Show THE NEW NORWAY MORWAY withdrawals FR SISTER it MONARCHY PD IX HISTORY frustration of cherished ideal sweden to gradually but e absorb norby of w li A now monarchy lias bas been founds and its king rules his people toda to da dai q yet the accomplishment has be a mado without ono one deed ot of piolenc vl 3 fancy a few hundred years ago tl 0 secession of a powerful people from a yot yet moro more powerful one the no nn y regime would needs have possessed hi a genius and a daredevil for a ledd laadt c r and then waded with ill him ni th ro u ti rivers of blood in order to b the now new throne but in the caso of norway the bt ba lot box was the only weapon used a ac tile the case la is without a parallel la 1 ij 1 tory a the strange anomaly anoma anomaly lr too assented balb of the birth of a new dynast yB white tho the most aristocratic aandy autt 0 cratto dynasty situated imm adjoining it la Is tottering to its i by vote ot of the Stor thing ng nal nfl legislative body tho the norwegian Norwegia ns decided to separate Be from swede vote of the norwegians Norwegia ns the ne new rime gime was waa selected in a monar monarca form rm and agala again by vote vota of the ing g prince charles at 0 denmark wa va i selected oa as the new ruler there a number of the bright balg ht lights of no way who favored a republican form 0 government but they could only mut mus ter to their banners about twenty per cent of the entire vote cast J the separation of oc norway from sweden by vote ot at tho the Stor thing la Is bu bufa tile the culmination of a struggle that g bocsi way back to the early part of tho the pr i ent century the general cause nsf as signed for the separation la Is the refus refusal sa of king oscar of sweden to grant nor 1 way a separate co consular st la e lee of its own but this overlooks a tact fact of history intended effacement of norway i bernadotte Berna dotto Napole napoleons marshall marshal when invited by the sv S swedish v tit h bl baccomo king pledged himself for h hij self bolt and his successors to make it t great principle of swedish diploma to gradually effect tho effacement ot of norway T abo nd of sweden hoped by this methi atone for tho the loss of finland D dotto dotte was unable to complete compla this pro 1 jcck but instead arran arranged god a union which norway many rights wa his pledge ho he kept so co far as lie bo could and each of ills successors lias has felt it bin bind ing on him king oscar of sweden swede kind and good natured would crould probably havo been glad enough to give tho the norwegians Norwegia ns their separate consular service but for tho the promise made by his ancestor throughout tho the gavon cven bearg years that tho line ot of be dadolf on the swedish t hr ran 0 never relinquished tho the d dependence and the fru great dream Is certain to by determined efforts towar they aro are intensely democh la maa swedes who have bavo tho the habit babit or of ar strongly fixed upon th there aro said to bo only families in norway while there a sa tareo thou thousand saad in sweden outwitting the russian came with such crenco in temperament many expected tho the people 0 of norway to vote for a republic but since sanco tho the separation became a certain ty there has hag never been a a moment that j anything hat but a monarchy was possible had a republic been selected such aa a government would havo gotten little sympathy from any ot of tho the powers 0 ol 01 f europe liu rope so that russia which has bas always cast longing eyes at no norway arway might easily absorb tho the norwegians Norwegia ns when tho the time almo for the blow camo came tho the split between sweden and norway seemed scorned to offer a now new chanco for rus sla sin to upon tho the little mouse but tho the cleverness of tho diplomats of norway in selecting king edwards dwards nephew as ruler and thereby making england an ally thwarts russia in all efforts to absorb the now new monarchy with prince carl second son BOO ot of crown christian of Den denmark maric the new king of nor norway any tha berna dottes do not cease to reign over tho the upper half of tho the scandinavian peninsula popular opinion notwithstanding tho the mother of tho the now new norwegian king was nt at ono one time princess of sweden and norway her father charles XV ruled over tho the union prior to king oscar ll il s accession to tho throne aing vil the king la Is a young man ot of thirty T INA it I 1 r 4 up at 7 it 0 O three of appearance n excellent health and of a very ca going liberal turn of mind lie he Is y nature well fitted to rule ovar tho the sti tit born norsemen norseman Nor semen who do dot n mind d t e harness so long lone as tile they 0 do n not it fc i the whip ile he la Is a typical sailor bailor a ai d this fact alono alone will make him kopul r in norway another circumstance ti d favor of king charles or king isaak J vir VH as lie will be styled Is that 10 a understands tho the language of the N r people their traditions a d history are part of those of tho abo coi 00 i try of hla his birth denmark under the dominion of which norway remained for four hundred years six other haakons have ruled norway in years past when tho the norsemen norseman Nor semen were free the first thing king haakon will be expected to do Is to develop nor shipp shipping ing and maritime marl timo trade fhe he tinder that started the quarrel between norway and sweden was a demand for a separate consular service now she will havo have jerown her own consuls free to act Indi independently of sweden I 1 norway will now bave a chanco chance to stride forward making it la Is believed far greater pi ogress progress than her neighbor tile tho p ople ot of tho the united states can testify to tile tho admirable attributes of such euch norwegians Norwegia ns as come to oui our shores and make their homes with us they tire are industrious and make the best of citizens it la Is understood der stood to be tho the aim of the new king to try to keep as many of this industrious class at home off offering tring thern them inducements in the way of establishing new industries in a short time he hopes dy by this method to cause a 3 wave of prosperity to swoop sweep over tho the i enair pter r r fridtjov nansen the famous arctic explorer explorer was largely responsible for the movement that caused norway to seek a king in the person of prince charles of denmark many americans had ad hoped that the new king would select elect lect dr nansen as Nor ways first minister n 3 r to the el united a C states es but u it seems that he has as ben chosen to re rep regent norway at the london court |