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Show UNCLE SAM TALKS OF fflii ISLANDS Danish Salesmen Deny Thai Offer for Danish AVest indies Has Been Made. BY ERIC GRUNDMARK. Special Cable to The Tribune. COPENJIAGKN. Feb. 5. Thcro has been a renewal of the talk of the sale of tho Danish West Indies to the "United Slates. What foundation thoro Is for the report that negotiations .have been or are to be resumed for tho transfer of these Islands I have been unable to learn. It Is denied in official circles Hint any overtures have been made by the Bnitcd Slates, and It is further stated positively positive-ly that no offer for the islands would be considered by the Danish government. Sailor Prince Returns, An interesting bit 01 gossip reaches me from Stockholm. Prince Adalbert of Prussia, tho kaiser's third sou, who is known In Germany as the Sailor Prince, has just returned from the Swedish capital, capi-tal, where he had been slaying as a guest of the king, at the same time as Princess Victoria Patricia of Conuaught. In Swedish court circles rumors of an intended match arc afloat Princess Patricia, Pa-tricia, who Is now Jl, is not. unconnected with the Swedish court, her elder sister, PrlitecsA Margaret, having been married In ion.-; lo Prince Guataf-Atlolf-of Sweden. Prince Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Victor Vic-tor of Prussia was born in Jub;. 1SSI. and Is therefore 2.1 years of age. He Is a "lieutenant captain." commanding a Gorman .torpedo boat. Duke and Duchess Homo. The Duke ,'ind Duchess of Sudermnnla (Prince and Princess William of Sweden) have returned to Stockholm after spending spend-ing several woeks at Nine, Prince and Princess William will leave Sweden In the course of the spring on a visit to the king and queen of the Hellenes at Athens, nnd It Is probable that next summer they will go to. England on a private visit to King Edward, Prince William Is the second son of the king of Sweden, and tbe princess is the only daughter of the Grand Duke Paul Alex-androvltch Alex-androvltch by his tlrst marriage, and Princess Alexandra of Greece. elder daughter of the king and queen of the Hellenes. New Cable Projoctod. Arrangements have been completed for u new cable between Norway and England. Eng-land. It will run from Egersund. Norway, Nor-way, to Peterhead. Scotland, and will bo "controlled by the two governments. One result of tho new line will be a reduction re-duction In cable tolls between the two countries of '2 cents a word, the new rate being placed at 1 cents. The result of the recent olcctlon and the overthrow of the Knudson government was somewhat some-what of a surprise. Premier Knudsen hns been succepded by President Beatllc of the storting. The new premier Is not yet ready to announce his programme. |