The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Two members Of his cabinet, the min
lister of war and the foreign secretary,
resigned the next day Up to now the
real ground for this resignation is not
known. Some say that it was only
matter Of etiquette, the e prime me- minister 9ni
ton Of war beforehand to all the mem
bers of his cabinet.
For my own part, believe that the
matter has a deeper ground. Neither
Of these deserters is, in my opinion, to
be counted as a liberal: The minister
oeer but me ss1iR sy Is pot tty fsI1 n
different, and I think that the foreign
secretary has rather strong conservative
| leanings and that none Of them was pre-
pared to go. to the length that Mr..
Staaf intends and in which he has the
approval Of, the great majority of the
nation. ~
To find substitutes for these two
gentlemen ought not to be difficult, but
the king might, If he were 50 in
clined, make this split in the cabinet
pretence for forming a new govern
ment altogether It would then be
seen if conservative government could
keep itself long against a strong oppo-
sition in the second chamber; I think
not.
First Chamber Condemned.
| "
even in circles which cannot be called
liberal, is that the first chamber has
acted unwisely and popular feeling has
in many ways manifested itself in that
direction even before the bill was dis
ep m@e It Thus $50 some e weeks ago about
Upsula came to Stockholm and marched
thru the town to the government office,
where the prime minister, surrounded
by his cabinet, received them, listened
to their beautiful .ginging and their
speeches and himself made a great
political speech This demonstration
collected enormous crowds. - =. .s-.. ~
University Of Lund followed suit
Lund is in the, south Of Sweden and a
whole night 8 journey from Stockholm
But that didn Il matter Hundreds of
students chartered special train
Saturday night and arrived in Stock
holm Sunday morning, where, following
the example, Of their + brethren ah at the
the streets singing and greeted the
prime minister outside the government
office, where the usual speechmakine
took place If possible the crowds anc
the enthusiasm manifested were this
} time even larger than the week before
workmen Of Stockholm gathered II
their thousands at their usual meeting
place in the open air at the outskirts o,
} the town, and their leader, Mr., Brant
; ing, made a stirring speech which was
} greeted and interpolated with louc
cheers: All over the country meeting
: have taken place, and in ninety-nin
cases out Of q hundred the resolution
? passed have expressed. sympathy TO-
and adherence to the government fran
l. chise bill. -
Z But the first chamber neither see
nor hears. Perhaps their eyes an,
i, ears will be opened after new election
, having confirmed the will Of the people
but perhaps only stronger methods viii
z have this effect: Should not the frs
chamber give way next year I doub
I that anything short Of q general strik
J. will be able to bring It to it's senses
: It will be an unpleasant experience 70
9 everybody, but [ fear that it cannot b
avoided As, to I'd dissolution sSi of Pa pa,
I rests altogether with the king. TIL
9 next few days will show. what cours
2 the crown intends to follow; if it want
: to govern with the classes or with tn
8 masses. - F q