New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
OSCAR AND HIS MUSE.
Fmg LitercsY JeaEowsies Haze Cost
Hin the Grocer OF Nor5Oag.


-. -,.ls-s should possess more than averar-a
,,f rf general information Is OF obvious ad-
.-e % ere peoplS WiOss des.inIes are fntrlIste,i
! .ae.r care. anc inasmneh II pertains 10 tbs
.s.s of kings ane eEnperO-s 20 encourage the
-ieiy arts and sciences it IS manffesUy necessary
- n order - exercise this patronage infpllf-
- .hey slioa6 know something about the
ts,,s muses.. Between this. however. and enter
i, ,he lists as authors, painters. dramatisfs
,,.nrs etc in rivalry with other artists ana
a.rs there is a great difference II is another
,.,,sr altogether. and frequently leads to con-
,s-rable embarrassment The Queen OF Rumania
- certainly not contributed to the prestige and
-.,rtf Of her husbands throne by her efFusions
= poet and q playwright. and King Oscar has
rsreral occasions involved the ministers Of his
,-oun n annoying difhcuties by laying himself
-, n charges Of literary jealousy
sust at TIE present moment the good people OF
ers5en are greatly wrought up over a war which
.,s broken out between their king and the Ma
.s,-sl Academy Of Sweden-the Scandinavian conn
,--arf Of the Academy Of France AZ Paris
-@e-eas tire latter numbers forty meubers thar
!, Sweden is restricted % eighteen and the COM
,stioa therefore. when seat becomes vacant is
-ry great
No, long ago Professor Hendrix Sehuk of tba
7,!-srsity ot Cpsal was elected BY an overwheIrn
- majority, IL fact. almost unanimously. 10 the
-. left vacant by the death OF Professor Lung
r-sa BIT King Oscar promptly vetoed the cleo
&c, tle exercise OF this power. which the SOW
s.siss undoubtedly possesses. being without prece-
s,.t Il Swedish history. King Oscar bases his
sr.,gn = the affair on the fact that Professor
srk Il his history OF the reign OF King Gus
.srls II. asCrihes 10 that monarch a role which
"a 0scs- Goes not approve. But this is scoffed
:. Ay ths members Of the academy and by most
y .hs men of letters in Sweden. who do not hesi-
...e TO sIege that King Oscar has been prompted
Il piaes fhis effront upon the professor owing 20
rs .sT:ng sroAen and written in a rather sighting
rauasr a5o-t the merits OF his sovereign as an
hstsF.a- a-5 as a novelist
KING CHALLENGED TO DUEL
Tnsor, ,1nafeiy. this is not the first time that
0ssa- lss exposed himself 10 insinuations Of this
rsrure THIS. Norway's famous poet playwright
sn5 noreiSt B,S-nsen. was never tired Of declaring
SAT ioe objection of the King to his writings was
sr--'bui25.e 70 the jealousy Of a soured and not
V4o..y su-cessful literary rival. and on one occa-
81 when oscar had criticised IN a particularly
rrspa-tng manner one 81 the plays Of the poet
rhisa Vas produced with immense success not only
e. Scandinavia but also in Paris and elsewhere
a5rosL. the irascbie hard few into such a rage
hat he A. once proceeded 70 challenge the King 20
azn duel ana 10 grant him satisfaction on the
fed o. honor
Oscar. instead OF either ignoring the challenge.
r. o. accepting Il on the ground that by entering
Hfo literary competition with the authors and
rsvzrighrs ~ his dominions he had placed him
ssf on O footing OF equality with them. al any
rate = such matters gave orders for the prosecu-
ton o. EioTnson on a charge OF lese majesty. an
crence zhch. as 7 have previously had occasion to
-sate in these columns. entails not only fine. but
$50 protracted term Of Imprisonment In conse-
easnoe trereof Bjornson sought refuge. first in
Gsrnany. and asterward AZ s.. Petersburg. where
hs remained in exile for many years, directing
fram thence that Norwegian nationalist campaign
against oscar which eliminated last year in that
F~- ~E---- 80
Thar 357rnson contributed more than any one
sse 70 zee emancipation OF Norway from the Swed-
- rlle IS weiI known fact. and universally
Eekn0W sed. That the poet was led into adopting
81 81 -.de 0f intense animosity toward King
0ses- hrough literary differences and jealouses
zfher thar by political considerations. IS likewise
VEL established while there is TO doubt that the
Eng eabittered his Norwegian subjects against
himself by practically keeping their most popular
psst IN virtual exile for so many years. thereby
asEing martyr # him In short. rad not Oscar
aes- az suthor. q playwright and keenIy sensitive
- re subject OF estimation or his merits SUCH
hs n=t stin to-day be in possession Of the throne
c; Norway
PROM TIE THREE WISE MEN OF THE EAST.
Tith .egard n the inquiry which reaches me
concern Ir- tae authenticity Of the title of
2. Monte carlo known as Baroness Ungern-stern-
berg NAV mention that the UnRern-sternberg
ta--.s- is 7~e of the eldest houses Of the German
provinces o. Prussia. received its coronet q baron
ron the Erueror Of Germany four centuries ago
and has annual meeting of all the adult mem
te-s ~ The family. considerably over a hundred
i rlln5e- Al Revai each fall.
TIE Cnge-r- Srerntjergs claim 70 be descended in
: direct lins from OF the three kings who vfs-
rec Fstr anon ~ the rIne of the birth Of Christ,
ard Vho are known IN Scripture as the three
T-se nen = ire Fest" According 10 tradition. the
nsnes p taese three magt were Mechior. Cas-
Pa re all raT ia