The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-20
THE DANISH R1gsRAAD.
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i Opening OF the Session - How ulshOFt
MoBrad LOOks--rhe Royal speech.
The opening Of the session Of The Danish Rlgs-
rad or Parliament is described as follows NV he
Ooponhagon correspondent Of the London Tines.
Bishop Monrad, il should be remembered, Is the
Prime Minister Of Denmark, and his name. as
well as the Kings, is appended to the last royal
speech -
the NALL.
The hall Of the Rigsraad Is at the bacl, of the
huBe ana clumsy slot or palace of Christiauborc
aloyal residence which has lately been found t5
hang too loosely, like an ill-itHng garment,
about Danish royalty, and has almost entirely
been given up for The use of the pubncoHI es aud
the ceeuraton Of great State sU.cmuiiies Tnc
| nan ltsel ls a neat, plain room, Of moderate
slHei u mas SIX large windows on one side, look
| rug OUT into q narrow side street, and a blank
| wall ON the opposite side
10 Is almost entirely destitute of ornlmcnt.
| Inc members sit round six long tables, turce on
| eHch sidc, with gangway, five or Sis feet In
widlb, separating the right from the lcfl At one
end the throne Is erected, and on either side of ID
are the ministerial benches; on the Opposite side
is space with seats for the public 40 largc rising
row after row, amphithoatrc-wise.
Behind these is the ladies gallery aud in front
! of The latter, immediately above the throne the
| diplomauc triJunes. The press sii in a couyc-
/ nient gallery along the blank wall above mon
TONED, facing the windows, and so situated as 10
| have the best chance Of seeing and hearing any
| thing that takes place ia the Assembly.
The hall was very nearly empty when / en-
| tered II at halfpast eleven, but presently Some
| two or three hundred well-dressed citiz ms
| cropped in, and the free benches were filled no
less than the ladies' gallery. In the Diplomatic
gallery ! only saw the members of Her Britannia
Mgesys legation and French secretary or At
tache. At twelve O'Clock all the members were In
their places, and puuctullly on the stroke of the
hour the ministers stood up, ranged in one line,
at the foot OF the throne.
-Four Of them wore military uniforms. and
these were probably members of the royal house.
hold In the middle was Bishop Monrad i'm the
black gown Of a Lutheran divine, with the
starched circular white frill round his neck
above which rose the stiff. modern shrt-coliar,
close to the check on either side. Bishop MOnrad
is man Of bland, dignihed countonance, re-
markable in spite of his somewhat low stliure
shorter by an inch or two than that of any of
the colleagues by his side.
The face is broad, square and masgye, the
expression sedate and collected There are occa-
siOnal sly witches about the month however
suggestive of la.eut intelligence and bumor and
giving the impression, as it were, of an inward
countenance somewhat ut variance with the ex.
terror mask. There are, one might say, two faces
IN one face. On q close inspection Won see the
shrewd statesman peeping out of the well-as-
sumed blandness and composure Of the consum-
mate churchman. His voice IL calm and mellow
ana Wen m9dulated; the delivery slow, debe-
rate, and self-possessed the tone is that of we'll.
weighed episcopal homily there is nothing of the
action or emphasis of the stump-preacher
THE ROYAL MESSAGE.
Gentlemen The threatening situation Of the
country, and the extraordinary expenses caused
by the war, with those It's continuation will |
further involve, have necessitated the early com
vocation Of the Rgsraad, to obtain It's approba |
ton OF the measures already taken by my Gov |
ernment, and its assent to the steps by which the
requisite means may be procured
"lt is not we who have commenced the war | |
feel conscious of having done everything that
lay IN my power TO avoid IL. We have been at
lacked by stronger enemy, upon the pretext
that we have not fulfilled the stpuatiOns OF 1851
~, Before the outbreak of hostlties the enemy |
refused TO enter O Conference with the other dig
nitAries Of the London Treaty, TO negotiate
peaceful arrangement of the matters in dispute. |
Alter taking possession Of the larger portion of
the Peninsula he appeared at the Conference, but |
then declared himself no longer bound by the /
agreements of 1851 and 1852.
"In my short reign l have already made the |
bitter experience how lightly plain right weighs
at the present time in the political balance of |
Europe, and how a king aud his faithful
people may be left alone 10 face an oYerwhelm-
ingly superior enemy. When, therefore, Eng
land, supported by all the neutral powers repre-
sented at the London Conference proposed that
We should give up all the territory belonging TO |
the Danish monarchy southwark of the Schlei
and the Dannewerke, we resolved to bear this
painful sacrifice,
"The German powers have not accepted the
sacriilce. We can give up nothing more. | have,
therefore, declined the Summons TO do So firmly |
convinced that my negative is the negative of
" D''iiisi' PSolio' HA"g oou lutl luc hcdIts Ol
those who hold the fate OF Earope in their
hands! May He at least increase the sympathy |
in certain quarter to energetic assisJancer
This message was listened to in profound
silence, and created to all appearance but liz le
emotion. When the Bishop had done he looked
round upon the assembled representatives of the |
nation, and his bow was taken as a hint to q de-
monsration of loyalty on their part. The mem
bers broke out into five or six successive cheers,
uttered In perfect time, and with the creates pre-
cision. The sound was hearty ana vigorous.
The multitude in the galleries continued respect
fully silent and unmoycd. The ministers imme-
dlaiely afterwards bowed and withdrew, and the
Assembly proceeded to the choice of president.