South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-01
thinks ENGLISH
BLOCKADE SEVERE
Norwegian Premier Says His
Country is Suffering Be-
cause of 1t.
Internntlo1al - -:

LONDON. March lin an inter-
view with an English correspondent
cabIed here from Christiaua. the
Norwegian premier. Gunnar knud-
lsen, protests strongly a. what he
terms the unnecessary severity Of
he British blockade measures.
I'VE do not quarrel he said 20
he correspondent. with your block
de. but we certainly think that You
ave applied it, go far as we are
> oncerned. with unnecessary severity.
on do not seem-forgive me-either
have considered our feelings orl
have realized our difficulties
I'VE have suffered. suffered "a
Peat deal. and our feelings are GER
= inly little sore. Norway, you see,
u felt the pinch Of this war. Things
dear: nearly everything BIS dear
some things so per cent dearer
: bid while we have been struggling
> do our just duty as a neutral-at
ct expense and with much labor
you have interfered with our legit-
ate trade and put MS TO much in
nvenience. We do not question
ur right 10 blockade your enemies.
we think you have been too
-, ere. and unreasonable, I'm your
thods towards neu;rals IF YOU
knew the trouble we have taken,
and are still taking, at our customs
very great trouble, night and day
trouble. YOU would be-welL a little
more reasonable"
The correspondent inquired as toI
whether there was "a feeling against
Great Britain among the Norwegians
because Of the alliance with Russia.
Feeling Not General.
Some people may feel like that.
replied the prime minister. but IL isl
not general. and il is not bitter orr
cynical except here and there. For
myself. I like the Russians. They
are a very good-natured people. /
have been in Russia. I have always
felt that the Russian mantle man
in the streets very kind. "a very
good-natured person. Certainly the
Russian people are a noble and a
great people L do not express any
opinion upon their form of govern
ment. that has nothing TO DO with
me. But. as a politician. / can say
that while we have had our quarrels
with Sweden. our quarrels with Den
mark. and our quarrels-yes, if YOU
please-with Great Britain. for 200
years. We have lived as neighbors
with Russia and never had one
quarrel at all. IL is different. L
know. in Sweden and i'm Finland
But in Norway for 900 years we
have had no quarrel at all with
Russia.
We spend I'm Norway so million
lTroners in ornaments. That is not
very much money compared with the
money spent 10y the great powers;
but il is a good deal 20 as. Think
what we could do with that money
the railways we could build. tele-
phones roads. many. many things
We have 10 borrow money for our
railways, And we are forced TO
spend so million kroners on defense
because the great powers have set
us such a bad example War is
waste War is i'm the way. always
in the way. of the human race. We
can't get on because il is always
there-war. or the shadow OF war"
why not, the correspondent
asked. "set an example, Lay down
your arms and tell the belHgerents
they ought TO be ashamed of them
selves.
There il Time Yet.
lis IL time yet2" NIr Kuudseu
asked. els it, What do you Think
Perhaps not set believe I'm peace.
pray that this terrible war may