, 1874-02-25
DANISH POLITICS.

0OAAS AoHy Via u IU6 I0JGT6SE
with which our readers follow the politi-
cal developments IN the Mother Country,
we have no hesitation in devoting a por-
ton OF the columns of the Avis to such
short notices thereon as it's space will
allow, however imperfect they must ne
cessarily be. In our last, ~aIlusion was
made to the Interpolation concerning the
publication OF the autograph letter written
by the King In reply to the address pass
ed by the Lower House in December, Tn
previous numbers we had also given a re-
sumo both of the address and the answer.
as well as the representation of the Minis
try to His Majesty on rendering their re-
signation,
A telegram to the Times of the 28th
Jan. informed US Of the resolution passed
on that day by the Lower House, condemn
ing the publication of His Majestv's letter
on the ground that he was hereby drawn
into the conflicts.
Such in a few words was the situation.
We would now beg our readers to follow
us in our ramble over the ground thus
briefly sketched. We shall not be LONG.
The papers on the side of the Right or
Ministerial side maintain, it will be re-
membered, that the responsibility of issuing
q provisional Budget would d~evolve on the
United Left or Opposition. The conduct
of this party has, they say, made the
Ministry stronger than any of its predeces-
sors, as the Premier declared at an electo-
raj meeting last summer. The recent
transaction between the King and the
Ministry proves this.
The King IN consenting to the publica-
ton OF these documents, has given q
chivalrous refutation of the caIumnies
which had been spread that the Ministry
had forced themselves upon him. It is
evident that the men from whom His
Majesty has taken counsel on the situation
represent the successors of the present
Ministry. That these men insist upon the
Ministry remaining in office, signifies not
only that they consider it impoIitical that
itshould resign, but also, really, that they
will not relieve it. 1t is also evident that.
even if there be, in the Ministerial circle
itself, a personal desire of members to
withdraw, they must have resolved to re-
main. The United Left has made the
Ministry the symbol Of the opposition to
Parllamentarism, and the Ministry will be
supported by all who are not blinded
by personal considerations"
The Left, in their pursuit of the estab-
lishment Of their Interpretation of Consti-
t%utional Law, have adopted a policy of
referring all cases to committee without
any discussion whatever, apparently with
the premeditated resolve to have them
so framed as to render it impossible for the
government to accept them. The leading
papers of the Left intimate pretty clearly,
that this is one of the means which was
kept in reserve by the opposition, and
which rendered the refusal of the Budget
superduous for the attainment of their end.
The : 10 of the constitution says, how
ever, that without the sanction of the King
the Diet cannot sit more than two months"
In the constitution of Norway there is a
similar enactment which has often been
applied. Dagbladet puts the question
elf it be given that the House intends to
extend this strike over the whole session,
will not the Government apply this s, and
put an end to the strike 2"
In the case of the publication of the
autograph letter in answer to the ministe-
rial representation, the Left consider that
1t ought to have been cOuntersioned hv a