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Show ! Mmy People isi i .Swedes Speak the I German Language i LONDON. Oct. 25 In Sweden one is disagreeably struck by the number of people vfho speak German. When asked a question in English, a Swede, be he a policeman or a civilian, invariably in-variably countered in German. At hotels and restaurants few porters and waiters understand ot speak English. Eng-lish. In book-shops English books and magazines are few, while German are largely represented. It is different in Norway. English lis taught at school, and nearly every -jbodyone meets, from the porter at I the station to one's neighbor at tho 'dinner table, speaks English fluently. The windows in the book-shops are full of English and American publications. publi-cations. The treatment of English speaking visitors had more of hearty hospitality hospitali-ty and kindliness in Norway than in j Sweden. |