SWEDEN: The King Goes Visiting

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" Queen Wilhelmina of Holland kissed King Gustavus of Sweden warmly on both cheeks." Afterwards a royal procession wended its way through the streets and received an enthusiastic welcome from the populace. King Gustavus had arrived in The Hague on an official visit.

After staying at the Court of the Netherlands, King Gustavus will proceed to Brussels on a visit to the King and Queen of the Belgians. The King of Sweden is unaccompanied by his Queen, who is at present in a delicate state of health.

Gustavus V (or Gustaf V) ascended the throne on the death of his father, Oscar II, in 1907. In 1881 he married Victoria, daughter of Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden. Gustavus is popular with all classes in Sweden. When Duke of Warmland, Prince Regent, he took as his title, " With the people for the Warmland."

A dinner was given on March 2 to the retiring American Minister, Mr. Ira Nelson Morris, and Mrs. Morris. Dr. Svente Arrhenius, President of the Nobel Institute, presiding over the banquet, expressed Sweden's grati- tude to " the most popular Minister who ever visited Stockholm."

Bengt Berg, novelist, left Sweden for America. As official representative of his Government, he will investigate the production of cinema pictures for educational purposes.