year in
which the achievement takes place for
which the prize is given, they do not
confine the literature prize to ideal
istic literature, and they award prizes
to societies as well as to individuals.
With this broadening of the field it
is all the more remarkable that no
American has been named. 1t ap-
pears likely on comparing the list of
names of winners with the American
names that naturally occur to one in
this connection that the difficulty lies
with the American nominators. 1t
must be understood that no person
may nominate himself, and no NOM
nations from the general public are
received. In the case of the scientific
by certain authorized men of promf
hence, in the case of literature both
individuals and societies have been in
trusted with the duty of presenting
names, and in the consideration of
names of promoters of peace the nom
ination must be made by legislative
body. There is a clear duty before
some American legislative, literary or
scientific body. Whatever reason there
may be to accept lower rank in
science or literature, it cannot be adj
mitted that a citizen of any other coun-
try has done more for the worlds
peace during the last year than the
president of the United States. 1t
would be cupable negligence if,
through failure of American associa-
lions to present President Roosevelt's
name to the Norwegian parliament be-
fore Feb. I, another should pass with
out an American name upon the roll
of honor. If the failure to present
names in science and literature re-
suits in personal disappointment the
possible candidates may themselves be
partly to blame for not reminding the
nominators of their duties, but in this
case it would be national mistake to
let the prize go by default"
At the annual dinner given in honor
of the army and navy by King Oscar
Nov. II, the aged monarch delivered
the following brief address: eft is sell
dom one sees such a gathering of dis
mon in stocl.bolm as IN
+bo ,rosan+ occasion OWING n NV
= 80 = s. narha,,s +bo los+ fine +ba+
oon 500 n,rs,a1f surrounded NV +ba
90, o.a,s and oesoars If orr Swodisb
5 49, and 49, WHOM + +barafo,o
,,i so ~ uo;oa ;+is n.t,,rollv MT -
,,;d vo,, faro,ro,t orooti,g onoo
nooro ro,.,,, = 10 - oxnross NV boar+,e
oor, +;+udo 70 +bo swedisb army for tho
Iova1tu w,,iob = bss .lroys shor,-n
Nc and br;na +b;s orootina olso -
,o,,,. COW dos, and oar,,v r,itb 'ro, a1so
fbis .dn,ani+;an. ..ca,.rr yo,,,. hannars
high. Defend them with old fine
COURAGE Re eyer steadfast
in your dries toward tba government
and it's laws Love your country its
freedom and its glorious history.
Then shall the Swedish army in times
to come deserve the honor, which it
has maintained SO nobly during the
years that have passed. / raise my
glass in honor of the Swedish army
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