The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-09

Great Britain when the two countries |
were framing the Olney-Pauncefote |
general treaty of arbitration, the docu- |
ment naming King Oscar as final arbi- |
traitor should those representing the |
two countries fail to agree.
Under King Oscar Sweden's stability |
and progress have been uniform until |
the events eliminating in the recent |
separation of Norway. The final sue |
cess OF the separation was grievous |
blow TO the aged king. Both his pride |
and his heart were wounded, and his |
constant brooding over this unhappy |
event doubtless contributed to his |
death. Indeed the doctors final dag |
nosis that his heart was affected APP |
pears to give color to the earlier re- |
ports that he was slowly dying of a |
broken heart. Politically, however, |
neither Sweden nor Norway is likely to |
be disturbed by King Oscars death, |
since the recent storm between them /
has been wholly Gained and each has
now adjusted itself to the new order |
of affairs In one respect the change |
of monarch may ameliOrate the rela- /
tions between Sweden and Norway, IS /
the new kings son, who now becomes /
crown prince, is united by marriage to
the queen of Norway
The new king. Gustave. much re-
and in light Saxon blonde features.
The young monarch is not unused to
the cares of state, as he has frequent
~ acted as regent during the Illness
and absence of his father. and has dis
played good sense and ability He is
personally much liked here and at 9TH
er capitals, where ne is regarded as
having his fathers characteristics OF
sincerity and simplicity.
Grandson Of Rernadotte.
Oscar II. king of Sweden ana pre-
viOus TO 1905. king of Sweden and Nor
way, was porn Jan. q, 1929. He was
the third son of King Oscar I and of
Queen Josephine. daughter of Prince
Eugene of Leuchtenbers and grandson
Of Marshal Bernadotte. Oscar II sue
ceeded to the throne at the death of
his brother, King Carl XIV, Sept. is.
1872. He was married June 6, 1857, to
Queen Sophia. born July 9, 1886. daugh-
ter of the late Duke William of Mas
Sau. Four children survive King Os- /
car-Crown Prince Gustave, born June
16, 1858; Prince Oscar Bernadotte born
Nov. Is, 1853; Prince Carl, born Feb. q,
1851, and Prince Eugene, born Aug. 1,
1865. Prince Gustave was married Sept.
20, 1881, to Princess Victoria of Baden
Baden. Their oldest son, Prince Gus
tave, was married June 10, 1905, to |
Princess Margaret Victoria of Con-
naught Prince Oscar renowned his
succession to the throne and married |
March Is, 1881, Ebba Munck of Full
kila.
In the years 1892 and 1898 the late
King Oscar steadfastly opposed the |
proposition of the Norwegian parlia-
ment for separate consular service, /
which led to Norway, Oct. 26, 1905, de-
cl9rinO the union of Sweden Nor
way dissolved. The throne of Norway |
was offered to a prince of the reign |
ing house of Sweden, but was declined /
by King Oscar, and after an appeal to
the Norwegian people, Prince Charles |
of Denmark, was elected king of Nor
way by the Norwegian parliament Nov. /
Is, 1905.
Samoan Arbitration.
An event of international Importance !
in the life of King Oscar was his arbi-
tratlon of the Samoan claims in 1902
when he adjudged the American and |
British governments to be responsible
for the fighting in the Samoan islands
in 1893. He also attained prominence
at the time of the VereZuela dispute
which caused friction between the
United States and Great Britain in
1896. 1t was then proposed. in case the
Cleveland arbitration commission, con-
Sisting of four members, failed to agree,
that the matter be referred TO King
Oscar. But an agreement was reached
at Paris, where the arbitration tribunal
met In the spring of 1885, and King
Oscars intervention was not neceS-
saFy
King Oscar was called the ablest
ruler of the nineteenth century and
the most democratic king that ever
lived. He never made any attempt to
conceal the humble origin of his fam
lily, and whenever he Travelled to the
south of France he made it a point to
visit the little house at Pau where his
grandfather was born.
A tablet over the door of the little
one-story house bears this inscriptions:
The peasant, Charles Bernadotte.
who subsequently rose TO be field mar
shall of France and ultimately King
Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway,
was born in this cittage in 1862
Every Inch a King.
In appearance, however King Oscar
was every inch king, and there is no
sovereign in all Europe who was more
stately and more regal in bearing than
was he. In height King Oscar stood
feet inches. taller than most of his
subjects, who as a rule are tall men.
Fills eyes were blue in color, distinctive
of his race and were commanding but
kindly.
The late king vas distinguished in
philosophy, having received degrees
from so many universities of Europe
that he might fairly be called, so far
as degrees indicate, the most learned
man in Europe He vas an author, a
translator. a learned man in political
economy and the science of govern
ment, q musician, an historian and
II ha Sfe |
of literature, historical, philosophical
and religious, he translated into SWed-
tsh. One of his novels, the one which :
has become the most widely known
of his works of fiction. deals with the {
rise of his own family of Bernadotte
and the accession to the throne of
Sweden of his grandfather, Marshal