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Show NORWAY READY FOR THE WOMST Will Pighl Should I! Be Necessary. Army Kas Been Mobilized for Annual Drills and Stores Laid in. Hope Is Expressed United States Will Bo First to Recognize Independent Inde-pendent Government. CHRISTIAN!., Juno 10.-A remarkable calm, accompanied bv Htern detcnnl nation, na-tion, pervades Norway. Beyond tho display dis-play of the new Norwegian llaff from the building In Christian la' and portraits of tho provisional Governors in the shop windows, which attract small crowds, there are no visible signs here that Norway Nor-way Is in the throes of a revolution. Norwegian Nor-wegian and Swedish merchants continue bubiness uninterruptedly. A director of the National bank informed in-formed the Associated Press today that large Interstate deals, involving" thousands thou-sands of pounds and providing for future payments, are being signed duly as usual. The officials here express confidence that Sweden finally will accept the situation. Anxiety Is Intense. While determination Is evident everywhere every-where intense anxiety Is apparent and the members of the Cabinet are extremely busy in organizing the new Government and providing for ventuHltles. Tho Inck of demonstration Is deliberate and is Intended In-tended to allvsiute tho harshness of the aot of separation, and to avoid a show of offer.? toward King scur of the Swedes, but every Norwegian apparently Is rsacly to answer a call to arms should tho situation warrant It Is Prepared for War. AJ1 of tho offlclaJs are exercising the utmost ut-most reserve. A member of the Cabinet who was interviewed by tho Associated Press today, but who declined to permit tho use of his name, said that the Norwegians Nor-wegians never would recede from their present attitude, which wae tho result of many years of deliberation. It wm not expected, he said, that Sweden Swe-den yotild declare war, but in that event, he added, Norway would, be prepared. The army has been mobilized for annual drill-" and the Government has taken precautions precau-tions to lay in an adequate slock of military mili-tary stores at advantageous points. While the Swedish armv and navy, he continued, are larger than the Norwegian army and navy, there is no reason for fear. Tho Norwegians never have been conquered and never will be. Will Form Defensive Alliance. Regarding the po&3iblo danger of Russian Rus-sian and German aggression ng-.lnsi tho two countries In their separ'itd slate, the SJJnister declared that th union wan not fltrong enough to prevent aggression by these powers There is no reason to suppose, sup-pose, they aro more covetous now than before the separation Norway depended pn England to prevent eueh encroachment, encroach-ment, ho said, and Norway Is perfectly willing to enter Into a defensive alliance with Swedon and Denmark The Minister said that the popular feeling feel-ing of tho country favored a republic, and expressed the hope that the United States would bo tho first to recognize th. tl( W Government |