The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-03
INTERVIEWING A KING.
What Oscar. King of Sweden and Nor
way, Thinks of America.

) visit to the United States-that the
Americans #ould especially honor the
ruler of country which had sent us Sc
many of our best people
THE KING REGRETS HE CANNOT VISIT
AMERICA.
YES" said his majesty ''but how car
II? I desire nothing more than to see
your country, to see so many of my fel
low countrymen In their new homes, how
they live and what they do, and to wha,
extent they assimilate themselves to the
new life. should have gone to Ameri-
ca when | was prince, and it was al
ways my intention but many duties
developed upon me, and in the latter
years, when my bro.her's health was
manifestly impaired, / could not leave
| Now | am king, and the best place for
king to be is in his country"
Your espondentreferredt to printed
rumor that the king oil the Belg;ans was
think of visit to the United States, and
that the emperor of Brazil had only re-
Gently made long journey, and trusted
his majesty might see in these royal ex-
amples an indueement to visit America.
REASONS WHY THE KING MUST REMAIN
IN EUROPE.
There are" said the king, many
reasons why the king of the Beigians
may leave and why 1 may not. A jour
ney to America must take a long time.
| would desire to see California. That
would be a journey in itself And most
Of my good fellow-countrymen are in the
far west-in Min nesota, Kansas. Ne
braska, if I remember the names.
could not go without seeing them and
spending some time with them. And
there are so many things else to be seen
in your vast country that much time
would be consumed. l would have to be
asbent three months, perhaps more. Now
this is possible to the king of the Belgi-
ans. There are political conditions here
that do not exist in Belgium. I am the
| king of two countries, as distinct in ira
ditions. customs, laws, and, [ might near
ly say, of language, as Belgium and Hol-
land. No, the languages are more alike,
| but they are two countries. And the
preservation of the balance of authority
the necessity of considering always, and
even in the smallest matters of ceremony
and etiquette, this divided condition,
makes it more difficult for the king to
leave for any time. Then the prince,
my son, the heir to my crown. is just
budding into manhood He is about fif-
teen, not old enough for a regency. And
he is at the time of life when he needs
more than usual care in father. sup
pose you saw him at the ball at the
palace p
Your correspondent said he had seen
the royal family at the ball. and had es-
pecially noticed the prince.
THE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS EDUCATION.
81 hope you were pleased with him."
said the king. with animation. He is
a purely minded, good boy. 1 have edu-
Gated him for every responsibility in life
Thus far he has gone to the elementary
school like the son of any Swedish gen.
tleman. 1t has been my purpose to edu-
cate him as one of the people, so that,
whatever station providence would assign
him. in that station he would be worthy
OF himself But now that new duties
have come to me-and new responsible
ties may at any time come to him-I
shall have to hurry him along, and give
him special training"
Your correspondent hoped his males
ty, since the prospect of his own visit to
America was SO uncertain, would send
his son, the prince royal.
THE CROWN PRINCE TO AMERICA.
ooh that I SHALL" said the king;
that is my fixed intention. I mean to
send him over as soon as his studies are
far enough advanced to permit him to
travel, as the prince of Wales did, The
Swedish people in your country will be
glad to see him, am sure. They are .
good. noble people. ALI the accounts we
hear from America show that they are
welcomed by the Americana
Your correspondent said that it was
generally admitted by those who were
most familiar with the new territory and
the character of the emigrants that there
was no class more desirable than the
Swedes, or who entered me :, loyalty and
earnestly into conditions of citizenship.
SWEDEN IN AMERICA.
THAT can well understand" said the
king, "and | am very glad to hear it, as
| do from all. The Swedes and Norwe.
gians are good people-tem perate, in
dustrious, peaceable. intelligent. You
can not know how good they are unless
you live among them. And we have as
much pride in Scandinavia in America
as We have in Scandinavia at home. The
nii'SAOh VI o PSOpic muSt De executed
wherever they go, and only as they exc
cute that mission will they be worthy of
honor. The Swedens and Nerwegians
have always honored the Scandinavian
name wherever they have gone, and am
sure in America. where there are SO MANY.
there must in the future be a marked in
fiuence upon the character of the people,"
Your correspondent repeated that there
was no people who came to America more
welcome than those from Sweden and
Norway AT the same time he referred
TO the complaints made of the extreme
discomforts of sea travel in emigrant
ships. and hoped the two ma. ions would
succeed in efecting reform.
THE EMIGRATION QUESTION.
Yes" said The king, "that is a mat
ter | have thought much about. I have
heard stories of the emigrant troubles in
crossing the ocean that have panied me
much. Then it is said that we in Eu-