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Show Oscar Hopes Swedes Wi! Remain Calm Admires Way Norwegians Win Favor, Fa-vor, and Says He Has Forgiven For-given Them. BERLIN", July 17 Dr. Hugo Ganz, correspondent cor-respondent of the Frankfort Zeltung, has had an Interview with King Oscar of Sweden at Stockholm, during which his Majestv said ho admired tho way In which tho Norwegians won to their sidy all tho European publicists. Suddenness Surprised Him. "The wrong remains wrong," said the King, adding that the Norwegians had surprised him by the suddenness of their acts. King Oscar denied that ho had precipitated pre-cipitated the crisis by declining to accept the resignation of the Norwegian Cabinet, for the Norweglann thcmsolves had declared de-clared that whoever accepted a portfolio would cease to bo a Norwegian. Tho correspondent remarked that ho had heard only wortlb of rcspoctfor tho K'ntr In Norway, to which his Majesty replied. Forgives Worvvegians. "For my part, I have forglvon the Norwegians, Nor-wegians, and hope to God that tho Swedish Swed-ish people will also remain calm, for It would onlv bo hanging a mlllstono about our necks" to rostoro tho union forcibly." Tho King also said that appointing n. Swedish Prince to the Norwegian throno would certainly be tho simplest solution of the difficulty, but the result would be distrust in Sweden or In Norway. livery time public opinion, either in Sweden or Norway, was displeased with the sovereign's sover-eign's acts the cry would be raised that "'the son docs this to please the iathor," or "tho father does this to please tho son." |