CONTINENTAL OPINION ON THE WAR.
[To THE EDITOR Of THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—It was doubtless difficult to find room for the whole of the remarkable interview with the Swedish-Norwegian Consul- General at the Cape of which I sent you a translation (Spectator, September 21st), but the cutting out of the earlier part has led to the omission of certain facts which it is almost indis- pensable to know if the significance of the views expressed is to be fully apprehended or the reference to the King at the close to be understood. Perhaps, therefore, you will allow me to state that Herr °Mason was described as having lived thirty years in Soutu Africa, and being intimately acquainted with the populations not only of the Cape and Natal, but also of the Transvaal and Free State, and as having had a private audience with the King of Sweden and Norway at Marstrand the day before the reporter of the Hanclels Tidning inter- viewed him, in which he developed at some length his views on the war, and was desired by his Majesty to make them known to the public of Sweden and Norway. Taken in con- junction with Herr Ohlsson's statement that the King shared his views, the significance of this last fact is obvious.—I am,
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