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Show I NORWAY ENVOY" TO SEE POWERS Will Be Sent Seeking Recognition. Highest Hopa Entertained cf Success of the Mission. J New Foreign Minister Intimites Economic Reasons Should Impel Powsrs to Recognize Her. CHRISTI ANIA. Norway. Juno 12 .Mr. Ix.ivlsnd. former FrosMr-rit r the- i"ec- tlon of tho Norwegian Council of Sao ! Stockholm, who will he Inducted Into Ills new office of Foreign Minister of Nor-way Nor-way on June 15. in an Interview with the correspondent of the Associated Press to-1 to-1 day. said that a special envoy would. within a few weeks, bfl dispatched to the great powers to seek the recognition of tho diplomatic and consular represcnta-lives represcnta-lives of Norway. Highest Hop? of Success. Regarding the probable d'rnc.utir- to bo encountered. Mr ixn-viand .i.-.iin.ei i oxprrs nn opinion, but li- satrf that tli" LM . nvr.v would convey tho best wishes of Norway to the powers and would go to i ( em with (he highest hope as lo the suc-cessful suc-cessful result of Ma mlkon Not Antagonizing Monarchies "When our case Is presented to the LM nowers." said Mr Loevland ' It will bo soon that It Is not one of antagonism to the principle of monarchies nor to u sin- Ble monarch. Norway lias li-.ii ;t kini;-dom kini;-dom for manv i--ntiii l s and it proud ! the fait. The dissolution of tlx- union was pureh on constitutional grounds. Our Constitution existed prior to tho LM union with Sweden, and when there came B conflict between the two peoples Nor- way choso to retain her Constitution, Difficulty Is Economic. ''Our difficulty with Sweden is In the ftrst plan- of an economic character ur commercial Interests, our tariffs and our entire economic policy differ from those ..f Swediii While the diplomatic ami consular services were bused on th Ideas Rrovernlnc the union of the two countries, they worked to the profit Of Sweden iatier than to that of Norway. Norway's merchant marine now ranks fourth among the nations, atid Norway no longer can afford to negotiate with foreign powers through Stockholm. The. union however, was dissolved only when the conflict became a question of our sovereignty Action Is Irrevocable. - The action lak.-n by the Storthing is irrevocable, and the powers should real-lie real-lie the fact that Norway will fl(cht before 1 this action Is considered The question ( peace rests with Sweden, but the early itcognltlon of our Independence will he ..f Lm interest to the powers as well as to nur- "Immediately upon the dissolution of M the union Norway Informed Sweden of Its Lw willingness to open dlplomuti relations, LW but we are Jealous of our Independence Lm jind of our future, and will avoid all alll- Lm anccfl and will not Subject ourselves to the Influence of any great power." Interests Will Not Suffer. 9 Mr. Loevland said he thought that Nor- veglan interests would not suffer during the Interim which the country would not he represented abronel Fortunately, he Bald) Norway' s blRK st Irado was with ,rat Britain, Germany, the United Lw States and France, where for a short period consuls were not Indispensable. |
