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Show . m NORWAY Swedish ' Politician Says ..Friends cf Monarchy : Arc in Hlnorlty. ; CHICAGO, Aug. 81. Dr. P. Waldenstrom, Walden-strom, one of the leading ' figures In Swedish politics, close friend of King Oscar, member of the Riksdag for twenty years and a leader in a religious reform-- in Scandinavian . countries, reached Chicago yesterday for a brief stay. In an Interview Dr. Waldenstrom-asserted Waldenstrom-asserted that Norway waa drifting with apparent certainty toward the formation forma-tion of a republic. While Norway, he declared, may yet' get a king, his per sonal view waa that the republicans as sgainst the friends of the monarchical idea were gaining ground. 1 , Dr. Waldenstrom said the Swedish end Norwegian Governments would today to-day begin further negotiations. The Norwegian Storthing is expected to assemble as-semble within a few weeks. Asked If Sweden accepted In good faith the recent referendum vote in Norway for dissolution. Dr. Waldenstrom Walden-strom replied that the vote did not properly express the Views of the Norwegian Nor-wegian people as a whole. He then disclosed dis-closed an alleged trick by which, he hinted, the tremendous affirmative vote was obtained. ' "The ballots used at the polls "all ivere marked 'Yes,' and no one waa expected ex-pected to vote 'No in any event," said the doctor. "The only way a negative Vote could be cast wb by writing on a pedal ballot In addition, the men In Charge of the election showed atrong antipathy to any one's casting a negative nega-tive ballot and persecution? or what amounted to It, followed him who flew in the face of the influence behind the referendum." -Dr. Waldenstrom said the action of Norway had been a hard blow to King Oscar, who, he declared, had aged rap-Idly rap-Idly in the past few months. |