Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1905 — NORWAY SECEDES FROM THE UNION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NORWAY SECEDES FROM THE UNION

Declaration of Independence Is Adopted by the * Storthing. FEALTY TO OSCAR THROWN OFF State Sovereignty and Loyalty Pleaded Against the Union. KING FORWARDS HIS PROTEST No Outlook for War, However, but Norway Ready to Fight. If Nee*t»*ry—Loyal Demonstration at Stockholm. London, June 8. The Stockholm correspondent of The Standard says that King Oscar has refused the Norwegian crown for his son. Another Stockholm telegram says that King Oscar, whose health is still not good, la much shaken by the crisis. Telegrams from the provinces show that the public views the developments with astonishing calmness, almost amounting to indifference. The council of state has decided to call an extraordinary session of parliament and probably no action will be taken before parliament meets. Christiania, Norway, June 8. —“Norway from today is a fully independent and sovereign state.” This is the text of the editorials in the Norwegian newspapers, and it reflects the spirit with whioh the people of Norway ac-

cept the action of the storthing when it proclaimed King Oscar no longer king of Norway. Following is the resolution passed by the storthing unanimously and without debate: Declaration of Independence. “Whereas, all the members of the council of state have laid down their offices, and . “Whereas, his majesty, the king, has declared himself unable to establish a new- government for the country, and “Whereas, the constitutional regal power thus becomes Inoperative, the storthing authorizes the members of the council of state, who retired today, to exercise until further notice as the Norwegian government the power appertaining to the king in accordance with Norway’s constitution and existing laws with those changes which are necessitated by the fact that the union with Sweden under one king is dissolved In consequence of the king having censed to act ns a Norwegian king.”

KING OSCAR II. OF SWEDEN.