The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-07-09
NORWAY.
ChristianiA

Christiania.
An American newspaper writer
SPEAKS as follows Of the plan to sep
arate church from state in Norway:
"The resolve Of the Norwegian storth.
ing 70 create q commission to consid-
er the separation Of church and state
is momentous move. The storthing
is TO name five Of it's own members
and the king is to name four others.
Since 1887 the Lutheran church in Nor
way mas been part Of the state. 1t
ls~admlnistered through a department
OF the ministry, which also has educa-
tlonal matters in charge The bishops
and priests are paid partly by the gov
eminent and partly from the tithes and
ground rents on former church proper
ty. Almost all the people Of Norway
are, at least nOminally, members Of the
state church. The tendency of recent
years has been to put the churches on
a selt-supporting basis gradually. The
storthlng now means to see whether a
divorce can be safely accomplished.
An English squadron with fifty three
vessels arrived at Christiania and
constituted the largest and most pow
erful squadron that has ever been seen
in Norwegian waters. The British YES
sells occupied every available space in
the harbor. The city was decorated
with flags and flowers in honor Of the
visiting squadron and thousands of
people came in from the country dis
tricts to view the imposing spectacle.
BY request Of the temperance societies
Of Christiania the British tars were
only permitted to remain on shore as
late as o'clock and only 5000 men
were allowed shore leave at one time
On Saturday evening, June 20, King
Haakon rendered a banquet to the Of
fcers of the squadron at the royal
palace
Captain Roald Amundsen and Collin
Archer have inspected FRAN" the
vessel that Nansen made his attempt
to reach the North Pole with, and have
found it to be in rather good shape. It
is the belief Of Captain Amundsen that
If the vessel will be properly repaired
that it is better equipped than any
other vessel to make a dash for the
pole with. AS is we'll known Captain
Amundsen is contemplating another
tour into the distant north, this time
for the purpose Of reaching the pole.
\ number of Christiania students
have gone to Fetsund and vicinity to
engage in road work. The students
receive their board and two crowns a
day. \ number Of years ago it would
have been considered the next thing
to disgrace for Norwegian student to
do manual labor, but times are rapidly
changing
The central business quarter, located
on the western side of Fredriksstad
was Quilted by fire early on the morn
ing OF June q. The damage Is es-
timated at $56O,OOO. It was one of the
most disastrous fires that has visited
this section of the country for many
years.
At a country funeral in the vicinity
Of Skien the other day the hearse
tipped over and rolled into a ditch.
The coffin fell against a stone, crack
ing it so that the corpse fell out Two
women tainted and the horses threat
ened to run away.
The International Norwegian Fish
cries exhibition will be opened in
Trondhjem July ii in the presence of
the king and many other Of Norway's
prominent men.
Of government money there is at
present eO,OOO,OOO loaned to the city of
Christiania. The government has also
loaned 100000 crowns to the city of
Bergen.
Consul Gads Of Chicago is at present
enjoying a visit to Christiania. The
"Aftenposten'' refers to him as the
Norwegian-American consul general.