The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-06
Special Correspondence to The srs.

CHglsrIASiA. Jan. l5.-Norway is not
,ntensely Interested in bringing the war
TO an end. She j. making a fortune
out of Il. Norwegian merchants are
shipping enormous quantities Of food
stuffs TO 'irrmauy overland via Trelle-
borg, particularly dried fish, while they
are sending lumber and foodstufYs 70
England by water. Thus they are maxi
ing money rapidly from both belliger-
.nts. England ammo POSSIBLY inter
ferc with the endless carloads of dried
tsh and other commodities that are
go!ng to ,iermtn!. while the latter Is
forced 10 sit quietly by and see Eng
land getting everything she can from
Norway IN Norwegian ships.
The merchant feet Of Norway has
increased enormously Ia size since the
beg inning of the war and every .Norwe-
pian s~nipyard Is filed with hulks In
course OF completion or keels just laid
down. Norway's merchant fleet Is
to-day tn" second largest fleet in the
world. Great Bri'ian, OF course. comes
frst. Germany, II the seas were open.
woul rome third, while the United
states, Decaus. ut her extensive river
and lake traihc, stands IN fourth place.
Town of M%iIiionair-s.
Bergen, II city Of 5000. the most
important shipping port next to Chris
tiania, has become a town OF mill
iona!rcs BECAUSE Of the war. Thirty
bergen VAR m!~lliouair"s ave come into
being, and ther" undoubtedly will be
many additions TO that class should the
war continue another year. Bergen
has pruspcred not oniy because Of its
shipping. Its great increase in wealth
IL due in great measure. to it's fishing
Interests While kritish St.un, ~. ul arg
have been turned to the business OF
hunting down the steel backed whales
OF the channel amt the North Sea, plain
everyday fishing has become for them
a hazardous and poorly paid task. The
Horw' CLANS, on the other hand. can
continue 10 fish in safety. and their
eaten brings prices about 900 per cent.
higher IN ho;h England and Germany
than 1t did before the wor. Even prices
at home have increased.
N~orWcsians, therefore, who rly
earned at best $ ,uo0 "A year are making
1Ilany thousands and some even millions.
lhk" the munition makers of the United
States why should the fishers and ship
builders OF Norway want peace? The
nations manufacturers, shippers and
merchants ar" living IN luxury, a luxury
they have never known before. and they
naturally have no interests IN the bah
'4lNIs VI ~ ace ny 4. totklpilerttlOn OF
well intrHtIoucd Americans.
The Government. however, takes a
different view of the matter. Premier
ErudSrn admitted In AN interview
granted 10 IA few of the American cor
respondents. including the correspondent
Of THE Sun. that Il movement for peace
might les started If President Wilson
would gINo his official sanction to such
action, "" added that lie could not
make "A definite statement IN this re-
gard BECAUSE any such proposal by the
United States would have to receive the
consideration and approval Of all three
scandinavian countries before anything
could be done, II" said that personally
he felt that the time had not arrived
for proposals Of peace ana that anything
that the l-ltrals might do ut this time
would not only hc refused but you'd b,
tntagouiStir 10 their v interests.
tn" democracy Of Norway, which has
~ reputation as the most democratic
country IN Europe, not even excepting
France, was no better demonstrated
than IN tho way the Prime Minister re.
c"iFei w. \ correspondent uf The
crders Gnig, who accompanied US
called up the Prime Minister'S Office o.,
the telephone ana Was told that NJ
Itnudsen would be delighted TO see US
Tho Ministry has its offices in "A pla,u
building not far from the Royal Palace
\ me rooms occupied by the head Of the