The Diet Was Dissolved By

As A Cabin Boy On A Norwegian Sailing Ship I Earned Five Kronen A Week In Addition To My Keep.

It So Happened That I Was On A German Sailing Vessel On The Way To Australia When The Ship Was Captured, And On The High Seas I Was Made Prisoner By The French.

I'm A Sailor, Not A Politician.

I Was Member Of The Diet As Long As It Existed, Until May 1933.

I Was Never Informed In Advance About The Start Of The War Or About Foreign Political Developments.