Show i1L WITH KING OGA H Ruler of Norway and Sweden Interested in America > M m r u r i 1 TALKED OF AFFAIRS IN U S > 7 Hero Seemed to p Nothing Happening Hnvo Escaped HimHc Referred to I the Feud in Kentucky Regretted Death to Hcnr of Lawtons L Showed Great Interest In What Taking Place in the Islands c vns and Asked Many Questions Ret Re-t jardlnc the Campaign Correspondence Associated Press Stockholm Sweden Feb 12AS cabled ca-bled to tho Associated Press at tho time a representative of the Associated Press was recently accorded an audience L audi-ence with King Oscar of Sweden and Norway S I KlnK Oscar Is more than C feet tall S hjs face has an expression of sympathy and Intelligence From his sprightly movements you xvould never dream that lie IB a man of 71 years His Majesty was very much Interested In hearing about conditions In America NothingS Nothing-S happening there han escaped him He spoke of tho feud In Kentucky andS and-S about the educational Institutions with the sainc knowledge of facta Ho regretted r re-gretted very much lo hear of the death of Gen Lawton In the Philippines showed a great interest In what was taking place on the Islands and nuked many questions In regard to the progress pro-gress of the campaign Naturally the King was much concerned con-cerned about the war In South Africa 5 Jt mvsL be remembered that Great Brit afn though in no way an ally of Sweden Swe-den and Norway Is the best guarantee for the Independence of the two northern north-ern countries Great Britains power once broken It would not be long before be-fore the lltllo I nations would be swallowed swal-lowed up by their mighty neighbors In the East From King Oscars conversation It is believed his Majesty was In favor of I 5 the British in South Africa However S ho spoke in the highest terms of the great strategic ability of the Boers and expressed a fervent wish that our own war In the Philippines and the Transvaal Trans-vaal war would soon be over As to the Internal troubles of his two countries the t King nalurall ly won Id not ppeak for publication The King sent through the Associated Press the grei tIng k t-Ing to tho Scandinavians of the Inltod I S States which was contained In the ret re-t cent cable dispatch A few days later the correspondent was received by the now Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Iagerholm who Iji the course of a conversation talked of the troubles between Sweden and Norway He said In part I think both countries might meetS meet-S each other halfway on many of their differences and thus by mutual concessions con-cessions take away the bitter feeling that exists In some respects You doubtless know that in several In stances as for example the national S ity of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Af-fairs Sweden has made concessions 5 but 1 repeat all concessions must not I come from ono quarter S Mr iKorhelm Paid hr was sure that moft of the talk of unfriendliness be r txvopn the txvo peoples was only on the 5 surface even if there I adding that If the lime ever came x hen It would be necessary ne-cessary to make a common stand In defense Sl de-fense of lie union lie hnd no doubt but that the world would find the Swedes and Norwegians united as one |