5 JUNE 1875, Page 1
The Germans appear to attach great importance to the friend-
liness of the King of Sweden, who has been visiting Berlin, who, according to Renter—not a perfect authority—heartily approves the Falck Laws, and who has taken great pains to flatter the military tastes of the Emperor. A German alliance is valaable to Sweden as a protection against Russia, which must always covet Hammerfest, and with it a secure seat on the Atlantic, while the neutrality or aid of Sweden might in certain contingencies be in- valuable to Germany. She could offer an invaluable base of operations to France. King Oscar is, therefore, fiited to his heart's content, and the dream of a Scandinavian Union dies away.
