The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-12

Stockholm, Dec. Interpretations for
the funeral of King Oscar. who died
Sunday morning at the age of Is. are
under way. The whole nation is in
mourning; stockholm's streets are
almost deserted n most of the
business places are closed. The
succession to the throne of Sweden
now passes to Oscar Gustave
Adolphe, duke of Verland, the Oldest
| son of the late king. AT a meeting of
the new king took the a Of allegiance
under the title of Gustave ", and
adopted the motto, with the people,
for the fatherland."
arch we're passed in Inconsistencies,
and up to the end he gave no sign
of recognizing those about him. The
queen was grief stricken because he
could not bid her farewell and she is
in a serious condition.
A Lover Of Peace.
Oscar H., fourth of the B~ernadottes
who have ruled Sweden, and a mon
arch as sincerely beloved by his people
as any of modern times has crossed the
bar. great marshal of Napoleon
who, then once he found himself as
sured of the northern throne, found it
eNpedient to make common cause of the
enemies of his old master, was the only
one Of the Napoleonic brood of new
made monarchs that was able to found
eAi SAiNA AZ 'iio w L N1dIlo1lilllCd
to his grandson, the dead king, the
Bernadotte capacity for statecraft, but
not the Bernadotte fighting spirit. For
oscar was ever a v of peace. The
thought OF b1oodshed and war was abb
horrent to him always, and it was the
desire closest to his heart to bring his
long n prosperous reign to a close
without the disgrace Of one smirch of
blood across it.
In Crisis of 1905.
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for his appanage by invading and
threatening the country, after it had
been delivered into his hands by Eu-
rope. Yet he took counsel of his bet
ter self and granted it the Eidsvold con-
stitution. The fourth B]ernadotte per
mitted Norway to go her a again,
more in sorrow than in anger. He
raised no hand to prevent what he
thought an illegal and demonstrations
act. He permitted no member of his
was rife OF belligerent reprisal. He
caused it to be known hat no matter
what might betide in that tense crisis
or 1905, he would never consent to war
unless Sweden was attacked. The IN
ION, he declared was not worth the
blood and treasure that would have
to be expended if it were to be saved
by war. Once before. in 1885, he had
with firm hand put down a war party
that had arisen, led by his own son,
~ 'hSld1 WAS
young and hotblooded then and he
wanted to lead Swedish soldiers to the
gates of Christiania to settle the crisis
then impending. Immediate trouble
was averted, but for ten years the con
troVersy between the sister countries
continued, until the Norwegian
1905. ~ Jun"
There were many other forces 70,
peace that sunr,er in Sweden. besides
the king. The socialistic workingmen
organizations had made a solemn vow
that they would not bear arms aeainst
their Norwegian brethren, and that il
necessary to tie the hands of the gov.
eminent they would declare a grea1
strike. e"
The cautious ard conservative meas.
ant party. too, had made up it's minf
not to be hurried into war. But tber,
was In military and aristocratic circles
a strong desire to punish Norway
n II this lingo policy had been sip.
ported by the king. war would hny,
been almost inevitable. It liz, there.
lore. no exaggeration OF the facts t,
Httr1bute the peaceful solution of tn,
union crisis, first and foremost of al
Swedes. TO King Oscar.
> oscar was a man Of fnc qualities
Born a third son, his royal destiny wa,