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A new ministry was now formed by the former ministers Stang
and Gram, and came into office on the 2nd May. In doing so, they made
a declaration to the effect that it was «in order to avert the danger
which would arise if the king were left without counsellors, and
the country without a government»; and they promised that they
would do their best to promote that cooperation between the powers
in the state, which the constitution assumes. But the ministry
met with distrust on the part of the Storthing. The latter resolved
that the community in consular service existing between the two
countries should be dissolved from the 1st January, 1895; and
Norway’s contribution to the consular funds was only voted on
condition that Sweden was informed of the resolution. At the same
time the Storthing took the first steps towards establishing a
Norwegian consular service. But the king refused to acquiesce in the
Storthing’s resolutions concerning the consular service, and
Norway’s contribution to the consular funds was taken from the
surplus of other public revenues. The struggle between the
government and the Storthing was now continued. The following year,
the Storthing voted Norway’s share of the diplomatic budget, but
demanded, as a condition, that the legation in Vienna should be
done away with as far as Norway was concerned. Moreover, the grant
to the common consular budget was only voted for the second half
of 1894, as it had been resolved that after the 1st January, 1895,
Norway should have her own consular service. The Stang ministry
protested against both resolutions, the form of which was looked
upon as a violation of the union. Towards the end of the autumn,
the Swedish treasury undertook to advance what Norway should
furnish towards the diplomatic budget.
On coming into office, the Stang ministry had declared that
they would give the nation the opportunity of expressing its opinion
on the subject of the questions at issue through the elections, which
were to take place in the autumn of 1894. Here the liberals kept
the majority in the assembly, but the conservatives and the moderate
party were not far behind them in numbers. Before the Storthing
of 1895 was opened, the ministry sent in their resignation; but as
there was a difficulty in forming a new one, it was a long time
before it was accepted. On the 7th June, it was agreed that under
a government that co-operated with the Storthing, there would be
an attempt to set on foot negotiations between the united
kingdoms as to the arrangement of the consular service and the
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