| Show DEMOCRACY IN NORWAY kirg KINO OSCAR 11 II of sweden and ami norway seems to have haie a very serious case came of democracy on his hands his effe norwegian contingent has haa the dissais in a form so BO malignant aft A to threaten the disruption of the norwegian gov ern ment the discontent that hah expiated among the people of norway from the first day of the union with sweden and which a few years ago caused a P great political earthquake in the land of the midnight sun to ie again threat ening to break out owing no doubt J to the persistent efforts effort of Bjorn v bjornson Nor ways great man of letters whose mastery of discord lin in politics seems to be even greater than of concord in thymes A few years ago he pushed his personal sentiments on S monarchical matters so far as to pro fk voke the king into issuing an order for his 1110 arrest the monarchs reward for his pains came in a reply of insulting defiance froni from bjornson f the king on pe one occasion spoke jeeringly gly of his bis family connections ills rejoinder was waa to the effect that his fathers as far back as he could trace the line were honorable men and he a 4 would be pleased plear sed it if the king could say of his own progenitors the of bernadotte this is a food good y index of the man and his political tactics tactic norway never has taken kindly to tw union with sweden its people admitted to the arrangement in the 1 1 rl beginning because they were not pre pared to help themselves the union of af the two countries was brought about f through pressure from the powers of europe JSu Zu rope who wanted to give norway 1 to co sweden as a payment for services 11 rendered gendered in the war that crus crushed I 1 ed na i A po leonand also as a plaster on the wound nd P caused by the russian bears tearing finland pinland Pin land away and it was only the brave spirit of the humiliated nor 1 that saved their country from becoming a province of sweden under the circumstances the union him has never beer been of any pasti particular cular beney fit to sweden it has indeed thus far returned turned ft nothing in particular save a faimali wall amount of personal glory to afie the king dg norway has always retained a separate parliament but the diplomatic w system in has been and is now an H f tion lion of the common government which wears beears virtually that it is swedish to K the he core the nominal contention of norway r now Is in for separate representation at foreign courts and with this asi an the apology in chief for agitation through slurs and discordant mutter in gathe the for disunion is being worked into the hearts of the people it is significant that the leaders in the agitation are outspoken in their 1 reau republicanism this la Is perfectly understood Oer der stood at headquarters and among vie the people of sweden itself disunion dio union to is feeding feeing ng discussed the kings king Is party of Keo uree aree are bitterly opposed to the idea dihe the minister pilu ister of state on one occasion so far forgetting himself as to threaten 0 h with swedish bayonets for L which he be afterwards almost apologized while liberal opinion there is yet feeble comparatively it takes the ad danced ground that if the norwegians Norwegia ns want a separation they should have it the stor thing election in norway is now on several startling features have already been developed johan enters the parliament asa as a conservative member lars Ott edal the noted stavanger Sta vanger also a 8 convert to the conservative ranks has bag disgraced his sacerdotal robes as well as his political party the radicals are gaining ground and lack only a few more seats to have the absolute control of the stor thing all this foreshadows fore shadows the possibility of a disunion and the formation of a republican form of government in norway |
