Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-06
The Nobel Peace Prize.
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Doe has not trod the usual path 90 for
tuuo-fr1m youthful enthusiasm loi
Ideals of liberty to polite morality anu
/ treason against conscience. lie haH
been actunted by The pr0mptIugs of ms
| heart and his thirst f0r truth. lmme-
/ diHtoly after The conclusion ~ peace he
| resigned hls position in the army ana
| devoted himself to the calling % "a
| teacher Since 1872 he has been "a meme
/ Der of tho Danish parliament ana inc
! author OF many humanitarian reforms.
TIRELEss WORKER
Arnoidson early Loot father and moth-
| or At "a be was obliged Co leave COLI
I lege ln order Co earn bis livelihood. AZ
] i6 ho entered the service of the state
railways Books worc hIs constant com
pnnlous His favorlto studies were PHIL
! osophy and history. At % hc published
his FIRST pamphlet rofutiug the doc
trine of eternal tormeut three years
later DIS first novel In 1901 boz was
chief editor OF Gothenburg daily.
| while compiling schedules at the rail-
way office, De- utilized every spare min
ute Co write editorials on the back Of
cancelled freight bills and attended Co
the routine OF The paper ut night
Before the war public sentiment Boo
sweden was ull Tor the French. Ar
u0Idsou dared to take sides with the
Germans before the war and with The
French after the battle 0f Sedan. Ho
wrote number OF articles denouncing
war iu general Hc dctcsted Napoleon
II1s p,riuuous policy uo less than the
brutal tactics of tha Iron Chancellor
but boz admired tle French for their
high cultivation and the Germans Tor
their spirit OF unity. because both were
Co his mind means for the advance
mout of tho worlds peace.
Peace bias been the silver thread OF
AruOId.Uu.- Ifo-wurk 1ic has spoken
and written 0n hundreds 0f religions.
social and national subjects. but what
over the theme. peace has been the
central th0usnt PIJoterCH Censeo Bgi-
lum Essc Doleudum'
PAVED WAY FOR FREEDOM
Tie was one OF those who. ina tho
early seventies. organized the Society
of the Truth seekers. who proclaimed
tne seeking or truth as their highest
Him their belief boo God and boz mans
unlimited poss. biIties flr perfection
They prepared the way for religious
freedom boa Scandinavia. Tie edited the
soclctys monthly from 1877 to 1881 ana
counted among its numerous contubu-
tIous many valuable articles from
Fredrik Baler.
In 1851 ArnoldFou was elected to the
parliament. This election is "a land.
mark in the history of peace in Scam
dinavia, perhaps Zoo the world for th
candidate was elected solely by virtue
OF bis peace program, his rival being
10 everything else of the same political
stamp
lu the parliament Auoldson was the
originator of various bills aiming lt
religious liberty universal suffrage
etc. Iu 1883 Dc proposed the guarantcei
naturalization of Sweden. An interest
ms account OF the heated discussion lo
which this bill gave rise and It's final
is 90 be found I'm bis PAX
Muudi' "a concise account Of the his
tory Of international peace in as yafi-
Gus forms. probably the hrst Of lis kind
boz the world. Tho book has been trans
lated into Norwegian. German and
English, with prcfuces boy Bjornson.
Bertha Won suttngr and the Bishop OF |
Durham
OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT
The naturalization bill fell through. |
owing mainly 20 the opposition OF tho |
first chamber (the upper house of the |
Swedish uarlilmcuD, but 10 had the /
wholesome effect of causing the defeat |
of the governments appropriation bill |
for 8u Increased army and navy.
To further strengthen the opposition |
10 the governments plans, which were |
only too plainly directed against Nor |
ways demand for equality In the union |
"a parliamentary group of which Ar |
uuldsou became the leader was organ /
zcd into "a Swedish Peace society, later /
and spread over the coun-
try
Charity begins at home" has found /
practical application iu Arnoldson'8 !
peace propaganda. He realized that |
.he political tension between Sweden |
and Norway was a constant mence Of /
Nar and he gave his energy 60 the |
only solution of the difficulty which /
seemed just and reasonable Co him |
namely the complete equality of the /
two nations. As am editor of various /
through pamphlets and |
popular lectures I'm both countries, he /
preached the cause of peace. Ia thu !
critical year Of 1895 his bold appeal /
Peace with Norway tne Union May |
stand or Fan I'm which he set forth |
Inc equity of the Norwegian claims. !
contributed much 90 check the military /
plans of the Swedish government. After I
'evicWiug the history Of the relation /
between the two countries, based on /
documentary evidence, Dee appealed 20 /
Inc Swedes 90 DO unto the NorWegians /
AS they would have the NOrWegiaus !
lo unto them, ana reminded them % /
.hupter 8, 4. of the criminal code or I
sweden, according 20 which "auy SWel- /
SD mlu shall ha sentenced to death I
,r hard labor for life. in case he take I
zap arms against Norway the other /
.ouutry of the union
sWEpEN's GLORY SAVED