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CHRISTIAN TX.
The Romantic Career of the King of Den
mark.

mark.
Christian IN, King of Denmark. has
been suggested as a suitable person to
arbitrate upon the question of the al
legged violation by Russia, in attacking
the Afghans on March 30. of the agree
ment made by England and that power
on March II. That agreement, as the
reader will remember, provided for the
n%on-advance of either the Russian or
Afghan troops from the positions they
occupied at the time until something
further should be done by the European.
Governments interested toward the set
Element of the frontier question, andin
pursuance Of which the movements of
either Afghan or Russian forces would
be proper. But thus far the two coun-
tries have not agreed upon even the
preliminaries, Nand whether there will
be an arbitration or not is still a ques-
ton.
The King of Anmark has an inter.
esting history. We is the first sover.
eign of the house u Schleswig-Ho)stein.
MISUNDERSTANDING When Fred
erick VII. died. on November Is. 1868,
the direct male line of OldenburS,
which had been the rtigning family OF
Denmark since 1448 4. d., became cx-
tinct. Anticipating this event, the
great powers of Europe, '.taking into
consideration that the maintenance of
the integrity of the Danish monarchy,
as connected with ths general interest
of the balance of power in Europe, isof
high Importance to the preservation
of peace" signed a treatyin Londono on
May 8, 1852, by the terms of which
the succession to the Grown of Den
mark was made over 10 Prince Chris
tian Of Schleswig- Nein-Sonderburg-
Glucksburg, and to THE direct descend
ants to his union with the Princess
Louise, of Hessc-Cassel, niece of King
Christian VIII, of Denmark. In ac-
cordance with this treaty, q law con-
corning the succession to the Danish
Crown was adopted by the diet or par
lament of the country most interested
and obtained the royal sanction July
81. 1888.
Under the provisions stated, Chris
tian TX. assembled the throne Noven.-
Der 10, 1868. In March of the same
J year his daughter, Alexandra, had
been marriedit to the Prince of Wales,
and his son, Prince Wilhelm, had been
elected King of the Hellenes. under the
title Of Georgios l., by the Greek Ma
tional Assembly. Subsequently,, Nov
ember 9, 1866, the Kings daughter,
Maria Dagmar. was married to the
heir apparent of Russia, now the En-
peror Alexander III. The next year,
October u. 1867, the King of Greece,
son of Christian TX, of Denmark, was
married to Ogla Constantinowna.
Grand Duchess OF Russia. The history
of the present royal family of Denmark
is one of the most interesting pages in
contemporary European chronicles.
When, May 26, 1912, Prince Chris
tan vas married to Louise,
daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm, of
Hesse-Cassel, it could not have been
forcseen that these comparatively OBJ
scure persons would become %reigning
King and Queen of a country to which
neither of them was native, matrimon-
tally related to England and Russia,
and parents of the King of Greece.
Their children, not mentioned else
where in this article, are Prince Fred
erick. heir apparent, who was married
in 1869 to the Princess Lowisa, daugh-
ter of King Carl XIV, of Sweden and
Norway; the Princess Thyra, married
to the Prince Ernest August, Duke Of
Cumberland, and the Prince VALDEZ
mar. who was born in 1858.
The most important domestic event
during the reign of Chr stan IL. has
been the loss by Denmark Of the Duch-
les of Holstein and Schleswig, in 1864,
which were coded to Austria and Prus-
STA after a war disastrous to the Dan
ish arms. BY the treaty Of 1867, after
the war between Austria and Prussia,
Schleswig-Holstein was made a PROV
ince OF Prussia.
Denmark has a population of about
two millions. The inhabitants are a
well-educated and thriving people, amid
are a nation blessed with the eonstitu-
ents Of real prosperity and happiness,
though little among the proud powers
of Europe.-Pttsburgh Commercials
Gazette.
Prof. Simpson, of the University of
Texas, takes the premium for absent
mindedness. He was sitting at his
desk writing a few nights ago when
one of his children entered: '.What do
you want? / can't be disturbed now.''
II only want to say goodnight"