In conclusion we venture to tender Your Majesty our humblest thanks for
the personal kindness and amiability shown to us during the time we have
had the honour of being members of Your Majesty's Council.

We beg Your Majesty to accept the assurance of our full recognition of
Your Majesty's difficult position and of our invaried esteem. But
paramount are our duties towards the Fatherland.

Christiania, June 6, 1905.

_Chr. Michelsen._ _J. Loevland._ _Sofus Arctander._ _Gunnar Knudsen._
_W. Olssoen._ _E. Hagerup Bull._ _Chr. Knudsen._ _Harald Bothner._
_A. Vinje._ _Kr. Lehmkuhl._

22.

The King's telegraphic protests against the abdication of the Norwegian
Government.

To _the Prime Minister_.

I have received the communication of the Cabinet Ministers and I record a
most decided protest against the method of action of the Government.

_Oscar._

* * * * *

To _the President of Storthing_.

Having this morning received from the Government the communication of the
Cabinet Minister's resolution to resign their posts and to inform the
Storthing of it I want herewith to make known that, in a telegram to M.
Michelsen, Prime minister, I have recorded a most decided protest against
their method of action.

_Oscar._

23.

The Reasons for the decision proposed by the President, in the Storting,
on the 7th June 1905.

Having on behalf of the Storthing received open information from the head
of the Government that the several members of the Cabinet council have
one and all resigned hereby declare: We were all prepared for the
situation in which we now find ourselves. In meetings of the
representatives, the question has therefore been discussed as to what
measures would be taken by the Storthing to meet the necessities of such
a situation. Every representative has had an opportunity for making known
his personal opinions at these meetings respecting the situation and its
demands. On this day the Storthing must make known its decisive
resolutions. I must also permit myself to express the wish, that these
resolutions may be unanimously accepted, and without debate.

In respect to the communication given by the head of the Government I
propose that the Storthing shall make the following resolutions:

The different members of the Council having resigned office,

His Majesty the King having declared Himself unable to fo