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Show OSCAR II OF SWEDEN Dethroned as King of Norway, Stockholm, Sweden King Oecar In a long and vigorously worded letter to tho president of tho Norwegian alar thing, M, llcrner, declares that the accession oath of Norway's king mnkc It tho klng'a duty not to pass over In silence tho preferment of tho Norwegian council of statu on tho occasion oc-casion of his majesty's veto of tho consular bill. Tho king maintains that ho did not overstep hla prerogatives under tho constitution, and says that i onalderatlon for tho union linoses on tho king tho duty of exercising his constitutional rights Tho king of Norway " he adds must always bear In mind paragraph 1 of tho Norwegian constitution, which reads: "Tho kingdom of Norway Is free, autonomous, Independent and indlvls Iblo."' |