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by a friendly, but by n ,horop.,,.
hostile population nearly as bIg "A th.,
Of Sweden. It would hays IN AZ,
every inch Of its way along th. .sr
eral hundred miles Of swamn ,.s..
and dense forests before II conld ho..
to get anywhere near Petrorrad
OF course the Swedes Nigh, att.n,,
a landing at some point further .o,,s
on tho coast OF Finland. Ru, t,..
could not be dreamed Of wi.hou. ~.
support Of the German fleet. ph,,s
would have to emerge for the nurno..
from Its hiding place in the E.
Canal. Once out the German s.,,
would face tho danger of annihl,a,,o.
by tho swarms OF English snbma,,,.,
In tho Baltic. backed up by the ps,
Russian feet and also. In ali probahn,
ity. by British battleships aud cru,.
ers. which would take advantsg. a,
Sweden's abandonment OF her non.
trality to make their way through N.
sound to the Baltic.
Swedcns attitude Of uHldriendlv non.
trality toward England and F,nnc.
ever since the beginning Of ,ss
present wnr In characterized N,. a CON
siderable amount OF ingsatat,nio. ro-
II ts 10 France, and moro ESPECIALLY
to Great Britain. that the Sweies ar.
indebted for tho territorial ir1egrvy
Of their kingdom during the las, hun.
dred years. The treaty BY whic,
Russia became possessed Of rinAn
in tho early portion OF the nfrctssnn
century left the boundary Line Of IN.
Grand Duchy somewhat tncicnn4,.
owing TO the fact OF there being two
towns, ono actually on tho now exist.
ing frontier line and ono f>rther
west bearing the name uf Lyrgst,en
claim 10 the western Lyrgst,fen, nsar
Tromsoe. and on several occaSpr
was on the point Of taking ponscssor
thereof, in order 70 enforce her m.
tensions-pretension which would
have given her ice free ports On n.
Atlantic.
In each instance Great britain AID
France stood in the way. and in 1856
England and FN1noe. at tho pres.xns
instance OF Oscar l., concluded q
treaty by which they pledged them.
selves 70 maintain, with their armies
and nayies. IL Necessary. tre IN.
tegrity Of his Kingdoms Of Sweden
and Norway. The object OF the treat,
drawn UP and devised by Ilori IA
merston, was. as stated in Article II
thereof. to resist the rretenNons or
aegressions Of RUSSIA and ~as an
npunced In the speech from tho thron.
in tho House uf Lords a. WsNtmin
ster by the late Queen Victoria On
january 81. 1855.
Some twelve or fourteen years
afterward. when Russia again
showed sAgns Of proposdng "a ,n,1de
Scandinavia, awaiting herself cf ths
eyerlast1ng HAplander grazing dif1.
Guilty az a pretext Of offence. Char,ea
XIV. once more successfully invoked
the Intervention OF Great Britain IN
behalf Of Sweden, and Russia ~
induced to abandon all her hostile De.
| signs.
In fact. Sweden has repeatedly N
the nineteenth century been saved
from invasion ana from the loss Of
her territory by the friendly intr.
vention OF Great Bhtain, and IN Z
lesser degree Of France.
The Swedes seem entirely TO hsr.
forgotten this. as we'll as tho exten
to which Great Britain. particuls.',
Scotland. helped them, and tough
for them. in the sixteenth and sever.
tecnth centuries. To-day. with th'
| Swsdes. It Is chiefly a question o.
dollars and cents. and while som.
excuse may be found for the ar!s
tocracy Of Sweden. which is com
posed largely OF Junior branches o.
German families. and which in por'
OF race and blood is more than hs'
Teuton. little or none can be fou-t
for King Gustav. who. unlike hi. Ar
odd father. tho late King oscar. uN'
was 80 proud of his Gascon reasar
ancestry, seeks TO forget. and to Oh
scure tho fact. that he is tho great
grandson Of the French rcvoluto1ar,
soldier Of fortune. Marshal Berns
dotte. and to emphasize tho German
blood in his veins that comes II hin
only through his mother. r,emhe
Of the insignificant German prrc.l,
house OF Wied.