LUNATIC OR FELON?

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 7

LUNATIC OR FELON?

THE REGICIDE WAVE. SHOTS IN CHRISTIAN^. A SWEDE FIRES INTO THE ROYAL APARTMENTS. ; BY TELEGRAPH —PHESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT (Rec, March 11, 9.57 p.m.) Christianla, March 11. A'Swedish labourer named Gren, a discharged lunatic, fired a dozen shots from a Remington riflo int-o Ohristianisi Castlo at noon. Ho was arrested. ' Gren dcolared that ho intended to kill King Haakon, who had no business in tho country!:

IV bullets 'penetrated the rooms of the King and: Queen, who wero absent at tho time. 1 '

KING HAAKON. r

.! Norway separated from Sweden and formed itself, on November 18, 1905, ■ into, a separate kingdom, tho integrity of which |is now (by, a declaration signed •on November 2, 1907) guaranteed by Franco, Britain, Germany, and Russia.. On Norway repealing tho, union with Sweden, King Oscar of Sweden ' (lately deceased) declined an offer of the throno of Norway to a princo of his house; and, after; a plebiscite, it was offered to, and was accepted by, Prince Charles of Denmark, who became King as Haakon VII. It is said that King Haalcon has taken every means to avoid ruffling the feelings of Sweden.; He was born on August 8, 1872, .is the second son,of King Frederick of Denmark, and is ,therefore a nophenr of Queon Alexandra; The King married' Princess Maud Alexandra, 'daughter of King Edward VII, on July 22, 1890. His son and heir-apparent is Prince Alexander, 1 born on July' 2. 1903, and rc-named Prince Olaf on his father's accession, t ...