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Show am t i r DAWN OF A NEW, HCPUriLIC. Horwrkl lt trim rolltlcsl Tlt with SwwUA. A few dayn oro a cablp dlspUch told of tlio resignation ofOio Norwegian cabinet Immediately I following it came advice from Hteekliilra Announcing Announc-ing that Sweden would rrtlsl any attempt at-tempt at dissolving' tho union on tho part of Norwny, eveH threatening, If necessary, to Invade th5 lattor.f ountry with an armed force. ' Tho long and bitter, pobtlcal.contllcl between theso two far ivway countries, which Is boroly lntlmaled'ln Jho cablegrams, cable-grams, has received but'schnt attention on this ildo of tho AtljintlcYet it is of the greatest Interettonho intelligent intel-ligent observer of tho mdjtlcnl development develop-ment of European countries, j, It Is In a measure ft, AtrJggje for liberty lib-erty not unlike that of ha fouudora of our republic. It alnajj nt vesting the ptoplnwlth rights t?'i .privileges that have been usurped by a biireauocrucy and kings. if M The strife la fast apnr&chlng its cut ruination und tho UreA-wn.t proclaim In unmistakable tonesth davvu of a new republic. t 'g.J Additional Interest l lentUiIcoiHn;; event when It lfl reanebvbercd that during dur-ing theso years tho baWpjoivlndepend-ence baWpjoivlndepend-ence and democratic r5ethoNorwegloii reformers hnvo drunk! Inspiration nnd sought Idea- from thph-ilory ot tho United States. Xt&A And, furthermore, thotmnfiaof their countrymen who liara'fonndcil new homes throughout lUUland- thcro la hardly a family In) Norway without its American representative have with one accord voiced thp blessings of universal uni-versal suffrage and aA government by tho people. f 1 The potent Influence which these hnvo wielded, both personally and through communication of different kinds, especially espe-cially among tho farming ..claincs, can not easily bo overestimated, nud has been a principal factor In rous'.njr tho bom pcoplo to wagovvar for political freedom ' ! |