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Show NORWEGIANS ASK RECOGNITION FROM UNITED STATE8. Document Has Been Prepared and 8peclal Envoys to Present Same. Chicago. It is sold that tho Independent Inde-pendent Norwegian government Is prepared to ask ofilclal recognition from tho United States, and that special spe-cial envoys havo been In this country como tlmo looking over tho ground. This was dovelopcd Tuesday with tho return from Now York of U. Hermann Gado, mayor of Lako Forest, 111. Mayor Gado Is an active worker for an International status for Norway. Ho has been in New York for tho last ten days in confcrcnco with J. Irgons, a special Norwegian envoy, who a few years ago was secretary of tho Norwegian-Swedish commltteo that treated and dealt with tho consular question. Tho confcrcnco included Christian Haugcc, who up to tho tlmo of his resignation res-ignation a month ngo was the chargo d'affaires and secretary of tho Norwegian-Swedish legation at Washington, Washing-ton, ' After consultations with such eminent International authorities as Prof. Mooro of Columbia university and John W. Easter, nn Informal document docu-ment was drawn up for presentation to tho stato department to servo as a "feeler" for tho ofilclal document which which may bo expected to follow. fol-low. Tho communication which has boon prepared and Is to bo presented in tho namo of Mr. Haugcc. as a prlvato clt-tzon, clt-tzon, asks somo portlncnt questions of tho state department, as follows: "Will tho United States government ofllclnlly receive diplomatic envoys and recognize consuls nppolnted by tho Norwcglnn government? "Will tho United States bo Inclulned to permit its consular officials In different dif-ferent countries to take chargo of tho interests of Norwcglnn citizens thero that may require attention until such consuls can bo nppolnted nnd sent to such countries by tho Norwcglnn government?" gov-ernment?" "Recognition will bo asked from tho United States first," explained Mnyor Gado today, "becauso of tho stand which this nation has already taken In'intornatlonal questions of this kind, nnd also becauso of tho present pres-tlgo pres-tlgo of tho United States In international interna-tional diplomatic circles. "Wo were assured by tho authorities authori-ties on international law with whom wo consulted In tho cast, and havo not tho slightest dolibt ourselves of our right to recognition." |