The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

"
Of the NorthLnd
so event in generations has JUSTIFIED
rsclr moro IN respcct to the needs "t
che hour In scandinavin than tins meet
Ans of thc iI.ugs Of sweden. Denmark
and Norway ON swedish soil. The
ngrccu,rt entered into with a view "t
.,Idifyin, interests and strengthening
cher neutrality is a declaration to the
.rc.t that heuccfnrth the three ma
-,,,n. vii make common cause both
.urinr tho continuance Of tho world
war and after.
Tho function Of royalty m The north
,-.r count ric4 IS 10 carry ont the wishes
NJ tho people Picturesque az WIS
This meeting of tho three Kings, me
rrcscncc ai nc conference Of the For
cicn Ministers. Scavcnius Wallenorrs
and Ihlcn. respectively Of Denmark
Sweden and Norway. was what gave
sguifrln,c to the gathering.
With scarcely an exception, the press
~ Scandinavia hailed the Md.mo con-
ference as cporhmaking. and now that
the immediate enthusiasm has had time
20 pass away the opinion nevertheless
prevails that for the first time TN "A
century or more the northern coun-
tries are an entity with which even the
great Powers will have 10 reckon. This
fact has become a stimulus 50 pro-
nounced that i Is not too much TO say
that a new Scandinavia has risen On
tho foundation of the nations compris-
Ing the trpartite league on the Baltic
and the North sea
As an Important expression ~ what
the conference meant TO scandinavia
the leading editorial in the Norwegian
newspaper social Dcmokrdtc,, il worth
recording. in its translated form.
All who have IN" slightest KNOW
edge Of political affairs" said mis-
r1nuthpi,ce OF the Social Democrat"
party must realize the importance of
the meeting which is 20 take place at
Nalmo between the three Kings of the
north and their Foreign Ministers
Under circumstances as those of the,
prvscnt ;he meeting mus have its'
siferti on those chanceleries which
.rrfere Or less openly. since the begih'
ming Of the war. have labored to draw
one or several Of the Scandinavian
countries into the conflict
--'"These rfrust now realz" that thero
,s complete unity between tn" three
Kingdoms as regards preserving absolute
neutrality. This stand IS taken against
AL Of tho warning Powers as a warning
tina, this neutrality will be enforced.
"Of the six men 10 meet three have
royal titles. But what concerns the
world al large is the fact tina; the three
rulers of the north engage IN demon
s,ration the political significance Of
which rests with the constitutionaly
RESPONSIBLE Foreign Ministers that ac-
company the mouarCis. The Europe
which Is now ahame has always been
extremely sensitive as regards demon
.rrations NJ this kind. 1t is certalt
that at the present moment this sen~t-
-tivcuess will be more pronounced than
ever
Here IN the north Il has made a
good impression that the initiative for
fine gathering the invitation for the
meeting, came from the Swedish King.
Nothing shows better how powerful
and influential has been that peace
propaganda the foundation OF which
was laid by the swedish and Norwegian
workingmen in one of the most critical
periods of the peninsula. History shows
that one Of the greatest obstacles 10
peace work between different peoples
has come from the dynasties, So long
a. dynasties exist these obstacles viii
remain. But the people themselves
have il in their power 10 neuuelize
this dynastic influence.
1T is but nine years since We dcposed
the ruler OF the union and took away
the right of his son as heir to the land
and, sad to remember, took on a new
King. Who would then have thought
that the deposcd and the now Kinr
would so soon after have clasped hands
in friendship and pledged each other
TO work for the Identical purpose?
But II is not the rulers that We have
g. thank for this condition. II is the
people themselves, especially the work
ing classes, that have never tired ii
their agitation for peace and fraternity
between the brother nations; il Is they
who have spurred those At the top Il
stand forth and proclaim the Scandi'
navian countries peace sentiment a
TINS moment.
we care not much for royal dem
onstrutions, and scarcely considered tn,
Malmo conference essential for its owl
sake. It may give the world the wronl
impression that il is the kings who rep
resent the peace work of the north
II would have been better had the tire,
Prcmicrs and the three Foreign Minis
tiers met instead. AS il Is, the ruler
sought the opportunity to appear before
The world, and, as We have said, III,
meeting can hardly fail in It's effect oi
The external politics of Scandinavia,
1t Is stated in the official commu
'nlouc that The conference is 20 give spe
."CIal attention To matters pertaining Il
Lne economical situation 50 as TO min
rmi2e the difficulties that have conn
with the war We desire to cmphlsiH
1hs ihat the conference viii discuss
only matters Of economic Interest. Isl
al Il