The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-02
lTSTlEC1E OI1AVsOF NORWAY.
 11.TODAY. IS HEIR TO THHONE ArED arUCH TROURIE


 Happy .andafres from care. with all khss exuberance of a lad of his age. Ewfrcss O1av. Alexander Edward Chris t1anfBsreder1ck- of Norway helrkto the thrcne+of the tHorSernens will celebrate his sA eleventh birthday today. Thous- eaAdssof loyal royal list5 will join in the, festivities, Of the day. but for his royal pmrenAs thes celebration will be tfnged vvft1asadness RerBoua11y King Haalkon VII who was elected to the crown In 1905 when Norway separated from Sweden, is not unpopular, but the growth of democratic sentiment in the scandfnavzan country has resulted in his reduction to the position of a. mere fgurehead, deprived of all real pow erz And little O1aH heir to the throne and also heir to trouble occu- pies the unenvia:b1e position Of one whose death would be welcomed by many people He is the only son of the King and Queen, and Nor7vegia1l republicans believe that the death of Haakcn without an heir would re suit immediately in the estaoIlshment of a republic Leaders of the party of democracy have even gone so far as to give public expression to this view in a parliamentary act
 The philosophy of anarchisrn makes no appeal to the Norwegian tempera- rnent and intellect. and Norwegian re- publicans, although socialistic in ten dencfes are opposed to violence and in favor of an orderly and peaceful rev. olut1on. to be achieved with ballots rather than with bullets So far as the leaders and rank and file of the republicans are concerned, little Olav fs quite safe Yet in every land there are insane fanatics, and the fear that one of these may attempt to take the life of the prince is constantly in the minds of the parents The Queen has - I1J- sire to leave the throne and return to England and private life.
 Haakon VII, before his election to the Norwegian throne, was Prince Charles of Denmark, the second son of the late King Frederick VIII In 1898 he married Princess Maud, the third daughter of the late King Ed ward VII Their son was born on July 2, 1903, and was christened Al eEander Edward Christian Frederick. When his father was elevated to the throne the baby prince, then in his third year. was given the good old Morse name of Clay, which has been borne by so many rulers of the North.
 The first O1av. or Olaf. to rule over Norway lived in the tenth century. He introduced Christianity into the coun- try but his fanatica1 cruelty in forcing his subjects to adopt the new faith. and his bloody prosecutions of those
 
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