Note 27:2 — III.

Further affirmation is given by Mr Ibsen’s declaration in the Storthing, that the negotiations fell through in consequence of Mr Boström’s opposition to the request of the Norwegian delegates that in the Communiqué it should be mentioned that the identical laws were to be valid only »so long as the present system of foreign administration existed.» When, finally, the Norwegians consented to omit this condition, it could only have been their intention that the laws should only be valid until by mutual consent they were rescinded. Other explanations in the Storthing of the divergencies of opinions on this point are to all intents unacceptable.