Oslo, Nov. 18, Other neutrals will probably join Belgium and the Netherlands in any new peace proposal although so far no decision has been made, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, M. Halvdan Koht, told the newspaper, "Tidens Tegn," yesterday in an interview.
Asked if the Oslo states had agreed beforehand to make a new proposal if King Leopold is unsuccessful, as it now appears, M. Koht stated that no such agreement had been made in advance, but said the northern countries showed great sympathy to the Belgian-Netherlands proposal, The Foreign Minister revealed to the newspaper that the German commercial mission which recently visited Stockholm, had arrived at Oslo and already had started negotiations—United Press.
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