NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
SEEKING; 'A FRIENDLY, SEVERK ANCB,
By Electric Telegraph— Per Press Association —Copyright. CHRISTIANA, Juno 7, The Storthing resolved that the State Council exercise, as a Government, She powers appertaining ta the King, The union with Sweden under one king was dissolved. The Storthing ashe'd King .Oscar to co-operate in selecting the Young Bernadotta Prince for the Norwegian throne. _ - , .
After the resolution the Storthing’s address asked lor King Oscar’s co-operation, and assured His Majesty that there was no, ill-feeling towards him, the dynasty; or the Swedish nation,.
THE PROCLAMATION.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 10.8 p.m., June 8. • : London, Jane 8. Tho Storthing’s proclamation appeals to the people to support tho Government and maintain independonoe. The Norwegian nowspapers and. people express unbounded delight at regaining the free- 4 dom of a Sovereign State. The Storthing adopted tho resolutions in solemn silence.
The Swedish press, while denouncing the resolutions, state that no Swedish party or politicians would compel or persuade them to mainthin a union which had become a burden. They demand the removal of all Norwegians from the diplO* matic and consular services.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1476, 9 June 1905, Page 2
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